Workers at Chicago's Loretto Hospital are on strike day 5. “There are so many of us at Loretto Hospital who work so hard,” Patient Care Tech Ebony Childs said at a press conference. “We are burnt out. We are tired. But we still come in. For the community." chicagohealthonline.com/loretto-hospit…

Driving back to Chicago in June, my phone buzzed w/ texts. I found out why when we stopped for gas: The sky was clear where I was (Kentucky), but haze enveloped Chicago. People smelled smoke when they went outside. Their throats hurt; some had headaches. chicagohealthonline.com/poor-air-quali…

Physicians are struggling. From having to rush w/ their patients to fighting with insurance companies over coverage, they're frustrated that our healthcare system makes it so difficult to actually care for patients. nytimes.com/2023/06/15/mag…

Only .01% of Illinois’s prairies remain. But people can restore some of that land, with benefits for human health too. “They can be these little repositories to our shrinking natural areas,” says Openlands' Mary Fortmann. chicagohealthonline.com/healthy-yards-… #nativegardens via Chicago Health Magazine

Rupert Murdoch is worth roughly $8 billion, went to Oxford, and arguably has led the most destructive media force in journalism history. Him acting like he’s not a member of the ruling class is just insidious.

Ok but how long until we can pay in tears???

I loved working on this story — and learning how such a critical but often overlooked part of this city works.

Remember quarantine? As awful as it was, it offered some of us time to revisit former hobbies. Justin Fiala, MD 🏳️‍🌈 #BLM, pulmonologist and sleep specialist Northwestern Medicine & Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, did just that, brushing off his painting supplies & revisiting his artistic side.chicagohealthonline.com/painting-a-pan…

I keep hearing the word dire to describe our migrant crisis in Chicago. And it is. Atrocious. Every step of the way. blockclubchicago.org/2023/12/05/whe…

UPDATE: Volunteers are now asking only for winter clothes and are no longer requesting people bring medicine.

📰 READ | Studies show that #HearingLoss increases a person's risk of falling. Learn why and what you can do about it from Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Journalist in Aging Fellow Katie Scarlett Brandt in Caregiving Magazine: ow.ly/pY2Z50Qxcam

I wrote about the measles outbreak for Chicago Health Magazine. To be *extra* clear: The 1st case did not originate in the shelter, but the people are more at risk due to communal living. Not everyone was vax'd either, but now all 1800 people at Pilsen shelter are: chicagohealthonline.com/measles-101/

There's not one US county where you can afford a 2-bdrm apartment on minimum wage. For older adults w/ fixed incomes & complex health, this is especially challenging. Part 1 in Caregiving Magazine, w/ generous support from Gerontological Society of America (GSA), The John A. Hartford Foundation: chicagocaregiving.com/over-the-thres…

📰 ARTICLE | #OlderAdults face an increased risk for homelessness across the US. Women now make up a larger portion of unhoused Americans — and their role as caregivers plays a part in that risk. Read more from Caregiving Magazine's Katie Scarlett Brandt: ow.ly/fzo550RjaGY

Amazing work 👏👏👏 Congratulations to everyone who brought this crucial story to light chicagomissingpersons.com/?mc_cid=06937b…

I am happy and honored to be a Lauren Brown Fellow 24' and share this opportunity with Cerise Castle 🌈, Wendy Wei, Diana Cervantes || Visual Journalist, and Salgu Wissmath (they/them). This will help Katie Scarlett Brandt, Tibisay Zea, and me continue reporting in our Investigative Reporters & Editors project about asylum seekers' children — many of

Honored to be part of this panel, happening Wednesday at Columbia College

.#NABJ Headquarters ✊🏾🖊️🎙️💻 📷 🎥 📝 🔈 leadership is moving like Trump is a normal candidate when he just said that this will be the last election we have, if he wins. Stop calling an aspiring dictator a presidential candidate and treat him like the treat he is.

ICYMI...in addition to guidance on money and mental health, our all day Freelance Business Workshop included an editors-eye-view of the pitch process. Thanks to Diana, Katie Scarlett Brandt, Nikita Stewart, Norman Parish, and Jasmine Browley for sharing your insights! #TheIIJ #NABJ24

Elon Musk and some prominent right-wing social media accounts widely circulated claims that dozens of migrants with guns and motorcycles “took over” a South Side apartment in Chicago. The claim was bogus, police and the area’s alderperson said. More: blockclubchicago.org/2024/09/03/no-…