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WBEZ News — 37 episodes

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Hurray For The Riff Raff breaks down new live album recorded in Chicago

2

FX's ‘The Bear’ puts spotlight on Gary’s hot dog champ Koney King

3

A time machine of Chicago concerts is now online

4

Behind Cook County’s wrongful convictions, a sociologist finds entrenched police racism

5

Chicago area rapid responders are changing the way they face up to ICE

6

Recapping the Bears stadium saga five years in

7

Kilbourn Park bets big on native plants for Mother’s Day plant sale

8

In ‘Windfall,’ Oscar winner Tarell Alvin McCraney asks if money really buys justice

9

Leo High School principal wins prestigious Golden Apple award (61)

10

Why Chicago composer Florence Price is stoking contemporary controversy years after her death

11

Immigration agents take Chicago mother; stranger steps in to care for her kids

12

Immigration agents take Chicago mother; stranger steps in to care for her kids

13

A soulful night at the Uptown Poetry Slam with Chicago’s new poet laureate, Mayda Del Valle

14

Man shot Chicago cops after pulling gun from under blanket, prosecutors say

15

Who was Ma Rainey? A play stokes fresh interest in the Chicago blues singer

16

Labeled a gang member and deported, Chicagoan restarts in his Mexican hometown

17

It’s Chicago Black Restaurant Week

18

What parents should know about sending kids to school as feds scale up immigration enforcement

19

What Chicago can learn from the National Guard deployment in Washington D.C.

20

She’s the first in her family to attend college. Getting there wasn’t easy.

21

A Chicago migrant deported to Venezuela says conditions in detention are inhumane

22

Illinois could lose $18M in legal aid funding if Trump's budget passes — hurting Legal Aid Chicago, others

23

Hear one man’s 18-year journey to get his GED while locked up in Illinois prisons

24

Chicago police fail to vigorously investigate sexual assault by fellow officers

25

What would dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau mean for Illinois?

26

Kink, drag, circus and song: 10 holiday nights out for adults sure to bring yuletide cheer

27

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is backtracking on a campaign pledge.

28

Smooth and straight — and now sick? Thousands of Black women are suing the makers of hair relaxers in federal court in Chicago.

29

Two Chicago-area college students on how they’re coping with the violence in Gaza

30

Teacher aides give students needed support, but there aren’t enough

31

Some Chicagoans say they experienced racism from cops on Oath Keepers list

32

With no roadmap, new police district council members urge Chicagoans to lead the way

33

Western Illinois University revokes, then reinstates scholarships for students of color

34

Illinois cannabis craft growers face multiple obstacles

35

Chicago Public Schools Enrollment Plummets

36

A Plan For 2,000 New Homes In Chicago’s Needy Areas

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A Plan For 2,000 New Homes In Chicago’s Needy Areas