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May 15, 2024

Chicago Tonight: Black Voices, May 15, 2024 - Full Show

An image from the Invisible Institute's website on missing Chicago women. (Provided)

Chicago Journalists Say Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporting on City’s Communities is a ‘Paradigm Shift’

Darrell Fair, an inmate at Stateville Correctional Center who maintains his innocence after 25 years in prison, speaks with “Chicago Tonight.” (WTTW News)

Fair’s Fight: Former Marine Still Proclaims Innocence, Despite Legal Setbacks and 25 Years in Prison

Brandon Johnson takes “Chicago Tonight” on a tour of the Austin neighborhood on April 13, 2023. (Michael Izquierdo / WTTW News)

Analyzing Brandon Johnson’s 1st Year in Office: Push for Progressive Change Complicated by Migrant Crisis, Unforced Errors

May 14, 2024

May 14, 2024 - Full Show

Footage from a Chicago Sky game.

As the 2024 WNBA Season Tips Off, What to Expect From the Chicago Sky This Year

The scene at Red Gate Woods looks like an eco-disaster but it’s actually the result of invasive shrub removal. (Patty Wetli / WTTW News)

This Forest Preserve May Look Like a Disaster Zone, but What You’re Seeing Is the Most Ambitious Restoration Project Cook County’s Ever Tackled

The partly obscured window of the holding cell at the Grand Crossing (3rd District) Police District where Irene Chavez died in December 2021. (Civilian Office of Police Accountability)

Misconduct Agency Ruled 8 Chicago Officers Responsible for Woman Who Died in Police Holding Cell Should be Fired or Face Lengthy Suspensions, But Top Cop Objected

May 13, 2024

Brandis Friedman (WTTW News)

May 13, 2024 - Full Show

Renée Fleming appears on “Chicago Tonight” on May 13, 2024. (WTTW News)

Superstar Soprano Renée Fleming’s New Book Aims to Highlight the Healing Power of Music

(WTTW News)

Shuttered Woodlawn School Will No Longer Be Used as Migrant Shelter, Mayor Brandon Johnson Announces

May 10, 2024

Week in Review: Future of Public Transit; Student Encampments Continue

Brood XIX periodical cicadas have showed up in force in Alabama, photographed April 30, 2024. (Alabama Extension / Flickr Creative Commons)

Chicago is Still Waiting on Its Cicadas, But Southern States Are Buzzing. Here’s What the Emergence Looks and Sounds Like Across the Country

Lupe Jimenez is pictured with her family at her graduation from University of Illinois. (Credit: Lupe Jimenez)

First-Generation Students Reflect on Experiences as Rising Number of Latinos Pursuing Post-Graduate Degrees

May 9, 2024

Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices, May 9, 2024 - Full Show

Steven Wells and Tanais Valdillez recently purchased their first home, a “Matthew Home” in North Chicago, with the help of ReNew Communities. (WTTW News)

How a Nonprofit is Helping People Purchase Homes, Cultivate Community in North Chicago

May 8, 2024

Chicago Tonight: Black Voices, May 8, 2024 - Full Show

Heidi Mueller, director of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, appears on “Chicago Tonight: Black Voices” on May 8, 2024. (WTTW News)

New DCFS Director Shares Vision for Troubled Agency: ‘It Requires Collaboration’

“The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History” (Credit: Penguin Random House)

The Swans of Harlem: How a Group of Pioneering Black Ballet Dancers Are Telling Their Story and Reclaiming Their Place in History

May 7, 2024

May 7, 2024 - Full Show

Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez appears on “Chicago Tonight” on May 7, 2024. (WTTW News)

Chicago Public Schools CEO Says District Underfunded, Needs More Money From State

Susan Stanton, executive director of the advocacy group ACT Now, on May 7, 2024, leads a rally calling on state lawmakers to provide funding to prevent after-school programs that serve an estimated 40,000 students statewide from being forced to close this summer. (Peter Hancock / Capitol News Illinois)

Thousands of Illinois Students at Risk of Losing Access to After-School Programs

FILE - A protester is hit with a baton by a police officer at UC San Diego, May 6, 2024, in San Diego. (Denis Poroy / AP Photo, File)

Noting Campus Protests, Democrats Are Preparing for Intense Action at the DNC in Chicago This Summer

WTTW News Explains political conventions. (WTTW News)

WTTW News Explains: What’s Chicago’s History as a National Political Convention Host?

May 6, 2024

Sendy Soto, Chicago’s chief homelessness officer, appears on “Chicago Tonight” on May 6, 2024. (WTTW News)

Chicago’s First Chief Homelessness Officer Begins Work on Long-Term Plan, Immediate Problems

The Chicago Archaeopteryx was unveiled Monday at the Field Museum. (Patty Wetli / WTTW News)

The Chicago Archaeopteryx, the Field Museum’s Newest Dinosaur, Meets the Public

Brandis Friedman (WTTW News)

May 6, 2024 - Full Show

A graphic that says “Where in the World is Archaeopteryx”? (Nicole Cardos / WTTW News)

Where in the World is Archaeopteryx?

Jingmai O’Connor, associate curator of fossil reptiles at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History. (Patty Wetli / WTTW News)

Birds Are Dinosaurs: How a Family Tree That Spans T. Rex to Pigeons Informs Our Understanding of Life on Earth

Jingmai O’Connor, associate curator of fossil reptiles at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History. (WTTW News)

Meet Jingmai O’Connor, the Punk Rock Paleontologist Who Leads the Field Museum’s Archaeopteryx Team

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