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Boats on San Francisco Bay near a beach

In chilly San Francisco Bay, open-water swimmers find warmth in community

Orlando Rivera, executive director and co-founder of the Chicago Cuatro Orchestra in Humboldt Park, strums a five-string tiple, a cousin of the cuatro instrument, on Jan. 8, 2026, at Humboldt Park Fieldhouse.

An orchestra reborn: How Chicago, the cuatro and a car crash reinvigorated Orlando Rivera’s career 

Rev. Jesse Jackson with two men, the Rev. Charles Jenkins and the Rev. Reginald Sharpe

WATCH: Chicagoans remember life, legacy of Rev. Jesse Jackson

Bad Bunny at Super Bowl halftime show press conference

Rhetoric around Bad Bunny halftime show is projection, manifestation of America’s polarized political culture, scholars say

People at NFL Pride House Super Bowl event

NFL’s Pride Flag Football Clinic marks major milestone for San Francisco’s LGBTQ+ community

Tommy John surgery evolution and an alternative to being cut

March 16, 2020

By Zoe Collins Rath Medill Explores Tommy John of the Los Angeles Dodgers took to the mound in 1977 like he did hundreds of times

Try a new yoga partner — Get healthy and happy with goats!

March 15, 2020

By Annie Krall Medill Reports Yoga has offered a sanctuary of serenity for thousands of years. A recent study found that even normally giddy preschoolers

Intermittent fasting: A path to changing life and fighting cancer

March 15, 2020

By Annie Krall Medill Reports Growling. Roaring. Grumbling. Something not quite in the distance draws even closer.  In the pit of your stomach you feel

Amid Trump’s travel ban, fencers keep their weapons raised

March 15, 2020

By Emine Yücel Medill Reports Kamali Thompson, a Team USA saber fencer training for the 2020 Olympics, woke up Thursday morning to 30 missed messages.

Preservation Chicago reveals 2020 list of the city’s most endangered buildings

March 15, 2020

By Michaela Schirra Medill Reports The recent release of the seven most endangered buildings in Chicago added to looming preservationist fears about the city’s architectural

Obama’s ‘Great Lakes Czar’ runs for reelection at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District

March 13, 2020

By Nicole Girten Medill Reports Commissioner Cameron Davis, former President Obama’s point person on the Great Lakes, is running to retain his seat at the

Kina Collins

At 29, Kina Collins is the youngest black woman to run for Congress in Illinois

March 12, 2020

By Brandon Raphael Dupre Medill Reports Kina Collins wears a black shirt with white block letters spelling out the names of the four congresswomen known

Requesting Via ride-hail

Via no longer sees Uber and Lyft as direct competitors: Its operations chief discusses strategy and the future of transportation

March 12, 2020

By Kari McMahon Medill Reports Via, Chicago’s third largest ride-hailing service behind Uber and Lyft, expanded its reach in the city in August 2019 with

Protestors demand new trial for inmate who alleged torture

March 12, 2020

By Samone Blair Medill Reports Protestors gathered at Daley Plaza Feb. 25 to call for the release of Gerald Reed, an inmate who was allegedly

Virginia

Virginia Rounds wants to save America’s manufacturing industry with apprenticeships

March 12, 2020

By Amy Sokolow Medill Reports Last month, 12,000 Americans who work in manufacturing lost their jobs. But Virginia Rounds, 44, has a plan to get

Amid COVID-19 pandemic, empty store shelves are showing people’s concerns

March 11, 2020

By Wanying Zhao Medill Reports Michelle Kwong stocked up more than usual during her regular grocery shopping trip for her family of four at the

Good Things Come in Threes at the Big East Tournament

March 10, 2020

By Roderick Diamond II Medill Reports For the third consecutive year, DePaul University hosted the Big East Conference women’s basketball tournament at Wintrust Arena  March

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