Politics

County Employee Raises

Cook County Board President Todd Stroger hired new staffers and gave raises to others, despite a proposed hiring freeze and a pay freeze. Eddie Arruza and his panel take up the controversy.

Politics

Chicago Sun-Times D.C. Bureau Chief

Lynn Sweet has the latest news from Washington, from the subpoena of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid by Rod Blagojevich's defense team to the selection of Elena Kagan for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Arts & Entertainment

Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South

Northwestern professor, author and performance artist E. Patrick Johnson joins us with his hit one-man show, Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South.

Arts & Entertainment

An Interview with Folk Legend John Prine

John Prine talks about his storybook journey to become one of the country’s most revered songwriters, and why he’s come home to his alma mater, Proviso East High School, for a special two-night concert.

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Education

Young Women's Leadership Charter School of Chicago

No boys, no distractions and a graduation rate in the 90th percentile. The only public all-girls school in Chicago reaches a milestone.

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Science & Nature

Bioethics

The science is nearly at hand to be able to choose how tall or athletic our children will be. But should we? President Obama recently created a panel of experts to tackle bioethical questions like these. We talk to one of the members of that panel.

• The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues

Politics

News Analysis: McPier Changes

Last week the state legislature passed a bill that would overhaul the agency that runs Chicago's convention center. Elizabeth Brackett and her panel look at what the bill -- or a veto of the bill -- could mean for the area.

Arts & Entertainment

Killerspin

We meet a Chicago man who wants to change the way America thinks about table tennis.

Where to play ping-pong/table tennis in Chicago

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Arts & Entertainment

Carlton Pearson

Controversial Chicago Pastor Carlton Pearson discusses his new book, God is not a Christian, nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu...

• Christ Universal Temple
• Watch our December 7th, 2009 story about Carlton Pearson

Terra Foundation Artbeat Special

Archibald Motley | Terra Foundation Artbeat Special

We introduce you to an important -- and often overlooked -- American artist who painted scenes of nightlife on Chicago's South Side in the 1920s and '30s.