I illustrate to not forget: Combating architectural extinction in Buenos Aires through art
By Amy Boyle and Lena Folke Medill Reports In a city where architectural heritage is under threat, Argentinian artist and architect Natalia Kerbabian uses her artistic talent to bring the past back to life. Kerbabian’s drawings of now-demolished houses capture memories, so as to not forget. Joining Kerbabian in her mission is Yamila Rambaldi and […]
On the cutting edge: New Chicago hair salon gives gender norms the snip
By Amanda Rosenberg Medill Reports Franky Halloran laughs happily to herself as she completes a four-hour coloring session with one longtime client. “Damn, dude, this looks so fucking dope!” exclaims 39-year-old Halloran, owner of We Fucking Love Your Hair salon (WFLYH for short). Her amusement and joy harmonize with the whirring of blow dryers and […]
New Zealand’s Shane van Gisbergen says phone call led to one-off NASCAR race, Sprint Cup victory
By Zain Bando Medill Reports Shane van Gisbergen held back tears after conquering Chicago’s first-ever NASCAR street race in Grant Park Sunday. The Grant Park 220 overtime victory made van Gisbergen the first driver since Johnny Rutherford in 1963 and the seventh all-time to win a Sprint Cup Series race in his NASCAR debut. Van […]
Chicago Street Course provides one-of-a-kind racing experience for drivers
By Jared Ramsey Medill Reports Thousands of people congregated in Grant Park over the holiday weekend, but the draw wasn’t fireworks over Lake Michigan, it was race cars flying around downtown. The first street race in NASCAR’s history took over downtown Chicago this weekend as the world’s best drivers raced on iconic Chicago streets best […]
PHOTOS: Sights from inaugural NASCAR Chicago Street Race
By Kierstin Lindkvist Medill Reports Kierstin Lindkvist is a Medill graduate student in the sports media specialization. Follow her on Twitter @KLindkvistNews or Instagram @kelindkvist, and connect with her on LinkedIn.
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 […]