Mar 07 Campaign donors have second thoughts about Marco Rubio By Thomas Beaumont and Bill Barrow, Associated Press TAMPA, Florida — Just when Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio needs them the most, big-dollar contributors from the party's wealthy main stream are having second thoughts about his future in the 2016 race. Continue reading
Mar 07 Data shows how major U.S. cities are slowly re-segregating By Kenya Downs New research from Sociological Science suggests that white flight has been replaced with white avoidance, contributing to gradual re-segregation of American cities. Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch 5:30 Once banished, controversial race exhibit resurfaces at Chicago museum By Megan Thompson, tritzenthaler In a new exhibit, Chicago's Field Museum has revived elements from its controversial 1933 show, "Races of Mankind," consisting of 104 bronze statues that depict races from around the world. Most of the statues were banished by 1969 as public… Continue watching
Feb 12 Watch 8:34 Up to code? An algorithm is helping Chicago health officials predict restaurant safety violations By Megan Thompson In Chicago, the Department of Public Health has partnered with the city's data team to improve restaurant inspections by using analytics and social media to predict and detect which establishments are more likely to have potential food safety violations. NewsHour's… Continue watching
Feb 01 How police harassment and hip-hop turned a Chicago teen into a poet By Corinne Segal Years after a troubling interaction with police, Nate Marshall would confront the experience in poetry. Continue reading
Jan 19 Univision slices into ‘Onion’ ownership By Joshua Barajas Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but Spanish-language TV giant Univision announced it acquired a controlling stake of The Onion, the humor site whose fictitious headlines have fooled many a politician. Continue reading
Jan 15 Watch 7:20 News Wrap: Obama administration puts pause on new coal leases By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the Obama administration ordered a nationwide pause on new coal leases on federal land while the Department of the Interior reviews coal company payments to the government, as well as environmental effects. Also, Chicago Mayor… Continue watching
Jan 14 Chicago releases video footage from 2013 of police killing unarmed teen By Kamaria Roberts A federal judge in Chicago ordered on Thursday to release footage from 2013 that shows Cedrick Chatman, an unarmed 17-year-old, being shot to death by police. Continue reading
Jan 11 This Chicago program connects incarcerated youth to poetry By artsdesk Free Write Jail Arts and Literacy aims to help troubled youths in Chicago’s Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center address their personal issues by writing poetry about their circumstances and upbringing. Jeffrey Brown talks with poet Reginald Dwayne Betts, who… Continue reading
Dec 29 Watch 3:47 News Wrap: Chicago cop pleads not guilty in Laquan McDonald shooting case By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Chicago policeman Jason Van Dyke pleaded not guilty of first-degree murder for killing of black teenager Laquan McDonald. Also, protesters gathered in Cleveland a day after a grand jury refused to indict two police officers… Continue watching