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Ask The Mayor, August 2025: Brandon Johnson Fields Listeners’ Qs
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson answers listeners’ questions about ICE, the National Guard, affordable housing in Chicago, and more. For a full arc…
9 months, 1 week ago
Illinois Is Helping Black Residents Trace Their Ancestry Back To Africa
A new program is helping Illinoisans of African descent reconnect and reclaim ancestral ties lost due to the transatlantic slave trade. In a peri…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
What Reparations Could Look Like In Chicago
A Chicago taskforce is exploring what reparations could mean for the city’s Black residents, and it’s taking an open-minded approach, considering mor…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
New Independent Record Label Comes To Chicago
Rosa’s Blues Lounge has launched an independent record label to highlight the work of unrecorded artists. Plus, the label aims to ensure artists reta…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Connecting Homeless Chicagoans To Housing
In the past year, two tent encampments have been cleared by the city, but people are still living in tents and green spaces and under viaducts throug…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
What’s The Oldest Building In Chicago? Act II
Have you ever wondered, “What is the oldest house in Chicago?” Well, you wouldn’t be the first. In this latest edition of our What’s That Building…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Show Me The Money! The Future Of Chicago Area Transit Funding
Illinois state lawmakers missed the deadline to close the $770 million budget gap for the CTA before the end of the fiscal year. If the budget gap is…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap, Aug. 8, 2025
The FBI is said to be helping find Democratic Texas legislators who fled to Illinois. Indiana expands immigrant detention centers. The last of four c…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Record Stores, We Salute You
Producer: Micah Yason, Aaryan Kumar
Editor: Dan Tucker
Mixer: Micah Yason
9 months, 2 weeks ago
The History Of Community Activism In Chicago’s Chinatown
There have been many plans for what should happen to the 62-acre site known as the 78 along the Chicago River at Roosevelt and Canal. The latest is a…
9 months, 2 weeks ago