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  • Activism
    Books Are Playing a Role in Transforming Chicago Communities
    November 22, 2017
    | Valerie Vande Panne
    Illiteracy rates are high in Chicago, and Open Books is working to fill the void.
  • Activism
    Making Change: Gabe Gonzalez
    August 10, 2017
    | Gail Ablow
    When federal agents began cracking down on undocumented immigrants in the Chicago area, Gabe Gonzalez launched a rapid-response network of neighbors to block them.
  • Media
    The End of Journalism or a New Beginning?
    December 21, 2016
    | Kathy Kiely
    At the grass roots, some journalists are trying to answer fake news with the real thing, but they need help.
  • Democracy & Government
    Relearning Citizenship: A View From the Heartland
    October 26, 2016
    | Nancy Day
    A Chicago journalist turned teacher talks about the struggle to teach young people about their government — and why she's hopeful.
  • Democracy & Government
    Under Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Opens the Door to Privatizing Half Its Public Housing
    April 3, 2015
    | Rebecca Burns
    Residents fear that a new redevelopment initiative will usher in another wave of displacement.
  • In Mayoral Runoff, Rahm Emanuel’s Corrupt Governance Has Finally Caught Up With Him
    February 26, 2015
    | Rick Perlstein
    Rahm Emanuel tried to cast his opponents as corrupt, but it's clear to Chicagoans that he's the one looking out for himself.
  • Web Extra: Democrats Bow Down to Wall Street
    December 12, 2014
    Watch more from Bill's conversation with John R. MacArthur, publisher of Harper's Magazine, including reaction to an obscure -- yet critical -- provision attached to the $1.1 trillion dollar spending bill.
  • Inequality
    More From Ta-Nehisi Coates on Our Racist Heritage
    May 23, 2014
    The Atlantic senior editor talks about black vs. white neighborhoods, the messages we send black kids and the elementary school experience that changed him.
  • Activism
    When Chicago’s West Side Fought Back
    May 22, 2014
    Watch two short docs from The Atlantic about African-Americans who fought back against housing discrimination in Chicago in the 1960s.
  • Facing the Truth: The Case for Reparations
    May 21, 2014 | Moyers & Company
    Bill speaks with Ta-Nehisi Coates, a senior editor for The Atlantic about his cover story on why America needs to reconcile with its racist past.


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