CTA accessibility promises fall short for people with disabilities
By Raphael Hipos Medill Reports The CTA advertises that 100% of its vehicles are accessible — buses have lifts, and most rapid transit stations have
By Raphael Hipos Medill Reports The CTA advertises that 100% of its vehicles are accessible — buses have lifts, and most rapid transit stations have
By Mckenzie Richmond Medill Reports Sixteen years to the day Hurricane Katrina made landfall along Louisiana’s coast, coastal communities were struck Aug. 29, 2021, by
By Katerina Alexopoulos Medill Reports The month of March is National Developmental Disability Awareness Month. Krystal Romero, Daniel Steele, Tina Mathams and Matt Raekelboom are
By Elise Devlin Medill Reports More people were shot to death in Chicago in 2021 than in any other year on record, according to the
By Ivy Fan Medill Reports Numerous people are suffering because of the conflict in Ukraine, including those who live far from the war zone and
By Jane Vaughan Medill Reports Although affordable housing and gentrification have recently been issues in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, the acquisition of a six-acre lot there
By Apps Mandar Bichu Medill Reports HOUMA, La.— “Honestly, I don’t understand why they would want to shut schools down. It’s confusing,” the second deputy-chief
By Manan Bhavnani Medill Reports EMPIRE, La. — Mitch Jurisich still remembers growing up on Louisiana’s water and going fishing and shrimping with his father
By Kinsey Crowley Medill Reports “I live at the end of the street, and I’m not going anywhere.” Lia Frenchman, the historic preservation technologist for
By Liz Vanderau Medill Reports Hundreds of thousands of protesters have gathered in cities across the world to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Chicago is