Activists and business leaders come together to combat gentrification in Pilsen
By Jessica Villagomez On a cold autumn evening on November 30, La Catrina Café, located in the Chicago neighborhood of Pilsen, transformed into a space
Composing music for mummies
By Jourdan Kerl Medill Reports Each ancient portraits’ piercing gaze leaps from the shadows of the gray walls, lending an ambience of an abyss at
Women’s March participant uses event as platform for Puerto Rico
By Yvaine Ye Medill Reports Among 300 thousand others who gathered in downtown Chicago for Women’s March two weeks ago, there was Liseth Carpenter, holding
First Midwest Bancorp shares sink as fourth-quarter performance fails expectations
By Jinman Li Medill Reports Shares plummeted by 4.1 percent after First Midwest Bancorp Inc. (Nasdaq: FMBI), the holding company of First Midwest Bank, released
McDonald’s reports strong adjusted earnings
By Sarah Foster Medill Reports McDonald’s Corp. supersized its adjusted profits and sales, exceeding expectations, for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, as cheap meals
UIC claims fourth straight road win with dominant performance at Milwaukee
By Robbie Weinstein Medill Reports In the final moments of UIC’s 74-56 win over Milwaukee, a group of Flames fans celebrated with a chant that
Artists track 100 years of Chicago police violence to fight against it
Xiaozhang(Shaw) Wan Medill Reports Artworks about 100 years of Chicago police violence are on exhibition “to help people better understand what led to present circumstances,”
80 floors, 1,634 steps, and more than $629,000 for kids
By Yunyi(Jessie) Liu Medill Reports More than 2,500 people climbed the 80 flights to the top of the Aon Center, the city’s third tallest skyscraper,
10-year-old social entrepreneur’s ‘Blessing Bags’ raise awareness about homelessness
By Eunice Wang Medill Reports Ten-year-old Jahkil Jackson is a young social entrepreneur who founded Project I Am — an organization to help the homeless
One year after inauguration, self care becomes indispensable for some
By Yunyi(Jessie) Liu Medill Reports Chicago Public School teacher Erika Woaniak, who works in Oriole Park Elementary School in West Town, said she has relieved
‘Rising star’ speed skater Emery Lehman is fitting smoothly with U.S. team pursuit squad
By Chris Kwiecinski Medill Reports MILWAUKEE – The U.S. Speed Skating’s team pursuit squad will feature a new member, an Oak Park native, on its
Clayton Custer sparks Loyola again, leaving another reminder of his importance
By Patrick Engel Medill Reports At some point, someone was going to make a shot. Loyola and Northern Iowa traded misses and turnovers for the