Q’s on the Quad: Claflin University
By Samone Blair and Emine Yücel Medill Reports Medill School’s Q’s on the Quad visited Claflin, a historically black university in Orangeburg, South Carolina, to
Game preview: Chicago Fire travel to defending MLS Champions Seattle Sounders for season opener
By Jake Meister Medill Reports After finishing preseason training in Tampa and Los Angeles, the Chicago Fire began preparations for their season-opening match Sunday against
Many Indian students on US campuses are silent on new Indian citizenship bill
By Madhurita Goswami Medill Reports Some Indian students are hitting Chicago’s streets to protest against an increasingly authoritarian government back home. But many students don’t
N’Synch: An inside edge into the synchronized skating world with coach Danielle Ostrower
By Megan Sauer Medill Reports Synchronized figure skaters from Northbrook made history last year as the only junior level team to be chosen to represent
Woodlawn stakeholders say city’s affordable housing plan isn’t affordable for all
By Sidnee King Medill Reports Woodlawn community organizers and local officials called for assurances during a Ward Night meeting Thursday that a new city housing
‘Thou shall not mess with our lakefront’: A talk with Edgewater neighborhood historian Robert Remer
By Nicole Girten Medill Reports The water levels in Lake Michigan have risen 6 feet since 2013, and the Army Corps of Engineers predicts the
Kids in Iowa get involved in the 2020 presidential campaigns
By Ellen O’Brien Medill Reports Kathleen McKean stood in the back corner of a Joe Biden campaign event, listening to the former vice president’s stump
Northwestern alum Sonali Lamba, Kellogg MBA’12, shares how she successfully built a bridal business
By Annie Lin Medill Reports When Sonali Lamba, 36, and Nicole Staple, 35, happened to grab a seat next to each other at orientation for
Star Farm Chicago makes urban agriculture accessible, inclusive and healing
By Briana Garrett Medill Reports Back of the Yards-based urban garden Star Farm Chicago grows produce for the surrounding multicultural community and organizers pride themselves on
City Council debates options for community police oversight
By Beth Stewart Medill Reports The Chicago City Council’s first 2020 Public Safety Committee hearing on community police oversight brought together a panel of experts
Cha-ching for charity: Chicago diva hosts HamBINGO, drag-queen style
By Miyah Keller Medill Reports With shiny heels clicking, the long-legged drag queen struts fashion poses and a dramatic hairdo for Drag Queen Bingo at
Community organizer challenges Lightfoot’s promise that Chicago cannabis industry won’t be an ‘all-white enterprise’
By LaTesha Harris Medill Reports At Chicago’s first-ever cannabis resource fair earlier this month, Mayor Lori Lightfoot was confronted about her promise that the emerging