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The Most Dangerous Hoods in the U.S.: Four Chicago neighborhoods made the list of the “25 Most Dangerous Neighborhoods in America.” We discuss the details of the report.
WBEZ Bureau Check In: This week we check in with Englewood Bureau Reporter Natalie Moore. She’ll discuss a question submitted as part of the Curious City project. Would legal pot hit Chicago gangs’ pocketbooks?
Students Walk Out: This past Friday, students at Lincoln Park walked out of class in protest of teacher layoffs at the high school. Lincoln Park Senior Devon Booker joins us live on the air.
Walter Jacobson in Studio:News icon Walter Jacobson joins us in studio. He’s being honored at tomorrow’s 49th Chicago International Film Festival Television Awards Gala. We’ll discuss the broadcaster’s life and legacy, as well as his book “Walter’s Perspective: A Memoir of Fifty Years in Chicago TV News.”
Maydays: We hear a piece produced by Aaron Arreguin. He sits down with cast members Adriana Fraga and Vic Kuligoski of the film “Maydays,” a love story of two teens and the story behind them.
Job from Around the Way: We present the latest job lead in hopes of making the search a bit easier in this tough economy.
WBEZ’s Aurora Aguilar joined Luis and Karis in the studio to share and talk about her report on the growing number of Latinos leaving the Catholic faith and the tension it creates among families, namely parents and adult children.
Original Story: https://soundcloud.com/wbez/losing-their-religion-latinos
Photo by Juan Nolla http://www.flickr.com/photos/juanobe/4974167887/
Last week Chicago Public Schools announced the largest list of school closings in the history of the country. This is big news that has left people with a lot of questions in terms of what will come next. WBEZ Education Reporter Linda Lutton joins Shantell in the studio to explain the reasoning behind these massive school closings and what the school districts are planning to do next.
Zimmerman’s Twitter Rant: Robert Zimmerman Jr. has a lot to say about how the media is portraying his younger brother George. Zimmerman Jr. took to twitter in an effort to clear his brother’s name. We discuss.
WBEZ Bureau Check-In: This week we check in with WBEZ’s Humboldt Park Reporter Chip Mitchell. Chip talks about the CPS school closings in relation to the Humboldt Park community. Also, the U.S. Census Bureau came out with new population estimates for counties and metro areas across the country. Chip analyzed the data and put together some cool charts at wbez.org. He tells us what he discovered.
Job from Around the Way: We present the latest job lead in hopes of making the search a bit easier in this tough economy.
Rodman Visits North Korea:Both Dennis Rodman and North Korea have been known for their irrational behavior. Rodman for his wedding dress attire and crazy hair, North Korea for wanting to test nuclear weapons of mass destruction. But even the latest news of the former NBA star hanging court-side with leader Kim Jong Un was a sight to see. We discuss.
WBEZ Bureau Check In: This week we check in with Englewood Bureau Reporter Natalie Moore. She’ll talk about Norfolk Southern’s plans to expand their railways in the community, and residents’ fight for tougher safeguards against environmental risks of the expansion.
Crime Scene, A Performance: Anthony Moseley is the Artistic Director for Collaboraction. The director joins us in studio along with cast members Eddie Jordan and Lisandra Tena to talk about “Crime Scene: A Chicago Anthology.” The performance is a timely new theatrical reaction to Chicago’s history of violent crime.
Mike Pence was sworn in as the 50th governor of Indiana on Monday. Though Indiana is currently in good fiscal shape, how will Pence affect the future of the Hoosier State?
WBEZ Northwest Indiana reporter Michael Puente joins Shantell and Luis to discuss Mike Pence and the state of Indiana politics.
What do Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Garnett and Honey Nut Cheerios have to do with one another? The answer led to a one game suspension for Anthony after a comment on the court led to an after-game confrontation between the two players.
Find out what went down in this segment, plus Shantell and Luis discuss the history of smack talk between players and whether this could lead to new NBA rules regarding comments on the court.
In 2013, Chicago Public Schools will implement rigorous International Baccalaureate curriculum into ten high schools across the city. However, parents and students at these schools have raised concerns about whether all students will benefit from this curriculum switch.
WBEZ Pritzker Fellow Adriana Cardona talks with Luis and Shantell about the issues surrounding one high school in the Back of the Yards facing the move to IB curriculum.
Uh oh. The Fair Housing Alliance alleges that the Bank of America provides more maintenance and upkeep to the homes of white people than to those of minorities. Is this housing discrimination at work? Plus, North River residents are voting on a new referendum to increase property taxes for mental health services. WBEZ’s Odette Yousef joins the Overdrive to shed light on these topics.
