Scientific American • 1st March 2021 Killings by Police Declined after Black Lives Matter Protests A study also found body-camera use and community policing increased in places with the most active movements.
South Side Weekly • 23rd February 2021 Cops Got Overtime for Anjanette Young Raid Five of the officers named in Young’s lawsuit had overtime requests approved for the night of the raid
South Side Weekly • 17th February 2021 Chicago Police Overtime Broke Department Records in 2020 About 6% of cops generated 20% of last year's overtime pay
Scientific American • 11th February 2021 White Chicago Cops Use Force More Often than Black Officers New study of the city's policing also shows differences between male and female cops
Scientific American • 28th January 2021 Biden Elevates Science in Week One Actions The president has moved quickly on COVID-19 and climate change and has boosted scientists’ roles in his administration
Scientific American • 16th December 2020 Food Industry-Backed Research Gives Results Funders Want More than half of these studies yielded outcomes favorable to company products compared to less than 10 percent lacking such support
Scientific American • 20th November 2020 New Scientist-Candidates for U.S. Congress Fared Worse Than Expected in 2020 Even with big health issues in the headlines, most of these challengers lost, though advocates hope the races gave science a higher policy profile
Scientific American • 4th November 2020 U.S. Exits Paris Climate Accord after Trump Stalls Global Warming Action for Four Years State-level efforts and a growing renewables market have mitigated federal emissions policy rollbacks—but Trump's climate impact could be long-lasting
South Side Weekly • 14th October 2020 Should Protesters be Prosecuted? Foxx and O’Brien Differ Kim Foxx is dismissing certain misdemeanor charges against protesters and prosecuting those charged with felonies. Her opponent says Foxx is allowing crime to “intermix” with peaceful protesters.
South Side Weekly • 2nd September 2020 Mohawk Johnson on Hip-Hop, Activism, and Skating "I think what people need to understand is that regardless of how you feel about the methodology, these people are in pain. Art creates an avenue for that pain"
Smithsonian Magazine • 12th August 2020 What Scientists Know About Airborne Transmission of the New Coronavirus Aerosol experts, from engineers to doctors, weigh in on the ability of tiny droplets to transmit the virus that causes COVID-19
Scientific American • 20th July 2020 After Surgery, Black Children Are More Likely to Die Than White Children A study of nearly 200 U.S. medical centers found that even apparently healthy kids suffer racial disparities in complications associated with surgery
Scientific American • 8th July 2020 Vaccinations Have Sharply Declined Nationwide during the COVID-19 Pandemic Rates of childhood immunization have fallen across the U.S., raising the risk of vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks
South Side Weekly • 3rd July 2020 City Rescinds Chicago Freedom School Cease-and-Desist Order During George Floyd protests, city investigators came to the school after it ordered pizzas for activists
South Side Weekly • 30th June 2020 Following the Census Money The Weekly tracks state grants distributed to boost Census outreach
South Side Weekly • 24th June 2020 As the City Reopens, Mental Health Clinics Keep Services at a Distance A “significant portion” of services could stay remote as clinics permanently adopt telehealth
Al Jazeera News • 12th May 2020 Coronavirus Shutdown Threatens Chicago's Rohingya Cultural Center Coronavirus crisis forces the centre to cancel Ramadan fundraiser and puts the community it serves in dire straits.
Scientific American • 7th May 2020 'Breakthrough' COVID-19 Tests Are Currently Cheap, Fast—and Not Very Accurate Antigen-based assays could be used in the home, but critics say their error rates are still an issue
Scientific American • 10th April 2020 Winged "PigeonBot" Flies with Real Feathers A flying robot reveals how birds stay aloft and could inspire next-generation drones
