Overprescribed and underfunded: Illinois’ surge in overdose deaths
By Jack Adams, Talia Beechick and Madison Hopkins Chris Nielsen’s future looked bright. A senior in high school, he played catcher on his school’s baseball team in a Chicago suburb and was offered a full scholarship to play the sport at Michigan State University. But at age 17, after his first knee surgery, he was […]
Urban League panel works out community trust issues
By Thomas Vogel Video by Hannah Gebresilassie Police tactics, mental-health awareness and youth engagement were top concerns for a panel of community leaders, government officials and media personalities assembled Tuesday for a community forum at the South Side headquarters of the Urban League of Chicago. [vimeo 155727836 w=474] Representatives from Chicago Police Department, community leaders […]
Painting a picture: Art can help people cope with Parkinson’s , Alzheimer’s
By Talia Beechick When Renee Le Verrier saw her first-grade son Pedro paint for the first time 10 years ago, she decided to give it a try, despite recently having been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. “I watched him fill the page, no concern for whether it ‘looked right,’ but with abandon to the process – […]
