The Week in Review

The Week In Review With Joel Weisman

Guest host Eddie Arruza and his panel look back on a busy week: in an unprecedented move, former and current gang members call a press conference to push back against Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis's secret meeting with them; Mayor Daley and Weis both defend the move while Governor Pat Quinn, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald and various aldermen are divided over the issue; and will the fallout affect Mayor Daley's presumed re-election bid? Also: on this holiday weekend, airline security strengths and weaknesses are exposed as two men from Yemen are able to travel from Chicago to Amsterdam under suspicious circumstances. And in sports, the White Sox hope slugger Manny Ramirez will spark success in September.

Guests:

• Mary Mitchell, Chicago Sun-Times
• Mary Wisniewski, Chicago Sun-Times
• Greg Hinz, Crain's Chicago Business
• Dan McGrath, Chicago News Cooperative

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Chicago Federation of Labor President

With Labor Day right around the corner, unemployment numbers are still discouraging. We sit down with the new President of the Chicago Federation of Labor.

Arts & Entertainment

Controversial Stimulus-Funded Research

A federally funded joke machine? We talk with the Northwestern professor behind the controversy that's garnered national attention.

Arts & Entertainment

Building Ornaments

Science & Nature

Alzheimer's Research

We learn about the breakthroughs -- and setbacks -- in recent Alzheimer's research.

• Alzheimer's Association website

Politics

One Hundred Percent Guilty

We talk to the author of a new book chronicling his time fighting corruption during George Ryan's tenure as Secretary of State.

• Visit the "One Hundred Percent Guilty" Facebook page

Science & Nature

For-Profit Colleges

Elizabeth Brackett takes a look at the Senate investigation of for-profit colleges.

Politics

News Analysis: Gang Violence

Eddie Arruza and his panel discuss the controversial meeting that brought gang leaders face to face with Police Superintendent Jody Weis.

Arts & Entertainment

Fieldhouse Murals

And we'll see some of the amazing murals scattered about the Chicago Park District's fieldhouses.