After tragedy, Shawn Harrington uses platform to give back to community that raised him
By Max Olsan Medill Reports Shawn Harrington is no stranger to facing adversity. He saved his daughter’s life in a shooting that left him severely
Q&A: Artist, educator, activist Sarah Ross on her passion for social justice and her fight for incarcerated people
By Yue Li Medill Reports In 2006, Sarah Ross, then a part-time art history teacher at a central Illinois prison, learned more about segregation and
WATCH: Chicago This Week — Episode 3
Text by Damita Menezes Medill Reports On the latest episode of “Chicago This Week,” Medill reporters cover the huge crowd of Chicago teens causing damage
Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center gets $1 million during awareness month
By Damita Menezes Medill Reports The Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center (ChicagoCAC), a nonprofit organization that provides mental health and investigative services to child abuse victims,
WATCH: Looking Out, Looking In: Meet cytologist-turned-artist Catherine Keebler
By Cindy Wang Medill Reports Former cytologist Catherine Keebler became an art student at The Art Institute of Chicago after her retirement, but her creative
WATCH: Somos Venezolanos
By Damita Menezes and Brenda Ordonez Medill Reports More than 7 million Venezuelans have fled the country since 2015. As of 2021, there are 179,203
Q&A: Tattoo artist Amanda How discusses changing artistic mediums from film to flesh
By Jordyn Bradley Medill Reports Though Amanda Carlson has only been tattooing for a year and a half, her career as an artist started long
Transportation is main source of air pollution affecting children in Pilsen, health experts and activists say
By Diana Giambona Medill Reports Children play on the swings, go down the slides, spin on the small merry-go-rounds and play ball at Harrison Park
WATCH: Chicago This Week — Episode 2
Text by Damita Menezes Medill Reports On the latest episode of “Chicago This Week,” Medill reporters cover the deaths of two firefighters, the Democratic National
Meet Abigail Carbajal, the woman behind Pilsen’s famed Carnitas Uruapan
By Carolina Baldin Medill Reports Editor’s note: All quotes by Abigail Carbajal were translated from Spanish by the reporter. Last fall, Abigail “Abi” Carbajal attended
‘Crying, dying, marching’: How media inaccurately represents queer South Africans, and what can be done to combat this
By Jordyn Bradley Medill Reports Roché Kester has a daily routine: wake up, eat breakfast, drink her coffee, go to work, come home, eat dinner,
Chicago is testing its first composting program
By Damita Menezes Medill Reports As people become more environmentally conscious, local governments are working on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and building eco-cities. And Chicago