Category Archives: Music & Media Podcasts
The Affordable Housing Crisis
Of course we need more affordable housing in the U.S. In recent studies of the homeless crisis, for example, lack of affordable housing was by far the largest factor driving homelessness—not, as many believe, mental health, poor choices, addictions, etc. … Continue reading
Scott Turow’s Lifetime Achievement Award
This past October 5th the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame (CLHOF) held one of its biggest events when it presented novelist/lawyer Scott Turow with the Henry Black Fuller award for Lifetime Achievement. Held in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium of the … Continue reading
Co-opting the Dream
On August 28, 1963, over 250,000 marched on Washington, D.C., for Jobs and Freedom, a monumental event planned by A. Phillip Randolph, with main organizer Bayard Rustin, and highlighted by Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have A Dream” speech. … Continue reading