Passion, Positivity and Punctuality: these are the three things which center around the people of America which I have observed since the day my plane landed in Washington D.C. on 2nd October. I am one of the 14 journalists from Pakistan chosen for the sixth batch of journalists’ exchange program for three weeks, funded by the U.S. State Department.

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We talk with the filmmaker behind As Goes Janesville, which goes deep into Wisconsin’s historic labor battle under Gov. Scott Walker.

Jay Shefsky tells us about companies that pick up food scraps from restaurants and now from your home -- and turn them into compost. And, he takes us to an urban farm that uses that compost to grow vegetables -- and jobs.

The Bears make NFL history. James "Big Cat" Williams dissects the historic win against the Jaguars.

Geoffrey Baer takes an up-close and personal look at...Illinois license plates?

We take a look at the Shedd Aquarium's efforts to harvest sustainable produce in their organic gardens.

We hear what you had to say about the first presidential debate when we read some of our viewer mail.

Pakistani journalist Mansoor Ali Khan joins Chicago Tonight in October 2012 as part of the U.S. - Pakistan Professional Partnership in Journalism. Khan works as an Anchor/Newscaster for Geo News in Karachi. He will be blogging about his experience in Chicago here on our website.

Chicago Tonight has an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the biggest international movie to film in Chicago, and a sit-down interview with Indian megastar, Aamir Khan.

Joel Weisman and his panel of journalists discuss the week's top headlines.

Joel Weisman and his panel continue their analysis of the presidential debate in this web-exclusive conversation.

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MacArthur Genius fellow, Dylan C. Penningroth, Associate Professor at Northwestern University and research professor for the American Bar Foundation, talks about getting the grant of a lifetime and how it will impact his research of African American life under and after slavery.