Climate change continues as a global crisis amid COVID-19—and it’s the greater threat
By Shivani Majmudar Medill Reports COVID-19 swept the world, with little regard for anyone who stood in its path. Within weeks, the virus killed thousands, isolated people in their homes and sent economies plummeting. Not only did COVID-19 overwhelm the United States health care system during the first surge, but our political leaders failed to […]
B.C. educators expand on what it means to have SOGI-inclusive schools
By Sian Shin Medill Reports Four years after the ARC Foundation launched the SOGI 1 2 3 program in British Columbia to make schools more LGBTQ+ inclusive, educators in all 60 school districts are expanding on what it means for their schools. SOGI 1 2 3, which stands for Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, is […]
A Chicago-based exhibition emphasizes the need for local climate change solutions
By Natalie Eilbert Medill Reports For her newest installation, collagist N. Masani Landfair sought to recreate the black mold that festered in her South Side home in Chicago as a result of climate change and that had, throughout her life, affected her and her family’s respiratory systems. When she moved to Georgia, climate change once […]
Rare-earth metal reveals ancient ocean currents linked to climate triggers
By Marisa Sloan Medill Reports Despite the sci-fi name of this rare-earth element, neodymium is actually pretty common. The silvery metal is used in everything from cell phones and wind turbines to tanning booths and electric guitars. But it’s the neodymium found thousands of meters below the ocean’s surface that captured the interest of Dr. […]
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 of the fourth annual Women’s March, just two weeks prior to the general election. The Chicago rally, named “Vote. March. Dissent.,” comes mere days before the Senate holds its first […]
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 invention, although not for the better. The pan’s slippery coating was made using perfluorooctanoic acid, one of a class of over 6,000 extremely durable, man-made chemicals known as PFAS. Before […]
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 own backyard. The result was a series of art pieces reflecting the science and the devastation of this crisis. Third Coast Disrupted, an art exhibit at Columbia College, is a […]
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 to host an unprecedented second Women’s March in a single year. Hundreds marched to oppose the Trump Administration, including their controversial nomination to fill the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s […]
The South Carolina primary changed the race
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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 seven times in the back by Kenosha police officer Rustin Sheskey this past August—spoke to the crowd with anguish in his voice. Like millions of Americans, the Blake and Taylor […]