By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
More than half a lifetime ago, as a Peace Corps volunteer in Monrovia, Liberia, Patricia Foley Hinnen witnessed a horror that she couldn’ t comprehend – which ignited a passion to help level the economic playing field for women around the world. Hinnen was...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
As an injury epidemiologist in North Carolina, I’ve spent my career studying how people get hurt. In 2002, while reviewing routine injury data, I made a disturbing discovery: Fatal overdoses from prescription pain medicine were dramatically increasing across the...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
When the musical Wicked opened on Broadway in 2003, it became wildly popular. Teenagers flocked to the story of the witches of Oz at touring productions all over the country. It ignited a revival of musical theater in mainstream culture. Wicked ‘s success gave...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
For 30 years, Abby Mandel worked as a chef, cookbook author, and food columnist, all the while extolling the value of fresh, locally farmed foods – for individuals, the environment, and small farmers. In 1998, the lack of such fresh foods in Chicago spurred...
