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Chicago’s longest-serving alderman Ed Burke will face up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced later this month. WBEZ’s Mariah Woelfel shares what prosecutors and Burke’s defense team are requesting from the judge overseeing the case.
Alex Kotlowitz talks to NPR’s Michel Martin about his book American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago. It explores the effects of daily gun violence on the spirit of individuals and the community.
NPR’s Ari Shapiro speaks with longtime Chicago political columnist Laura Washington about what makes the city — and its elections — so unique.
The Obama Foundation has raised more than a quarter of a billion dollars so far to build the Obama Presidential Center on Chicago’s South Side. Key to the Foundation’s mission are programs to train the next generation of civic leaders.
NPR’s Michel Martin talks with Jenn White, the host of “16 Shots,” a podcast from WBEZ and The Chicago Tribune, about the shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald and the city’s long history of division between law enforcement and African-Americans.
Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth tells NPR’s Ailsa Chang about meeting Sen. John McCain for the first time when she was a wounded veteran in Walter Reed Medical Center. McCain died Saturday at 81.
The idea has already sparked warnings about consequences for immigrants and the nation’s health care system.
In Chicago, one of the bloodiest weekend’s in recent history has the city’s Mayor and Police superintendent calling for neighbors to speak up. From Friday evening to Sunday night, 33 shooting incidents left several injured and 12 people dead.
Ferris’ graphic novel My Favorite Thing Is Monsters won three Eisners, the highest award in mainstream comics, and it celebrates the things that make us all monsters — because monsters are cool.
Immigration lawyers had argued that the children and their parents were held in inhumane conditions. In another court, a judge gave credit and blame to the Trump administration on reuniting families.