The Latest Breaking News from Amanda Williams

Footage reveals pure chaos as camel rips through a couple’s vehicle after they made one huge mistake

A TikTok video has gone viral, showing an “adventuring” couple’s drive-through safari experience going completely sideways when a camel decided their car was an all-you-can-eat buffet of carrots. The footage, posted by TikToker @whatsssophfunny, serves as a hilarious yet cautionary tale about why you should probably keep your windows rolled…

The Mary Sue · Mar 20

Painkillers without the addiction? The new wave of non-opioid pain relief

Pharma firms are developing drugs that avoid the brain’s opioid receptors to minimise the risks of dependence and overdoses, but not all experts are convinced

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2025

Racial gap widened in deaths among U.S. moms around the time of childbirth

Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher white women around the time of childbirth in 2023

The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2025

Nutritional therapist recommends best foods to eat if you're having brain fog

A change in diet could help

Nottingham Post · Jun 27, 2023

South Sider recalls childhood before home was demolished, CTA’s grime-fighting campaign and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 1, 2023

South Sider recalls life before the 100K tulips: ‘There was always music in the house’

Vivian Johnson lived in a six-flat at 52nd and Prairie in the Washington Park neighborhood until age 6. The building was destroyed and is today the site of a work by South Side artist Amanda Williams, but Johnson, 88, can still recall what it was like before.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 30, 2023

South Sider behind 100,000 blooming tulips: ‘It’s the artist who foretells the revolution’

Six months ago, artist Amanda Williams and a crew of volunteers planted the tulip bulbs to highlight systemic disinvestment. Now, the work, titled “Redefining Redlining,” is blooming.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 21, 2023

100,000 tulips: Chicago artist’s statement on redlining blooms on South Side

The tulips were planted by local residents and volunteers in October as part of a public work by Chicago artist Amanda Williams meant to redefine redlining. Six months later, they’re lighting up the previously vacant lots.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 17, 2023

MacArthur grant recipient's latest public work looks at the history of redlining through 100,000 red tulips

CHICAGO -- By spring, the intersection of 53rd Street and Prairie Avenue in Chicago will be awash in a sea of red tulips — 6 acres of them to be exact, planted Oct. 15 by artist Amanda Williams, 2022 MacArthur grant recipient, South Side residents, and the Emerald South Economic…

Chicago Tribune · Oct 20, 2022

100,000 tulip bulbs to be planted on South Side vacant lots

The public work orchestrated by Chicago artist Amanda Williams aims to redefine redlining in Washington Park.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 14, 2022