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Dec 4, 2024

Chicago Tonight: Black Voices, Dec. 4, 2024 - Full Show

Some neighbors are pushing back on a new quantum computing development on the Southeast Side. And how a basketball league is working to reduce violence one championship at a time.

Dec 4, 2024

Some South Chicago Residents Are Raising Concerns About New Quantum Computing Development

The plan is to transform the former U.S. Steel South Works site into the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park. Officials are calling the campus “history-altering,” but some neighbors want the process to slow down and are raising environmental and displacement concerns.

Dec 4, 2024

Joakim Noah, Cobe Williams Team Up to Teach Young Men Life Skills Through Basketball League

One City Basketball League encourages young men and boys to build inter-community relationships as they pair basketball with programming to help them create a future that’s not defined by violence. Participants learn about financial literacy, trauma-informed conflict resolution and career readiness.

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Nov 20, 2024

Chicago Tonight: Black Voices, Nov. 20, 2024 - Full Show

New reporting shows efforts to reform the Chicago Police Department are lagging. Celebrating 30 years of the landmark documentary “Hoop Dreams.” And a soaring exhibit about Black excellence in aviation.

Nov 20, 2024

‘Hoop Dreams’ Director, Co-Star Reflect on Documentary’s Legacy 30 Years Later

Six years, two high schoolers, one game. That was the winning combination for the groundbreaking documentary “Hoop Dreams” — which just turned 30 years old. The story follows two Chicago teens with dreams of making it in the NBA in the early ‘90s.

Nov 20, 2024

Exhibit at Navy Pier Showcases Black Excellence in Aviation and Aerospace

The Chicago Children’s Museum is now hosting the “Aim High: Soaring With the Tuskegee Airmen” exhibit, an interactive space that encourages play as a means to learn.

Nov 13, 2024

Chicago Tonight: Black Voices, Nov. 13, 2024 - Full Show

What residents on Chicago’s South Side think about reparations. An effort to document Illinois’ connections with the Underground Railroad. And a new opera explores a family’s grief and journey to healing.

Nov 13, 2024

Lyric Opera’s ‘Blue’ Follows Family Grappling With Grief After Police Shooting

“Blue” follows a Black family after they lose their son to police violence, all while the father serves as a police officer. The production explores injustice and finding healing through faith and community.

Nov 13, 2024

Report Examines What Some South Side Residents Think About Reparations

A recent report from the Chicago Urban League and the South Side Community Reparations Coalition focuses on 10 neighborhoods: Douglas, Englewood, Fuller Park, Grand Boulevard, Greater Grand Crossing, Oakland, South Shore, Washington Park, West Englewood and Woodlawn.

Nov 13, 2024

There Could Be 200 Underground Railroad Sites in Illinois, Task Force Says

“Too many in Illinois believe we need to travel to the East Coast to visit locations on the Underground Railroad, unaware of the enormous activity that took place in their own backyards here,” task force member and Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman said.

Nov 7, 2024

Chicago Republicans and Democrats on What Happened in the Presidential Election

The decisive defeat leaves Democrats to pick up the pieces and figure out a path forward for their party after notching across the board defeats in the expected swing states. Both Republicans and Democrats in Chicago on Wednesday analyzed the results of the election and what it might say about the future of the country. 

Nov 6, 2024

Chicago Tonight: Black Voices, Nov. 6, 2024 - Full Show

Kamala Harris concedes the race for president. We have local reaction to Donald Trump’s victory, plus two area congressmen on what his reelection means for Capitol Hill and Illinois.

Nov 6, 2024

Illinois Congressmen on What Trump’s Victory, Red Wave Could Mean for the State

Former President Donald Trump ran a campaign with messages on mass deportation, higher tariffs and anti-transgender rhetoric that drew in swaths of voters from the coveted swing states needed to secure the win.

Nov 6, 2024

New ‘Chicago Stories’ Documentary Celebrates 40 Years of House Music

“House Music: A Cultural Revolution” is celebrating the innovative and catchy dance music that still inspires prominent artists today.

Oct 31, 2024

Chicago Couple Funding Billboards in Swing States Urging Black Men to Vote

The Black male vote has turned into a crucial bloc this election, with both Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump making appeals to get their votes.