Health

News Analysis with Carol Marin

Carol Marin and her panel look at doctors' compensation and how some would like to reform this area of health care.

• "The Cost Conundrum" by Atul Gawande -- The New Yorker

Politics

Supreme Court to Take up Chicago Handgun Ban

The United States Supreme Court will hear an appeal of Chicago's handgun ban. Rich Samuels looks at what the case could mean for gun laws.

Arts & Entertainment

Cemetery for Cubs Fans

Take me out to the...cemetery? Why some die-hard Cubs fans are taking their devotion literally all the way to the grave.

• Beyond the Vines

Arts & Entertainment

The Complete Idiot's Guide to U.S. History

We talk to the Chicago author of a new comic book entitled The Complete Idiot's Guide to U.S. History.

Arts & Entertainment

Audrey Niffenegger

Audrey Niffenegger, the author of bestseller The Time Traveler's Wife, joins us to talk about her new novel, Her Perfect Symmetry.

• Printworks Gallery

Chicago Matters: Beyond Burnham

Chicago Matters: Beyond Burnham

Just what is "Smart Grid" technology? As we continue this year's "Chicago Matters" series, Rich Samuels tells us how it could reduce the need for new power-generating plants.

Politics

News Analysis with Elizabeth Brackett

The desegregation decree at the Chicago Public Schools that made racial integration in the classroom mandatory for the past 29 years has been struck down by a federal judge. Elizabeth Brackett and her panel look at the impact of the decision.

Politics

Rev. Jesse Jackson on Fenger Academy High School Beating

The mob beating of 16-year-old Fenger Academy High School student Derrion Albert has attracted national attention. We talk to Rev. Jesse Jackson about his meeting with Derrion's family today.

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Arts & Entertainment

Hidden Chicago

Geoffrey Baer takes us inside a decaying West Side building that was once Chicago's first movie palace. He also explores several better-known theaters where, 80 years ago, Chicagoans enjoyed silent films in style.

• The ultimate guide to classic movie theaters
• Elmhurst-based Theatre Historical Society of America
• Lost Palaces: A Gallery of Old Movie Theatres
• The Silent Film Society of Chicago
• Chicago Area Theatre Organ Enthusiasts
• History of The Chicago Theatre
• Friends of the Uptown Theatre
• To purchase the documentary "Uptown: Portrait of a Palace"