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In the battle of Chicago’s budget deficit, community investment takes the hit

By Alison Saldanha Medill Reports Just after sunset on a December afternoon, squeals and laughter filled the basketball court of the Chicago Jesuit Academy, on Chicago’s West Side, as 60 students ages 8 to 13 dribbled balls and ran back and forth. With a clipboard in his hand and a pen tucked behind his ear, […]

LGBT center taps new security firm amid activist pressure

Center on Halsted

By Adam Rhodes Medill Reports The Center on Halsted LGBT community center in Boystown tapped Quantum Security LLC as its new security provider on Wednesday, ousting a security firm owned by a police officer who investigators found had assaulted a black security guard in a racist attack in Lake View in 2013. The Center said […]

Chicago’s Kansas City Chiefs bar fans erupt during playoff win

By Leah Vann Medill Reports Professional and collegiate team flags hanging from sports bars decorate many streets in Chicago. Outside, it’s Bears, Cubs, Sox, Blackhawks and Bulls country. But inside, each bar shelters a haven of raucous sports fans avid to share the spirit for hometown teams that may be far away. The AFC divisional […]

Chicago Fire media day connects coaches and players with supporters

By Jake Meister Medill Reports Chicago Fire head coach Raphaël Wicky is trying to build a winning culture for the men’s soccer club that has struggled to find success over the course of the last decade. “The message to the players on the first day was I want a team of passion, and you have to […]

Chicago demonstrators call for no war with Iran

By Yun Hao Medill Reports “Having a dual citizenship — it’s like my parents are getting divorced,” said Negin Goodrich, an Iranian American who came to the anti-war demonstration with a sign featuring a photo of herself and her 75-year-old mother living in Iran. The peaceful demonstration to denounce any move toward war with Iran […]

Single parents spend 90% of their incomes to pay for child care

By Esther Bower Medill Reports Valisha White knows there is no sacrifice too great for her two children, Harmony, 9, and Alandis, 5. White, a single parent in Uptown, said she strives to provide the most for her kids amid strapped finances and high child care prices. “I just had to go get the kids […]

Volunteer Coordinator supplies the heart of Community Feast Soup Kitchen

By Joshua R. Skinner Medill Reports Community Feast, a volunteer-run soup kitchen, has operated every Sunday in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago for the last 35 years. Unlike most soup kitchens, Community Feast serves restaurant-style meals, complete with seating and menus. Volunteers are at the heart of that service, many of whom have given […]

A guide to the 2020 election polls

By Areeba Shah Medill Reports The 2016 pre-election polls predicted that Hillary Clinton’s probability of winning the presidency was about 90%. When she lost, 40% of Americans lost faith in elections, according to NPR. Yet, the 2016 polls were among the most accurate in history, said Scott Keeter, a senior survey adviser at Pew Research […]