Some Evanston activists hope to introduce a resolution to City Council in early 2020 that would urge the Illinois government to pass legislation to allow medical aid in dying.
The proposed resolution...
Jon Newsome used to live an active life filled with exercise and travel.
Now, he is confined to a wheelchair with ALS, a disease without a cure.
An ice sculpture of Newsome appeared in front of Norris...
Last month, Facebook newsfeeds were inundated with videos of friends pouring buckets of ice water over their heads. Beginning in July, this very strange piece of performance art blossomed into the full-blown...
The Les Turner ALS Foundation pledged $10 million to Northwestern Medicine to advance treatment and research for the disease made prominent by the ice bucket challenge craze.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,...
CHICAGO — Illinois' luminaries on Saturday remembered Northwestern Law Prof. Dawn Clark Netsch (Weinberg '48, Law '52) as a brilliant pioneer who broke almost every glass ceiling in state politics.
"She...
