Orland Park Teen Wants Everyone to Play Baseball
By Nick Mantas Medill Reports Orland Park has a special resident who thinks beyond himself when it comes to improving his community. Sixteen-year-old Zachary Stack is on a mission to building a handicap accessible baseball field. After hearing about a Challengers Field in nearby Tinley Park, IL he asked why his town of Orland Park, […]
Northwestern men’s golf prepares for Big Ten Championships
By Darren Zaslau Medill Reports The Northwestern men’s golf team has already started its preparations for the 2018 Big Ten Championships. After finishing in second place last year, the Wildcats are looking to capture its first Big Ten title since 2006. The Big Ten Championships will be held at the Baltimore Country Club, in Baltimore, […]
In modern Cuba, English is key for success
By Ilana Marcus Medill Reports HAVANA – On the top floor of a walkup in the chic Havana neighborhood of Miramar sits the office of entrepreneurship magazine Negolution. Co-founders Marta E. Deus and Rigo García Berriel are young, professional, speak perfect English and look the part of any business owner in a capitalist country. Except […]
Survivors of Sexual Violence Find an Outlet in Performance
By Juliette Rocheleau Medill Reports Rory Beckett is 4 feet 11 inches tall, but as she thrashes her whole body to headbang, the shadows from her whipping hair tower over the stage. When Beckett arrived for her performance at the Playground Theater, she had no plan for what she would do; only that she would […]
History on the wing: how evolution in birds is a window into the past
By David Thill Medill Reports Take a look, if you will, at the birds pictured here. With their yellow throats and yellow breasts, their mottled feathers and the black streaks lining their wings like racing stripes – tiny cotton balls where their eyes once sat – they look like birds of a feather. But they’re […]
Flooding relief for Chatham
By Morgan Levey Medill Reports A South-Side Chicago neighborhood endures significant flooding from even minor rain events. It’s had this problem since the 1860s and residents are tired of scrubbing their basements and dealing with mold. But the end may be in sight — at least for a few dozen homes. Photo at top: Rain […]
ParkWhiz finds Cubs fans better parking on opening day
By Nick Mantas Medill Reports When heading to a Chicago Cubs home game, you might want to check to see if you’ll have a place to park before you leave. Too often fans make the mistake of waiting until they arrive in Wrigleyville to shop around the available parking. With limited parking spots and prices […]
Go solo or find a partner: When a startup needs a co-founder
By DeForest Mapp Medill Reports Today’s startup inventor often brings revelation to fruition by returning home from a fulltime job to start a second life. The inventor may catch a few hours sleep, push forward on design in pajamas until 4 a.m., get a little more sleep, show up for work and do it all over again. For an entrepreneur in […]
Cuba’s future population is tied to the strength of its private sector
By Caroline Tanner Medill Reports HAVANA – For young people in Cuba, like 19-year-old computer science student Julien Martos Farinos, the emerging private sector presents the greatest opportunities for professional growth and wealth after six decades of Communist Party rule. “Most young people want to go to the private sector because it represents more money,” […]
Survivor of burns from an acid attack turns life story into inspiration for young women
By Xinyi (Ethel) Jiang Medill Reports Karli Butler is a survivor of violence and was attacked twice in 2016. The first time, she was kidnapped by a group of men in retaliation against her then boyfriend. Months later, she was attacked again, in an incident tied to the first attack. She was held at a […]