WBEZ 91.5 Chicago

Is immigration a women's issue? Maria Pesqueira of advocacy group Mujeres Latinas en Acción says it is. Niala looks at why 1.3 veterans are uninsured. Finally, a national look at the Chicago public school closings.

The Chicago Teachers Union and others will weigh in on the CPS School Board's decision to close the vast majority of schools on their list. Plus musicians that have moved on, and more, on The Morning Shift.

There may be changes on the way for how SNAP food assistance works. Plus conversations about spying on fish and closing Chicago schools.

As Board prepares to vote on the school closings list, CPS restricts media access saying it would be disruptive to students.

Protesters marched against the plan to close more than 50 Chicago Public Schools over the weekend.

Plans for CPS closures have parents worried that many children will have to traverse dangerous areas to get to their new schools. Now firefighters have been asked to help.

A CPS math teacher Michael Colwell has crunched the numbers and can’t see why his school is one of the grammar schools Chicago is closing.