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.

Need some ideas for what to do this weekend? Chicago Tonight knows what is going on!

Who came out on top after the first presidential debate? We have the analysis.

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.

A new book looks at Bucktown's transformation -- from gang territory to stomping ground for new gentrifiers. We talk with author and former Chicago Sun-Times reporter Scott Jacobs.

An irreverent and entertaining look at the U.S. Presidents -- all 44 of them.

A Chicago family leads their community to convert an illegal garbage dump into Eden Place: a three-acre nature center for their struggling South Side neighborhood. Jay Shefsky has the remarkable story.

The head of the Ayn Rand Institute, Yaron Brook, was a guest on our show this week, discussing why he thinks Rand's philosophy may hold t

Which Chicago City Council member has missed the most meetings and what does it mean? Paris Schutz has the story.