More jail time won’t stop crime, fair-sentencing advocate argues
By Giulia Petroni Medill Reports On the day of his 17th birthday, Xavier McElrath-Bey was standing in a walkway of Cook County Jail, when he
Egyptians flying high at the Windy City Open
By Annanya Johari Medill Reports Monday was a great day to be an Egyptian squash fan as top-ranked Mohamed ElShorbagy and his brother Marwan ElShorbagy
Meet the woman behind Chicago’s ghost bikes
Katherine Braden Medill Reports You’ve seen them. Leaning against a street-light, they seem to almost glow, plastic flowers hung around their painted white frames. A
Teams face a wide open tournament in the Lake Central Sectional
By Erik Alcantar Medill Reports The 2018 Lake Central Sectional is one of the most wide open sectional tournaments in recent memory. The field features
Japan uses robots in nursing home care; an example for America?
By Alexa Adler Medill Reports Tokyo–The Japanese nursing home industry, facing a demographic crisis that combines an increasing number of nursing home patients with a
Chicago reporter learns a new step to help fight cancer
By Dan Order Medill Reports Under three weeks of practice remain, as a local TV reporter prepares to perform a dance she’s been working on
Bring on the obstacle course: Jeep Wrangler makes traction at Chicago Auto Show
By Annanya Johari Medill Reports Navigating an indoor hillside pulled drivers to the biggest draw at the 110th expo of the country’s largest auto show.
Five numbers to remember from Northwestern Men’s Tennis loss against Vanderbilt
By Athena Liu Medill Reports The Northwestern University Men’s Tennis Team dropped Friday’s home match against Vanderbilt University 3-4, with a 3-3 in singles matches
Big Ten Tennis Teams Expand Recruiting to a Global Scale
By Athena Liu Medill Reports International student athletes are commanding a bigger role on Big Ten tennis teams. The constant pursuit of better players, both
LSC misses estimate, shares drop
By Charlene Zhang Medill Reports Shares of commercial printer LSC Communications Inc. (NYSE: LKSD), one of two spinoffs from R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co.,
Women-only Capsule Hotels sprout in Tokyo
By Jinman Li Medill Reports Tokyo–Capsule hotels, a simple form of lodging that originated in Japan in the 1970s, finds itself in a wave of
Medicine, heroes and dancing in Cuba
This is the final installment in a multi-part series on Cuba. Read the previous collection of vignettes: “Memory and invention mix in Cuba” “No es