Drivers outlast historic rainfall, race day chaos in NASCAR’s Chicago debut
By John Riker Medill Reports Instead of pre-race buzz and ignition of engines, the sights and sounds of a torrential downpour took over Columbus Drive on Sunday afternoon and dampened the excitement around NASCAR’s first-ever street race, the Grant Park 220. From tarps and covers shielding cars and crews from the elements to drenched tires […]
NASCAR, Bubba Wallace bring block party to Washington Park
By Erez Ben-Akiva Medill Reports On a hot, hazy Wednesday evening, the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center served as the stage for Bubba’s Block Party, an event hosted by NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace. Wallace is the only full-time Black driver in the NASCAR Cup Series, the highest division of the sport. The block […]
Bubba’s Block Party aims to expose NASCAR to new audience
By Kyle Williams Medill Reports Bubba Wallace finished watching his pit crew perform and strolled toward the stage area, as part of Bubba’s Block Party, a community-focused initiative held at the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center on Wednesday to bring awareness and visibility to NASCAR among the Black community. Wallace, who drives the […]
Q&A with Rochelle Crump: Empowering Black women veterans since the 1970s
By Prerana Sannappanavar Medill Reports In the 1970s, Rochelle Crump, now 68, joined the U.S. Army, where she started her fight against systemic gender and racial discrimination. As a woman of color, she persevered as she struggled to get recognition for Black and women veterans. Today she is the founder and president of National Women […]
Millennia of ice, atmosphere are stored in this Colorado lab
By Dilpreet Raju Medill Reports Thousands of meters of ice are kept in below-freezing temperatures so climate researchers can analyze what the Earth’s climate was like hundreds of thousands of years ago. Climatologists can then take bits of the ice, which hold thousands of years of undisturbed snow, to extract what concentrations of greenhouse gases […]
Y No Había Luz theater company empowers community members to be sentinels of Mother Earth
Y No Había Luz is a Puerto Rican theater company founded 18 years ago by seven college students to experiment with the creative power of theatrical art. As theater members explored visual and narrative storytelling, they discovered the importance of inviting their communities to be part of the art and performance.
Colors, music, nostalgic Chicagoans gather in spirit of Holi to cherish missing pieces of home
By Prerana Sannappanavar Medill Reports The festival of Holi is many things. For some, it is the celebration of good triumphing over evil. For others, it is the joy of using color and food to spread the love we share as a culture. For even others, it is a piece of nostalgia and homesickness mixed […]
Jazz singer Alyssa Allgood shares lessons about self-love, vulnerability
By Antonia Mufarech Medill Reports It’s 7:30 p.m. on a Saturday at Winter’s Jazz Club in Streeterville. The lights dim as audience members sip a martini or glass of red wine. Tonight, saxophonist Chris Madsen joins vocalist Alyssa Allgood to celebrate the 1960s American jazz duo of Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley. Allgood walks toward […]
6 tips for dating someone with a special diet: Because dating can be a piece of cake — even if your partner can’t eat one
By Molly Bookner Medill Reports Celiac disease, an autoimmune condition that prevents an individual from properly digesting gluten, can have unforeseen impacts. One of those, according to a 2022 PubMed research study, the results of which were published on Celiac.org, is a person’s dating life. The study found that nearly 70% of those surveyed reported […]
LISTEN: Boo Buie, NU Wildside rekindle lost Northwestern basketball tradition
By Zain Bando Medill Reports In late March, Northwestern men’s basketball ended a six-year drought when it advanced to the NCAA tournament. But it wouldn’t have been possible without a rock-solid team and an enthusiastic student section. Medill’s Zain Bando has more. Transcript: Senior guard Boo Buie entered the Welsh-Ryan Arena media room after a […]