Monthly Archives: March 2019

CN March 28 2019

Posted on March 28, 2019 by Ken

Two discussions this week. Sarah Karp (WBEZ) leads off with her coverage of alternative schools and the significant role they play in boosting the graduation rate at CPS. Turns out that, although CPS has made important improvements in the past … Continue reading →

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CN March 21 2019

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Ken

Two separate discussion this week. First, journalist Audrey Henderson fills us in on the latest developments in the ongoing struggle to site an Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park. Henderson just wrote an extensive treatment of the process in Next … Continue reading →

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CN March 14 2019

Posted on March 14, 2019 by Ken

It’s a double header this week as we’re visited first by the great Maya Dukmasova (Chicago Reader) and then by former Mayoral candidate Paul Vallas. Dukmasova expresses some surprise at the strength of the resistance to two big votes yesterday … Continue reading →

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CN March 7 2019

Posted on March 7, 2019 by Ken

  Willie Wilson and Ja’Mal Green dropped by today for two separate interviews about  the Mayor’s race, a bunch of Aldermanic races, Bernie Sanders and the role each of them is playing in  this important period – after they didn’t … Continue reading →

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