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Supporters of the DREAM Act, including Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., center, were arrested in July at a pro-immigration rally.

Dec. 19, 2011

Eight Forty-Eight's Richard Steele kicks off a week of encore specials featuring past stories and conversations from the show. Journalists Alden Loury and Sue Ontiveros join Steele for a conversation about the biggest stories involving race during 2011. They discuss the DREAM Act, how the media missed the mark in covering Flash Mobs and what calls for a "consensus" black candidate during February's Mayoral election meant as a political strategy. And, Steele looks back at the racial turmoil at Chicago's Rainbow Beach during the 1960s.

How race shaped our politics and culture in 2011

Dec. 19, 2011
Eight Forty-Eight's Richard Steele kicks off a week of encore specials featuring past stories and conversations from the show.Journalists Alden Loury and Sue Ontiveros join Steele for a conversation about the biggest stories involving race during 2011.