How To Spend ‘Great Outdoors Month’ Across Chicagoland And Illinois
An expert and WBEZ listeners suggest some great places to enjoy the outdoors across Illinois this summer.
An expert and WBEZ listeners suggest some great places to enjoy the outdoors across Illinois this summer.
Gov. JB Pritzker notched big wins, including legal recreational pot, a Chicago casino and Illinois’s first infrastructure plan in 10 years.
Author Alex Kotlowitz talked with gun violence victims, perpetrators, and residents of economically depressed neighborhoods.
The play Pipeline tells the story of a woman fighting to keep her son from being sucked into the school to prison pipeline.
The trial of Jason Van Dyke begins today. We profile the lawyers and the judge. Two Chicago legal veterans tell us the moves they expect each side to make. And we ask what this trial means for Chicago.
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.
Protesters take to the streets. Critics attack the mayor and police department. A federal probe finds a pattern of abuse by Chicago cops.
The fatal police shooting of Laquan McDonald aggravated longstanding tensions between Chicago police and the city’s Black residents. We look at how a troubled police department spun a narrative of the shooting, how that narrative fell apart, and how the city reacted when it did.
The police shooting of Laquan McDonald forces Chicago to prepare for potential riots. We piece together details from McDonald’s too-short life and hear from Officer Jason Van Dyke in his first interview since the shooting.
The Morning Shift breaks down the biggest stories of the week in our Friday News Roundup with host Jenn White.