'Morning Shift' #28: Hunting the American dream

October 17, 2012

By: Kate Dries

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View the story "'Morning Shift' #27: Hunting the American dream" on Storify'Morning Shift' #27: Hunting the American dreamOn Wednesday's Morning Shift, we react to the debates, discuss meningitis, and delve into what the American dream means to people across Chicago.Storified by · Wed, Oct 17 2012 07:27:33Debate Watch PartyKOMUnewsFirst, The Morning Shift asks Republican Congressman Peter Roskam and Democratic Congressman Danny Davis to evaluate President Obama and Gov. Romney’s performances during Tuesday night’s 2nd presidential debate.Aggressive Obama, while Romney gives a good as he gets in town hall presidential debatePresident Barack Obama ripped into Mitt Romney's economic blueprint in a town hall style debate Tuesday night, accusing his rival of ...Then, Illinois is one of 15 states reporting cases of meningitis related to contaminated steroids prepared at a drug compounding center in Massachusetts. The outbreak has many people headed to emergency rooms where physicians like Northwestern’s Dr. Rahul Khare often must perform a rather invasive test. Dr. Khare explains the complicated and often precarious responses to the outbreak.Illinois pharmacists fear backlash over meningitis outbreakIllinois pharmacists are worried that the recent, deadly U.S. outbreak of fungal meningitis could hurt the compounding pharmacy industry....Next, Listener Lisa Doi wanted to find out what the American dream means to folks from different areas of Chicago and economic strata. WBEZ’s Curious City team visited Winnetka, East Chicago and Chicago’s McKinley Park and Albany Park neighborhoods to find out. Doi, Curious City’s Jennifer Brandel and Front and Center’s Aurora Augilar join to discuss.In the News: Life in poverty, and a stolen American DreamStay current with Front & Center's weekly look at the state of the American Dream.