Ald. Sandi Jackson briefly opens up about her husband, Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., and the City Council takes up decriminalizing pot. Paris Schutz has the latest on a frenetic day at City Hall.

One day till the Supreme Court lays down the law on the president's health care legislation. How bold or political will the court be?

Can a partnership between CeaseFire and the Chicago Police Department work? The director of the anti-violence group joins us.

We visit the Syrian refugee camps along the Turkish border, and share the story of a Chicago area doctor trying to help.

While on an international reporting trip in May, I visited the southern province of Turkey, Haytay, and visited Syrian refugee camps with Ash-har. Read about my experience inside Kilis refugee camp.

Travel website Orbitz infuriates Mac users, while Kraft shows its Oreo pride.

How the Beatles evolved with "Revolver." We talk with a local author who argues the album was the Beatles' artistic high-water mark.

Rain levels are extremely low for this time of year. Ash-har Quraishi talks with Tom Skilling about how severe the Illinois drought is, and what to do about it.

U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is on medical leave of absence for "exhaustion." Why did it take two weeks for his office to announce his departure? Carol Marin has the latest.

A Barack Obama presidential library at the University of Chicago? Find out why one U of C professor gives that idea a failing grade.

We explore how small, pop-up, organic community gardens are challenging people's perceptions about life in Chicago.

Public faith in the country's leaders and institutions has plummeted. MSNBC host Chris Hayes argues that the cause can be traced to social reforms of the 1960s. He's here to discuss his new book.

Lookingglass Theatre puts Chicago history onstage with Eastland. Chicago Sun-Times Theater Critic Hedy Weiss reviews this, and two other local shows.

Jay Shefsky has the story of an unusual friendship that led a Mexican immigrant to own the last kosher fish market in the Chicago area.

Sen. Dick Durbin reacts to the news that the U.S.