Wisconsin families forced to choose between work and family during the pandemic
By Natalie Eilbert Medill Reports The first sign of trouble for Blanca Animas was her daughter’s post-surgery infection that kept her hospitalized for 11 days. Then it was being furloughed without pay until she found someone else to care for her severely disabled daughter, Anna. By the time Anna left the hospital, Animas understood she […]
What I’ve Learned: Jorge Martinez on lessons from the Vietnam War
By Gurjit Kaur Medill Reports Vietnam War veteran Jorge Martinez, 72, recounts his experiences during and after the war. When I was 20 years old, I got drafted — wound up in Vietnam. Uncle Sam sent me a letter of greeting: “You are hereby ordered for induction.” There was a battle called Hamburger Hill. I […]
Puerto Rican communities take matters into their own hands
By Joel Jacobs Medill Reports As Puerto Rico struggles with crushing public debt, an economic recession and natural disasters, many residents disillusioned with the local and federal government have taken matters into their own hands. For many of the approximately 3.1 million Puerto Ricans on the island, the strategy going forward is oriented around self-reliance. […]
Fourth annual Women’s March Chicago rallies thousands of supporters
By Shirin Ali Medill Reports Thousands of people gathered in Grant Park on Saturday to march for climate change solutions, reproductive rights, LGBTQ rights and getting out the vote, issues highlighted at the annual Women’s March since the 2016 election of President Donald Trump. Women’s March Chicago organized the event and estimated that 10,000 people […]
Missouri Valley Conference women’s basketball season in review
Greg Melo Medill Reports As the calendar flipped from 2018 to 2019, Missouri Valley Conference games officially kicked into full gear with teams jockeying for position in lieu of March’s tournament in Quad Cities in Moline. With conference play in full swing, here is a look at the current state of the MVC standings and […]
80 floors, 1,634 steps, and more than $629,000 for kids
By Yunyi(Jessie) Liu Medill Reports More than 2,500 people climbed the 80 flights to the top of the Aon Center, the city’s third tallest skyscraper, to help children battling illness and families at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. The annual “Step Up for Kids” event on Sunday earned $629,772.52 up […]
AbbVie share hit 5-year high with strong sales growth in fourth quarter
By Yanchun (Roxanne) Liu Medill Reports Stock of AbbVie Inc. (NYSE: ABBV) soared 13.8 percent, hitting a five-year high, after the North Chicago-based biopharmaceutical company reported Friday quarterly adjusted earnings that beat Wall Street expectations and strong growth in sales of flagship drug Humira. However, net earnings plunged 96.3 percent to $52 million, or 3 […]
Entrepreneurship growing in Japan, but challenges remain
By Qiqi(Vivian) Zhang When Yorick Traunecker, a 31-year-old Swiss expatriate, wanted to rent a workspace to develop his startup idea in Tokyo, finding TechShop, an open-access DIY workshop in Minato-ku District, was a surprise to him. “There is no way you can find a space that is as big as this with so much industrial-level […]
Tokyo, eyeing 2020, reinforces Japanese character
By Yingcong (June) Fu Tokyo is pointing toward its second Olympics, in 2020, after more than half a century. Different from the situation in 1964, when Japan’s economy was emerging after World War II, Tokyo is trying to bring a new global image this time after decades of economic stagnation in Japan. Consistent with the […]
Social media brings Women’s March on Chicago to life
By Kara Voght In the hours following Donald Trump’s presidential victory, a disappointed Liz Radford scrolled through her Facebook feed and noticed posts floating the idea about a women’s march on Washington. Radford decided to gauge interest for a Chicago-based sister march within her own social network the weekend after the election. “We put up […]
