Mar 02 Watch Supreme Court Weighs Scope of Right to Bear Arms The Supreme Court is considering the constitutionality of Chicago's ban on handguns. Jim Lehrer speaks with Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal about how the court's ruling could affect gun rights, especially on the state and local level. Continue watching
Feb 04 Winter Forecast: Art to Blanket Region By Tom LeGro When it comes to photography, a Wilson Bentley image can be described much like his favorite subject, the snowflake: Each is one of a kind. After all, the Vermont farmer was the first to ever photograph one. Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch Carp Invade, Threaten Great Lakes’ Ecosystem Tom Bearden looks at how some Midwestern states are battling the threat of carp overpopulation, which is damaging the Great Lakes' fragile ecosystem. Continue watching
Dec 22 Chicago Community Mourns Loss of Local Bank By Carolyn O'Hara On the West side of Chicago, the loss of a bank that invested widely in local neighborhoods is being mourned by residents, who question why a bank's commitment to community is not considered part of its bottom line. Continue reading
Dec 17 Conversation: Harold Ramis and Bernard Sahlins on Second City’s 50th Anniversary By Tom LeGro On a cold December night in 1959, The Second City opened in the Old Town section of Chicago in a small space that had been previously been a hat shop and Chinese laundry. Fifty years later, Second City stakes claim… Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch U.S. Man Arraigned for Allegedly Plotting Mumbai Attack A Chicago man with ties to Pakistani high society was arraigned in federal court Wednesday for his alleged role in plotting last year's terror strike in Mumbai. Jim Lehrer talks to a reporter for an update. Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch News Wrap: 200 Arrested in Iran Protests Crackdown In other news, more than 200 people in Iran have been arrested in a broad crackdown against opposition protesters, and a death row inmate in Ohio was executed using a method never before used on a human. Continue watching
Nov 20 Watch Oprah Looks Ahead to a Future in Cable After 23 years as a daytime talk show legend, Oprah Winfrey has announced she will be ending her program to concentrate on a new cable channel that will bear her name. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
Oct 22 Watch Stimulus Money Plows Through Tractor Country Ray Suarez speaks with Dante Chinni of the Patchwork Nation project about tracking federal stimulus money as it is dispersed through America. Continue watching