By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
Raised by his grandmother in Chicago’s public housing, Phillip Jackson spent most of his childhood learning to hustle on 43rd St., moving through 11 Chicago public schools and dropping out of college. That was until a young philosophy professor mentored him, helping...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
Ray McGrath’s work as a defense investigator for three Northern Ireland prison escapees facing extradition from the United States brought him to a revelation about international criminal courts and tribunals. As such bodies oversee serious international cases,...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
In 2005, Molly MacDonald was between jobs, supporting her five children and aging mother, and paying $1200 per month for Cobra health insurance. Then she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Two surgeries and six weeks of daily radiation cured her cancer but derailed her...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
A former owner of a wrecking yard in an Arizona border town, Richard Kamp became alarmed when toxic smoke from a nearby copper smelter threatened the health of his family. He started collecting technical data about local pollution and used this knowledge to fight for...
By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023
When marketing executive Mark Goldsmith volunteered to be “Principal for a Day” at a New York-area school, he asked for the program’s toughest assignment. They sent him to Rikers Island prison for a day, and that experience led Goldsmith to an encore...
