School Security
Recent violence at Kennedy High School leads to students walking out in protest. Chicago Public School officials call the beating an "isolated incident", but the students think otherwise. Christian Farr joins us with more on the controversy.
News Analysis with Carol Marin
Katie Couric will become the first woman to solo anchor a network evening newscast, when she takes over at CBS in September. What does it mean for the future of network news? Carol Marin and her panelists will take up that question.
Haki Madhubuti
It's number two on the New York Times best seller list. The Covenant with Black America is a collaboration between talk show host Tavis Smiley and Chicago's Third World Press. We'll talk to publisher and poet Haki Madhubuti.
Agricultural High School
The Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences is unique in the midwest. Rich Samuels visits this Chicago campus and tells us why ...colleges... have their eyes on many of its students.
Lonnie Brooks
We'll celebrate the 35th anniversary of Chicago's own Alligator Records with a live performance by bluesman Lonnie Brooks.
Chicago Food Tour
If you're looking for fresh squid, fresh sausage or the hottest peppers in Chicago, come along on our tour of ethnic grocery stores.
Tour Guide:
Marilyn Pocius
Author, "A Cook's Guide to Chicago."
Published by Lake Claremont Press
Featured Stores:
La Fruiteria
8909 S. Commercial, Chicago
773-768-4969
Bobak's Sausage Company
5275 South Archer, Chicago
773-735-5334
Viet Hoa Plaza
1051 West Argyle
773-334-1028