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This Sunday will mark the one year anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.  While the country continues the physical clean up in many areas outside the 12-mile exclusion zone, it’s the psychological toll that may have the most lasting effects on Japanese society.  People throughout

The Prairie District police station--a squared-off building that looks as hard as the business end of a cop's nightstick--was built on the South Side 60 years ago this month.But after nearly two-thirds of a century in the law-and-order business, the Prairie District is now retired.

Juvenile justice: The U.S. Supreme Court is about to decide if a "life without parole" sentence handed out to 14-year-olds convicted of murder is "cruel and unusual punishment."

When I did a online search of Jeremy Lin this morning, many of the headlines that popped up were pronouncing an end to the so-called "Linsanity" - that would be the media and cultural frenzy set off by the NY Knicks point guard and his outstanding performance.Lin is the basketball player who alleged

I’m wondering - as I get older - whether I’m beginning to see more things through the prism of "race," or has there really been an increase in things written, talked about and presented theatrically that have racial themes. I had a very visceral reaction to the world premiere of The Convert

Here's what's coming up on today's Eight Forty-Eight with Tony Sarabia:Stream the show live at 9 a.m.Listen to a conversation with David Yepsen on Illinois' primary  G-8: In a surprise move Monday, President Obama announced tha