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Eman Hassaballa Aly, an Egyptian-American, grew up in Chicago but has many family members in Egypt, including her cousin, Noura Hassaballa. Eman has been following the events during the past few weeks by translating tweets for the website Alive in Egypt. She joins us in studio.

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A new poll shows former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has a huge lead over his opponents with 49 percent of the vote. Meantime, his challengers are going on the attack.

All the candidates for Chicago mayor promised to do more to help city residents with criminal records get jobs.

In 1960 the population of Gary, Indiana, stood at 178,000. But after that zenith, the count was on the downslide. It started out as a trickle, but with each ten-year census, it was clear the number of people leaving the city was mounting.

Professor Gordon S. Wood provides a keynote focusing on the American revolutionary tradition and why America wants to spread democracy around the world. This public lecture is a part of the Chicago Conference on the American Revolution.

Some community leaders on Chicago’s West Side don’t like the way Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn’s administration is doling out funds in a $31 million program to combat Chicago-area youth violence. They wonder why aldermen are involved and why the pastor of Ald.