UIC professor Bill Ayers, a former leader of the radical Weather Underground group, talks about the presidential election controversy he

We meet an Olympic swimming champion who holds the American record in the 50-meter freestyle.

We show you what's making a splash at Chicago beaches this year.

The author of Historic Bars of Chicago takes us inside some of the city's oldest and most unique bars and nightclubs.

Carol Marin and her political roundtable discuss the race for governor and other Illinois political stories.

Boycotting BP over the massive ongoing oil eruption in the Gulf of Mexico?

We see how the economy is forcing some workers to leave long-time jobs and get training in completely new fields.

He painted Hollywood royalty and Native American chiefs. We meet an artistic Chicago native with a knack for storytelling.

Maestro Carlos Kalmar and members of the Grant Park Orchestra join us live in our studio to talk about the upcoming season and to perform

We hear what you had to say about some of our recent stories when we read our viewer mail.

On tonight's show: a big week in testimony in the Burge and Blagojevich trials; big teacher cuts and class size increases are looming for

Decades after the alleged torture of suspects began, today former police commander Jon Burge took the stand in his perjury trial.

Chicago Public Schools CEO Ron Huberman discusses the education funding crisis and more.

As the school year draws to a close, we go back to Fenger High School to find out how things have changed since the brutal murder of Derr

Music from India heard around the world -- we meet the composer of the Oscar-winning music for Slumdog Millionaire.