Iraqi Translators in Danger
by Katherine Glover
Worldview, Chicago Public Radio
March 2007
"It's kind of like you know when you watch an action movie... but it's [a] sad movie."
An Iraqi immigrant leaves the U.S. for Baghdad after Hussein's fall -- only to learn that things are more dangerous than ever.
Originally produced through the Immigration Here and There project at the Medill School of Journalism.
God on the Job
by Katherine Glover
News21
August 2007
Head scarves, vacation days, proselytizing, condemning gay co-workers on religious grounds - where do we draw the line? Employers and courts struggle to find a balance in how far religion should be accommodated in the workplace.
First Barbie Store a hit in Argentina
by Katherine Glover
The Associated Press
November 2007
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - The idea came to Tito Loizeau in a Buenos Aires shopping mall three years ago: Build a Barbie-themed store and little girls and their parents' money will follow. (Photo: Natacha Pisarenko, AP)
Also picked up by MSN.
Holy Profits
by Katherine Glover
News21
August 2007
Chicago Christian commune Jesus People USA funds its charity work with a successful roofing supply company and other for-profit businesses.
God or Godzilla
by Katherine Glover
News21
August 2007
A Christian film critic explores the big issues of morality and mortality through horror films and monster movies. (Audio with photos.)
Muslims disagree on halal standards
by Katherine Glover
The Daily Herald
November 2006
It's illegal in Illinois to mislead someone into believing that food has been prepared according to Muslim halal standards when it really hasn't. The problem is, different people have different definitions of what those standards should be.
CAFTA a year in: impact more ideological than economic
by Katherine Glover
Medill News Service
May 2007
Buffalo Ridge
by Katherine Glover
The Rake
March 2005
Is Minnesota the "Saudi Arabia of wind power"?
By Any Other Name
by Katherine Glover
The Rake
July 2003
A joke that starts off "a duck walks into a bar," has good odds of being funny. Ducks are funny. A joke beginning "a water buffalo walks into a bar" just doesn't have the same ring. But "a can of Spam walks into a bar" - now that's hilarious. ... So when a company that makes spam-blocking software tries to trademark the name "Spam Arrest," and Hormel takes legal action, it's funny.
States Ready for Wolf Delisting?
by Katherine Glover and Carey Biron
Great Lakes Radio Consortium
(now The Environment Report)
October 2004
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to remove the eastern population of the gray wolf from the Endangered Species List and turn over wolf management to state control. But not everyone thinks the states are up for it.
Chicago Muslim professionals go with the flow
by Katherine Glover
Medill News Service
May 2007
Mazen Asbahi admits he sometimes misses prayers. As a lawyer with Schiff Hardin LLP, sometimes he's in negotiations all day and can't break out. "A more hard-core Muslim who's more senior might say, 'I need to make a five minute break,'" Asbahi said, "but at my point in my career, I can't always do that."
St. Salesman
by Katherine Glover
The Rake
February 2004
My mother's house wasn't selling. No one was even looking at it; a total of four open houses had yielded less than a dozen people, most of them curious neighbors with no intention of buying. When she shared her troubles with co-workers at the hospital where she works, a fellow nurse directed her to obtain a miniature statue of St. Joseph, bury it in the back yard, and pray for him to sell the house. My mother's not a religious person, but she figured she had nothing to lose.