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VIDEO: ‘People’s Convoy’ arrives in D.C. area, meets with lawmakers

by Jenny Huh | Mar 8, 2022 | Featured, Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON — The People’s Convoy, also known as the “Freedom Convoy,” reached the D.C. area Sunday morning, looping twice around the Capital Beltway. About 1,000 vehicles participated, according to The Washington Post. Inspired by the Canadian freedom convoy protests...

After False Starts, D.C. Convoy Excites Supporters But Merely Perplexes Commuters: Photos

by Zachary Miller | Mar 8, 2022 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — The arrival of several truck convoys in the nation’s capital has, so far, failed to live up to the hype. In February, anti-vaccine and anti-mask protestors used cars and trucks to blockade Ottawa and a nearby major shipping highway. Similar protests...

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STATE OF THE UNION 2018

Medill on the Hill teamed up with Northwestern News Network in Evanston to produce a package of stories covering President Barack Obama's seventh and final State of the Union address. The two newsrooms collaborated across time zones to produce a three-hour broadcast and more than a dozen print and digital reports. Check out our broadcast here.

CYBERSECURITY

In a series of investigative reports, Medill on the Hill reporters uncovered threats to privacy and security in the digital age ranging from the safety of your online campaign donations to how computer hacking could impact food safety.