Chicagoans marched weeks before ‘most crucial election of our lifetime’
By Allison Schatz Medill Reports From handmaidens cloaked in red to dogs sporting protest signs, energized crowds gathered in downtown Chicago on Saturday as part
CEOs discuss new approaches for PFAS destruction
By Marisa Sloan Medill Reports Over 60 years ago, the revolutionary “nonstick” Teflon pan was first unveiled. American households would be forever changed by the
Artists and scientists combine forces at Third Coast Disrupted
By Emily Little Medill Reports Seven artists and seven scientists met in 2019 to discuss how to make Chicago aware of climate change in its
Chicago hosts second Women’s March of 2020 to rally voters and protest Trump’s Supreme Court appointment
By Caroline Catherman, Shivani Majmudar & Grace Rodgers Medill Reports Less than three weeks before the 2020 presidential election, Chicago joined cities across the country
Bound together through suffering, families of Breonna Taylor, Jacob Blake march in Evanston
By Allison Schatz Medill Reports On a drizzly, gray October afternoon in Evanston, Jacob Blake Sr., father of Jacob Blake—a 29-year-old African American man shot
Wisconsin families forced to choose between work and family during the pandemic
By Natalie Eilbert Medill Reports The first sign of trouble for Blanca Animas was her daughter’s post-surgery infection that kept her hospitalized for 11 days.
Orland Park’s only Black owned business benefits from Black Lives Matter movement
By Cheyanne M. Daniels Medill Reports Driving down La Grange Road through Orland Park, the Black-owned restaurant Vegan T’ease is easy to miss. Inside the
Pandemic amplifies mental health struggles in already vulnerable young athletes
By Dan Moberger Medill Reports At 5:30 p.m. on a muggy Tuesday in mid-July, parents dropped off their teenage daughters at Fleet Fields, a parking
Group feeds Chicago’s neighborhoods one fridge at a time
By Marisa Sloan Medill Reports Hidden in the alley behind a used bookstore in Humboldt Park is a fully stocked refrigerator. Giant fruit and vegetables
Gabe Hudson: What I’ve learned
By Hannah Farrow Medill Reports Award-winning fiction writer Gabe Hudson, 48, on his creative process, authoring three books, and his dog I was very cognizant of
‘The Invisible Cut’: A look into racism in fencing
By Leah Vann & Emine Yücel Medill Reports This summer, Boris Vaksman, a prominent fencing coach for St. John’s University and New York’s Fencers Club,
Sí, Yo Soy Afro: What it’s like to be Black in Argentina
By Sidnee King & Beth Stewart Medill Reports BUENOS AIRES — The myth that there are no Black people in Argentina is pervasive. Walking the