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click to enlarge Nguyen Tran In early 2016, Jimmy Amutavi had what he considered a happy life. More than a decade had passed since he first…
Community members are sounding the alarm at Weiss Memorial Hospital’s plans to sell a surface parking lot, which they say could signal a plan to shutter…
click to enlarge Dan O’Halloran The Thompson Center cost $172 million to construct. Helmut Jahn, who died in a bike accident last month, began designing the…
click to enlarge The McDonald’s where Kenia Campeando was working when she tested positive for COVID-19. Sebastián Hidalgo for Reveal This story was originally published by…
The police used pepper spray to subdue protesters attempting to remove the statue of Christopher Columbus from Grant Park. Grace Del Vecchio Just after 6 PM…
Editorial cartoonist Bill Mauldin, whose bedraggled “Willie and Joe” characters famously represented the lowly “dogface” foot soldiers of World War II, won two Pulitzer Prizes, the…
click to enlarge Denin Lawley / Unsplash Content warning: Graphic descriptions of physical and sexual abuse When James McIntyre advocates for queer kids facing abuse and…
Samantha Cabrera Friend This story was originally published by City Bureau on May 11, 2021, and is part of the How a Community Heals series. Each…
Kiki Lechuga-Dupont Gardening keeps Milton Sewell grounded. The 56-year-old North Park resident embraced the isolation brought on by the pandemic by leaning on his hobby. Throughout…
We didn’t need the death of architect Helmut Jahn to bring the plight of the James R. Thompson Center to our attention. The state’s May 3…