Oct 02 Watch Chicago Loses Out On Olympics as Games Head for Rio Despite a high-profile push by President Obama and others, Chicago will not host the 2016 summer games. The Olympic Torch will instead land in Rio de Janeiro. Ray Suarez reports on the story and talks to sports writer Christine Brennan. Continue watching
Oct 01 Few Profits, Many Cost Overruns Expected for Olympic Hosts As the International Olympic Committee prepares to anoint a host for the 2016 Olympic Summer Games Friday in Copenhagen, cities vying for the honor are unlikely to receive much of a direct economic boost as host. Continue reading
Sep 28 Watch Obama Looks to Aid Chicago’s Olympic Bid at Finish Line President Obama will travel to Copenhagen this week to lobby on behalf of his hometown of Chicago and its bid to land the 2016 summer games. Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch Budget Gap Shuts Down City Services in Chicago A $469-million budget gap forced a shutdown of non-essential city services, such as garbage collection, in Chicago on Monday. Ray Suarez talks to Elizabeth Brackett of WTTW about the move. Continue watching
Jul 23 Watch Theatre Program Gives New Meaning to ‘Playtime’ Arts education is typically not a staple of some heartland communities, so for nearly 40 years the Missoula Children's Theatre has been giving disadvantaged children an opportunity to discover their inner thespian. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
Jul 15 In Chicago, ‘Rush Hour’ Is Time for Music Classical music audiences around the country are declining in size and growing older, according to the National Endowment for the Arts. For the last 10 years the Rush Hour Concert Series in Chicago has been trying to buck that trend. Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch For Ex-Cons and Laid-off Execs Alike, Dim Job Hopes In the next in his series on making sense of the financial news, economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on those in society -- such as executives or ex-convicts -- who are struggling to find employment. Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch California Leads States Facing Deepening Budget Crises Several states are struggling to find solutions for deep budget gaps as a new fiscal year begins. Jeffrey Brown examines the budget picture across the country. Continue watching
Jun 18 Watch Freight Trains Face Burdensome Bottleneck in Midwest In the Midwest, Chicago has been a freight rail hub for 150 years. But now, traffic on Chicago's rails is even slower than traffic on its roads. As part of the Blueprint America series of reports on infrastructure, Rick Karr… Continue watching
Jun 15 Weekly Poem: From ‘Fundamentals of Esperanto’ "Fundamentals of Esperanto" is from "Facts for Visitors" by Srikanth Reddy. Copyright 2005; the Regents of the University of California. Published by University of California Press. Continue reading