Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | May 14, 2026

On today's show:– Marj Halperin, Democratic analyst heard on “The Mincing Rascals” podcast and organizer with Indivisible Chicago and One Community Near South– Nancy Stearns, freelance journalist covering corporate social responsibility, and founder of Impactivize, a platform that focuses on “inclusivity and civil rights in America”– Steve Phillips, columnist and New York Times bestselling author of “Brown Is the New White: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority” (2016) and  ”Are White Men Smarter Than Everybody Else?: Playing Offense in the Fight for Racial Justice in America” (2026)–Heartland Signal’s Rich Eberwein with three stories you might have missed from our digital newsroom– Ikhlas Hakeem, collaborative arts manager for the Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN); he talks about this weekend’s Save Our SNAP Block Party in Chicago Catch "Joan Esposito: Live, Local and Progressive" weekdays from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/live-local-progressive).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.