What you need to know about your neighbor’s secondhand smoke – and what you can do about it
By Erin Warwood Medill Reports When a neighbor’s tobacco smoke keeps coming into your space, you may wonder what you can do to stop it
For deaf kids, pandemic holds hidden consequences
By Marisa Sloan Medill Reports Although 3-year-old Esther Peterson was born with profound hearing loss in both ears, she is well on her way to
Illinois criminal justice reform law eliminates bail, but doesn’t erase bias in ‘risk assessment’ for pretrial imprisonment
By Leonna McAfee & Rodricka Taylor Medill Reports Posting bail to stay out of prison when charged with a crime will be a thing of
Indigenous researchers call for ethical genomics projects
Navajo geneticist Krystal Tsosie thought she would target her career toward cancer biology. She studied nano- and microparticle research but soon faced a dilemma in
Vaccine allocation detours many of America’s small towns
By Natalie Eilbert Medill Reports From above, the roads in Walnut, Kansas, intersect into the green and gray geometry typical of so many rural towns
Chicago couple gives followers delicious date recommendations
By Julie Kang Medill Reports Michael Loumeau bit into the sprinkle-covered Birthday Cake doughnut he and his girlfriend bought from Beacon Doughnuts, a shop located
Road to the U.S.: A Honduras refugee mother makes a new life in Chicago with help of local charity groups
By Hazel Tang Medill Reports For Maria, her road to the United States as a refugee was rocky. As a mother of two kids, she
Third-generation milliner hopes to preserve practice
By Allison Schatz Medill Reports For centuries, wearing a hat had been both a practical and aesthetic choice. But millinery saw a sharp decline in