Senior housing facilities in Chicago: Creating communities for LGBT elders
By Colleen Zewe Medill Reports When searching for a senior housing facility, most people ask the standard questions: What are the meals like? What are
Solitary confinement: A human rights issue within U.S. borders
By Aqilah Allaudeen Medill Reports Gabriel Guzman spent three years of his 10-year prison term locked up in a small box-like cell for more than
Scientists investigate how the “ocean pump” is slowing global warming
By Karyn Simpson Medill Reports Scientists are taking a serious look at ocean biological systems that temper carbon levels in the atmosphere and trap them
What can we do to slow climate change?
By Karyn Simpson Medill Reports Columbia University geochemist Wallace Broecker, one of the founding fathers of climate science, laid it on the line. The two
U.S. green energy policy could reap results – Germany’s policy shows the promise
By Jillian Melero Medill Reports Tapping into wind and solar and other green energy technologies, the U.S. can produce 80 percent of its electricity from
After facing violence in her senior living home, LGBT woman goes to court
By Colleen Zewe Medill Reports After grieving the loss of her partner of 30 years, Marsha Wetzel, 70, moved into Glen St. Andrew Living Community,
ExplORer Surgical programs surgical guides to optimize OR safety and procedures
By Xiaoyi Liu Medill Reports Optimal teamwork in the operating room (OR) can be hard to achieve. Inexperienced team members, poor information transfer, mid-case handoffs,
Warmer climates bring more insects, and those insects can bring illnesses
By Colleen Zewe Medill Reports Thanks to climate change, researchers found a new fly species buzzing through Indiana. And flies aren’t the only ones expanding
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists brings Jerry Brown into the fold but no clock change yet
By Aaron Dorman Medill Reports Amid the slate of world crises discussed at the annual meeting of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, one note
Standing in solidarity with Yemen, Chicagoans rally to end the U.S.-backed war
By Aqilah Allaudeen Medill Reports Some 70 people rallied in Federal Plaza in downtown Chicago recently to end the war in Yemen. Chicago Area Peace
Pittsburgh aftermath: Evanston religious leaders consider active shooter responses
By Alexis Shanes Medill Reports The thousands-year-old nightmare of anti-Semitism erupted again on Oct. 29, when 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue died
Illinois sees more gun trafficking from Indiana, crime data shows
By Ashley Hackett Medill Reports Gun regulations in Illinois have become more strict over the past five years, and guns used in Illinois crimes are