Hey there, it’s Thursday! And I have a feeling the marketing team is going to love my proposed ad for The Rundown. Here’s what you need to know today. (PS: You can have this delivered to your inbox by subscribing here.)

1. Here’s what to look for in tonight’s Democratic debate

The top 10 Democratic presidential candidates will face off during tonight’s third debate. It comes less than five months before voters cast their primary ballots, so there’s more at stake this time around.

Will Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren remain allies or will they go after each other? Can former Vice President Joe Biden weather attacks from other candidates? And how will some candidates try to grab the spotlight if they missed their chance in previous debates? [NPR]

Don’t have cable? Here’s how you can watch the debates online. [Fortune]

Also a heads up: WBEZ will provide live analysis online from NPR that you can follow during the debate, which starts at 7 p.m.

2. CPS is under federal oversight to protect students from sexual violence

The school district today agreed to a legally binding agreement with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights to make significant reforms to protect students from sexual violence and abuse.

The department had been looking into CPS but sped up its probe after the Chicago Tribune reported last year that there were more than 500 police reports of sexual assault or abuse inside schools during the last decade.

“This is an extraordinary and appalling case,” said Assistant Sec. for Civil Rights Kenneth Marcus, whose office will oversee CPS for three years. “It is one of the worst that we have seen in the elementary, secondary school context.” [WBEZ]

3. Do you owe Chicago money? Turns out you can’t drive for Uber and Lyft

Chicago is the only city that bans ride-share drivers if they have an outstanding debt on anything from parking tickets to unshoveled sidewalks.

WBEZ found that 15,500 drivers with unpaid debts were suspended by Uber and Lyft so far this year. That’s about 15% of local ride-share drivers. And the suspensions hit the city’s majority black and low-income neighborhoods the hardest. [WBEZ]

4. The feds are investigating an influential South Side pastor

Federal authorities have opened a criminal investigation into the Rev. Leon Finney, Jr., a clout-heavy minister and longtime affordable housing advocate, according to documents obtained by WBEZ.

The federal probe could be the latest and biggest blow to Finney after a half-century career as one of the city’s most influential African American power brokers under several Chicago mayors. He had ties to former Mayors Rahm Emanuel, Richard M. Daley and Jane Byrne, and he has sat on the boards of the city’s housing authority and plan commission.

The top federal prosecutor in Chicago earlier this summer sent a grand jury subpoena to Illinois officials seeking all corporate records for 17 different organizations with ties to Finney. [WBEZ]

5. A suburban father faces deportation as his daughter battles cancer

Cops found Cristian Avalos-Merino sleeping in his car in west suburban Cicero earlier this year with an open container of alcohol. Officers arrested him, and now he faces deportation back to his native El Salvador.

The timing couldn’t be worse for his family after his 18-month-old daughter, Kamilla, was diagnosed with leukemia earlier this month.

Immigration activists are urging federal immigration officials to release Avalos-Merino after a judge denied his released last month. The officials describe Avalos-Merino as a convicted criminal and a repeat violator of immigration law. [WBEZ]

Meanwhile, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the enforcement of a new Trump administration rule that bars most Central American migrants from seeking asylum in the U.S. [AP]

Here’s what else is happening

Oh, and one more thing …

Good golly Ms. Molly, what isn’t coming out in November? First Apple announced its streaming service launches on Nov. 1, just days before Disney goes live with its own service on Nov. 12.

Now HBO has dropped the bomb regarding the premiere date for a TV show that it hopes will fill the void left by Game of Thrones. I’m talking about His Dark Materials, which comes out Nov. 4.

His Dark Materials is an adaptation of author Philip Pullman’s fantasy books about a world where the souls of people manifest as external creatures. The HBO series stars Lin-Manuel Miranda and James McAvoy.

Say goodbye to your friends! [AV Club]

Tell me something good …

WBEZ has a number of job openings, and that’s got me wondering, what is/was your favorite job?

Paula Hiles writes that she loved working as a teacher to high-risk children at a nonprofit school for young kids.

“The first day of kindergarten threw me when I asked, ‘What did we learn today?,’ to which [a student] replied, ‘ABSOLUTELY NOTHIN’!’

“However, that year was the best year of my life…whether trying to work with parents and Child Protective Services, down to dying all their food/milk green on Dr. Seuss’s Green Eggs and Ham day!!! …

“I’ll never, ever forget those children who are now in the mid 20’s. I hope they remember me with as much love as I do them.”

Feel free to email at therundown@wbez.org or tweet me at @whuntah.

Have a nice night! I’ll see you tomorrow. And if you like what you just read, you can subscribe to the newsletter here and have it delivered to your inbox.