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In the Blood: One Photographer’s Need to Go Around the Globe
Ivan Lo, a humanitarian photographer, was diagnosed with leukemia in 2007. Just two months ago, he was back in Afghanistan with a cane under his arm, popping medication in order to continue taking pictures. Ivan was just 23 when he was diagnosed with Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia after returning from a trip to Afghanistan, where he […]
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The needle scratching on an album, freshly plucked from its sleeve used to be something only the older set enjoyed. But not anymore. Vinyl record sales are on the rise, and Val Camilletti, owner of Val’s Halla Records, located in Oak Park, has an explanation as to why vinyl is suddenly all the rage again. “The major […]
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Walking down 47th Street in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood, there’s an old meatpacking factory behind a Mexican supermarket and a Marshalls retail store. On top of the building in capital letters is the word “bEER.” It’s the old Peer Foods factory except someone has turned the “P” upside down. The building looked abandoned […]
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Inna Zaborenko knew she had to get her family out of Ukraine. The married mother of two lived in Kiev, a city just over 90 miles away from the epicenter of the Chernobyl disaster. An explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in April 1986 released a large amount of radioactive material into the area. […]
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Felicia Simpson said she was 24 when a boyfriend threw a beer bottle at her and broke her nose. The relationship started as a typical love story, said Simpson. They had grown up only one block away from each other. When she first saw Juan, she was instantly attracted to him. She flirted. They exchanged […]
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For a change, get a taste of the islands with this story about Daddy-O’s bringing a taste of Jamaica to the South Side. You can get an eye-full with the slideshow.
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State Lawmakers, College Students Unaware That Many Schools Not Following The Campus Security Law
December 22, 2011 3 Comments
SPRINGFIELD – Several state lawmakers say they didn’t know a law they passed after the Northern Illinois University shootings isn’t being enforced – and some vow to tighten the statute when legislators return to Springfield early next year. A three-month investigation by ChicagoTalks found that a fraction of Cook County’s 63 higher education institutions appear […]
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