From the Editor’s Desk
As I was working on this issue of Caregiving, a car struck my friend Lisa and fled the scene. She was walking across Franklin Boulevard in Humboldt Park. First responders took her to Mount Sinai Hospital, which we learned after another friend tracked her phone there. In those first few days, we knew little about […]
From the Editor’s Desk: Winter/Spring 2026
I’m part of the generation that grew up without ubiquitous technology — and then watched it become unavoidable. We played outside for hours, made calls on landlines, and learned our way around a card catalog. Then the internet came along, and I spent an entire evening making a presentation to my parents about what it was, how […]
From the Editor’s Desk: Spring/Summer 2025
Sleeping over at my grandparents’ house one night when I was 9, I had a horrible dream. The sleepovers always went the same way: My grandma would read to me and stay until I fell asleep. A nightlight glowed in the room, and I felt comforted knowing my grandparents were a few steps across the […]