The Future Of VFW Halls, American Legion Posts
Despite decades of facing challenges on behalf of veterans, VFW posts are facing a different kind of challenge — dwindling membership.
Despite decades of facing challenges on behalf of veterans, VFW posts are facing a different kind of challenge — dwindling membership.
A new film by Rebecca Carpenter, the daughter of a legendary Packers running back, looks at the struggles of football families.
His mother’s maiden name was Records, and Records really is his middle name. John Landecker has been a huge presence in Chicago radio for more than 40 years. First gaining fame at WLS-AM in the early 1970s, Landecker has been one of the key voices in the city’s top 40, rock, and oldies stations ever since. Last week, Landecker was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame, and he’s just updated his biography, Records Truly Is His Middle Name. Landecker joins us to talk about his prolific career and tells a few stories about the music he’s played and the folks he’s met along the way.
City Colleges of Chicago cooked its books, according to a recent report from the Better Government Association and Crain’s.
BuzzFeed reporter Albert Samaha joins ‘Morning Shift’ to talk about the story and what the lack of hate crime laws mean for Hoosiers looking for relief from the police and the courts.
PS Sriraj, director of the Urban Transportation Center at University of Illinois at Chicago, joins ‘Morning Shift’ to talk about the current state of Metra and the challenges it faces in the future.
A candy historian (yes, they exist) gives us some tasty facts about Halloween, like why Turkish Delight is so important to candy history.
IDOT has recently released a survey to the public asking people how they would update them or if there are certain stops we can do without.
Known for his portrait work, Dawoud Bey called his recently-awarded “genius” grant an “affirmation and validation” of 42 years of work.
Known for his portrait work, Dawoud Bey called his recently-awarded “genius” grant an “affirmation and validation” of 42 years of work.