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Jackson Healy

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor

Jackson Healy is a senior and the Nation and World Editor at the DePaulia.

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Family members watch as Chicago police investigate in the 5700 block of South Carpenter Street, where a man was shot to death during a party on the Englewood neighborhood block on the South Side, early Sunday, May 29, 2022, in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Violence prevention organizations announce drop in citywide, West Side shootings

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
June 6, 2022
Monkey mayhem: Rare monkeypox outbreak sparks unease during pandemic

Monkey mayhem: Rare monkeypox outbreak sparks unease during pandemic

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
June 6, 2022
People pay their respect at a memorial set up outside of the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas Thursday, May 26, 2022. Law enforcement authorities faced questions and criticism Thursday over how much time elapsed before they stormed the Texas elementary school classroom and put a stop to the rampage by a gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

School shootings are a rarity in most developed countries. Why are they so prevalent in America?

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
May 29, 2022
Pallets of baby formula wait to be transferred to a truck after arriving on an Air Force C-17 at the Indianapolis International Airport in Indianapolis, Sunday, May 22, 2022. The 132 pallets of Nestlé Health Science Alfamino Infant and Alfamino Junior formula arrived from Ramstein Air Base in Germany. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

78,000 pounds of infant formula arrives in US as shortage continues

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
May 22, 2022
Turkey blocks Finland, Sweden’s historic NATO bid

Turkey blocks Finland, Sweden’s historic NATO bid

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
May 22, 2022
Katie McDevitt of Washington, nurses her 6-week-old baby Declan, as they join demonstrators protesting outside of the U.S. Supreme Court, Tuesday, May 3, 2022, in Washington. A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a Politico report released Monday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Over half of U.S. women at risk of losing abortion access

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
May 8, 2022
Smoke from a wind-whipped wildfire rises above neighborhoods on the outskirts of Flagstaff, Arizona, on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. (Sean Golightly, Arizona Daily Sun via AP)

Over 137 million in US breathing dangerous air

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
May 2, 2022
Crowds of the masked and the unmasked went through the security line at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 where the airport issued a statement Tuesday morning saying masks are now "optional for employees, passengers, and visitors" at the airport. "Although a mask mandate will no longer be enforced, employees, passengers, and visitors are reminded that masks continue to offer a level of protection against the COVID virus," the airport said. (John Spink/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Masking Mayhem: Federal judge voids mask mandate for airlines, public transportation

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
April 24, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 7, 2022. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Will Russian officials be prosecuted for war crimes? It’s complicated.

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
April 17, 2022
Kentaji Brown-Jackson during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

“We’ve made it, all of us”: Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed to Supreme Court

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
April 10, 2022
Members of the New Orleans Police Department investigate a carjacking scene on N. Pierce St. that resulted in an elderly woman's death in New Orleans, La., Monday, March 21, 2022. (Max Becherer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Chicago officials struggle to curb years-long carjacking crisis

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
April 3, 2022
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally for Georgia GOP candidates at Banks County Dragway in Commerce, Ga., Saturday, March 26, 2022.

Lock him up? DOJ faces growing pressure to prosecute Trump, associates

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
April 3, 2022
Workers in protective gear bury a coronavirus victim during a funeral at a cemetery in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Slamet Riyadi)

Two years on, the battle against Covid-19 continues

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
March 13, 2022
Kelly's Pub: A Lincoln Park mainstay

Kelly’s Pub: A Lincoln Park mainstay

Katie Kostelic, Gina Brennan, Jackson Healy, and Alexandra Murphy
March 13, 2022
NATO defense ministers attend a round table meeting of the North Atlantic Council at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

As Russia continues Ukrainian onslaught, NATO’s future hangs in the balance

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
March 6, 2022
World braces for cyberwar as Russian invasion intensifies

World braces for cyberwar as Russian invasion intensifies

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
February 28, 2022
As Facebook, Twitter remove far-right users, “alt-tech” houses exiled netizens

As Facebook, Twitter remove far-right users, “alt-tech” houses exiled netizens

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
February 20, 2022
Meddling in the midterms: How partisan influence in U.S elections chip away at democracy

Meddling in the midterms: How partisan influence in U.S elections chip away at democracy

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
February 13, 2022
A health official takes a sample for tests at a private Covid-19 testing center in Harare, Zimbabwe, Thursday, Feb, 3, 2022.

Public health officials show cautious optimism for Covid-19’s future

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
February 6, 2022
A Ukrainian soldier walks in a trench at the line of separation from pro-Russian rebels, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Dubchak)

Blitz or Bluff? Russia weighs options for Ukraine

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
January 23, 2022
Illinois is leaving fossil fuels for renewables. Can it do it without nuclear?

Illinois is leaving fossil fuels for renewables. Can it do it without nuclear?

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
January 17, 2022
Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021.(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

One year later, the insurrection’s roots remain

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
January 6, 2022
Dr. Manjul Shukla transfers Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, at a mobile vaccination clinic in Worcester, Mass. Pfizer said Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, that a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine may protect against the new omicron variant even though the initial two doses appear significantly less effective.

Omicron: What to know, how to stay safe this holiday season and beyond

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
December 14, 2021
Murder, famine, destruction: Sand mining’s global impact

Murder, famine, destruction: Sand mining’s global impact

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
November 15, 2021
Benjamin Franklin Statue in Chicago

Statues of limitations: future of 41 monuments up in air as Chicago reckons with its nation’s past

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
June 6, 2021
FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2021 file photo, the Bitcoin logo appears on the display screen of a crypto currency ATM at the Smoker's Choice store in Salem, N.H. The price of Bitcoin fell as much as 29% Wednesday, May 19 after the China Banking Association warned members of risks associated with digital currencies. Other digital currencies suffered sharp declines as well. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Cryptocurrency might be the future of money – if it can shed its emissions problem

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
May 23, 2021
El sitio de reubicación de General Iron en 11600 S. Burley Ave.

Los activistas de la justicia ambiental logran una victoria contra General Iron, pero su lucha continúa

Jackson Healy and María Marta Guzmán
May 23, 2021
The General Iron facility's relocation site at 11600 S. Burley Ave.

Environmental justice advocates score a win against General Iron, but their fight is far from over

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
May 16, 2021
A still from Tramp Stamps' music video "1-800-miss-ur-guts."

Tramp Stamps and Internet Sleuths: What makes an industry plant an industry plant?

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
May 9, 2021
FILE - In this image from video, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin listens as the verdict is read in his trial for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. On Friday, April 30, The Associated Press reported on social media posts sharing a fabricated screenshot last weekend that purported to show the Chicago Police Department tweeting in support of Chauvin, who was convicted for the murder of Floyd. The department sent no such tweet. (Court TV via AP, Pool, File)

OPINION: Indicting a law enforcement officer does not equate to indicting law enforcement

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
May 2, 2021
FILE - In this April 5, 2021, file photo, Leanne Montenegro, 21, covers her eyes as she doesn't like the sight of needles, while she receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a FEMA vaccination center at Miami Dade College in Miami. In the U.S, meanwhile, more than one-fourth of the population — nearly 90 million people — has been fully vaccinated and supplies are so robust that some states are turning down planned shipments from the federal government. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

‘By not slaying the beast, we’re letting it grow stronger’: COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy complicates attempts at herd immunity

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
April 25, 2021
Three-bladed wind turbines at one of Asia's largest wind farms are seen in the backdrop of Western Ghats at Aralvaimozhi, southern Tamil Nadu state, India, Friday, April 2, 2021. (AP Photo/R S Iyer)

Offshore wind energy is rapidly growing along the coasts. Can the Midwest follow suit?

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
April 12, 2021
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