VIDEO: Group opens young eyes to the sexual exploitation all around them
by Grace Eleyae Organizations around the world use different tactics to combat sex trafficking and sexual exploitation. The Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation is taking a new educational approach in the fight – bringing awareness directly to young men.
Experts divided on whether oil ETFs could exacerbate oil price swings
By Lucy Ren Oil exchange-traded funds, a type of marketable security that mostly invest in oil derivatives, has gained immense popularity from recent rounds of oil price swings. However, market experts are still unsettled about whether the rising popularity of oil ETFs could have exacerbated the fluctuations in the price of oil.
VIDEO: Latest data is sobering news for entrepreneurs
By Andrew Fowler Entrepreneurs considering starting a business have always had to weigh the risks against the potential rewards, but most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau, released last year, is sobering news for startups. In 2008, during the height of the recession, the rate of businesses failing exceeded the rate of new businesses being […]
VIDEO: Chicagoans rappel down 27-story building to raise money for respiratory health
By Mathias Meier More than 50 altruistic daredevils brought some extra excitement to State and Lake streets last Sunday as they rappelled down the Wit Hotel’s outside wall.
How Chicago became the top “fair trade” city in the United States
By Megan Kramer Rich Troche, manager of Everybody’s Coffee in Uptown, knows everything about the shop’s medium-roast “Coffee of the Month” – who roasted it, where it was grown, how it was processed and even what different processes do to the beans. In March the featured coffee came from the San Ignacio farm in Peru […]
‘Earth Day is every day’ for Chicago’s American Indians
By Christine Smith Another Earth Day has come and gone, but for 65-year-old Dorene Wiese and other American Indians living in the Chicago area, the celebration and remembrance of Mother Earth continues. Wiese and approximately 30,000 other American Indians living in Chicago promote the protection of nature’s beauty through activities like Native Scholars. The after […]
VIDEO: The future of comics in education
By John Rosin and Lukas J. Voss Comics have become more popular than ever. With “The Avengers 2 — Age of Ultron,” to release in theaters on May 1, the trend doesn’t seem about to stop any time soon. The business has evolved into a multibillion-dollar venture and heroes such as Captain America, Hawkeye or […]
VIDEO: Slow Roll Chicago promotes community, benefits of cycling
By Anne Arntson Oboi Reed loves bikes. For those who don’t think cycling is cool, he has two words: “Experience it.” Reed grew up in Chatham on the South Side, and a bike was how he got around. In middle school, cycling wasn’t cool anymore, so he stopped. But 10 years ago, he used the […]
VIDEO: Chicago under watch
By Nikki McGee The City of Chicago has more video surveillance cameras than anywhere else in the nation. Nikki McGee discusses privacy concerns with the ACLU along with Chicago’s “heat list” for individuals who are more prone to crime. Some Chicagoans are OK with being monitored so closely, as long as it keeps them safe.
City Council approves reparations for living Burge torture victims
By Bethel Habte Medill News Service He’ll tell you about his sweet tooth. He’ll tell you about the black dachshund named Tiny he’s adopted. And if you ask, Darrell Cannon will tell you about the time he was tortured by Chicago police officers. In 1983, Cannon was a suspect in a murder case. After his […]