For the love of birds: Carolyn Marsh’s 30-year fight for the Hammond environment
By Puja Bhattacharjee Plan to navigate through the Horseshoe Casino parking lot and take a short walk along the lakefront before you can get to
Moholy-Nagy retrospective highlights his revolutionary vision, impact in Chicago
By Grant Rindner Laszlo Moholy-Nagy brought the Bauhaus movement from to Chicago from Germany in the 1930s, launching a revolution in arts and design as
Planned Parenthood braces for a fight for the future of women’s choice
By Anna Foley After the Nov. 8 election, Lauren Zeitz was among the thousands of people who decided to donate to Planned Parenthood to send
Hundreds of O’Hare airport workers strike, demand $15 an hour
By June Leffler After the brunt of Thanksgiving travel, O’Hare workers pulled off a one-day strike to demand $15 an hour and safer working conditions.
Prevention may be the long-awaited key to tackling Alzheimer’s
By Lily Williams [vimeo 193601521 w=474]
Food summit: Healthy food access must include eliminating waste
By Jordan Gaines As foodies and farmers alike gathered at the Chicago Food Tank Summit earlier this month at the University of Chicago’s Gleacher Center
Illinois’ pipeline construction proceeds with reservations but no rancor
By Cloee Cooper [Package of Standing Rock and the Dakota Access Pipeline stories here] As Native American-led protests against the Dakota Access pipeline continue, major
Parents, teachers call CPS special education budget an ‘atrocity’
By Meredith Francis and Emily Olsen After several public hearings, two budget drafts and a threatened teachers strike, some parents and teachers say the Chicago
Cold turkey is bad enough. This year Thanksgiving presents the real scare of political cold war
By June Leffler Bringing up the election is ground zero for a cold war during Thanksgiving dinner. Everyone has a strong, contentious opinion, but it’s
Trump’s ascendancy intensifies #NoDAPL movement
By Pat Nabong [Package of Standing Rock and the Dakota Access Pipeline stories here] Right by the Chicago River, hundreds of Native Americans and their
ComEd and other energy companies call for a ‘rush to renewables.’
By Hannah Moulthrop The next Uber or Airbnb in your life may be your local electric utility company. Choosing how to power your home in
The dual force of climate change on sea level rise
By Kelly Calagna Sea level rise – a direct impact of a warming climate and melting ice – threatens island nations and coastal communities across