Chicago Public Radio
Now Playing

12:00am BBC World Service
4:00am Smart City
  View Schedule


Pledge Now

There are many ways to support public radio.
Submit
Pledge Now
Events
11.21.2009 7th Annual DIY Trunkshow
11.22.2009 The Warrior Poetry Project: A Concert Reading of Poems by Veterans
View full calendar
revolution in access
Feder Blog
Submit
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • unknown
 
Recent Transition Stories
12345678
 
Obama Lays Out Plan for Financial Regulatory Reform

June 17, 2009 speech from President Barack Obama

Posted on 6.17.2009
AMA Votes on Obama's Plan

The American Medical Assocation voted today on President Barack Obama's health insurance plan at their annual conference.

Posted on 6.17.2009
Votes Will Show If Obama Moved Doctors

The AMA will vote on resolutions over the next several days that will reveal whether the President changed any minds in his Monday speech.

Posted on 6.15.2009
Obama Picks Sotomayor for Supreme Court

President Barack Obama has chosen federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor for the opening on the Supreme Court.

Posted on 5.26.2009
Obama Calls for Understanding in Notre Dame Commencement Address

Obama calls for understanding on both sides of the abortion debate.

Posted on 5.17.2009
Treasurer Giannoulias Targets Wells Fargo, Obama Suit Maker

Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias wants Wells Fargo to stop trying to liquidate a suit manufacturer.

Posted on 5.8.2009
Chicagoans on President Obama's First 100 Days

People in downtown Chicago grade President Barack Obama after his first 100 days in office.

Posted on 4.28.2009
Unfiltered: Obama Challenges Auto Industry

President Obama lays out the terms for federal assistance for U.S. carmakers.

Posted on 3.30.2009
President Obama Nominates Indiana Judge for Appeals Court

President Obama nominates an Indiana judge for the federal appeals court in Chicago.

Posted on 3.17.2009
Unfiltered: President Obama Honors Lincoln in Springfield

Listen to the president's speech at a banquet marking the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth.

Posted on 2.12.2009
Obama to Visit Central Illinois Thursday

President Obama is set to return to his home state today. But don't expect any motorcade in Chicago.

Posted on 2.12.2009
Not All Sold On President's Plan

There was at least one skeptic in yesterday's crowd in Elkhart, Indiana.

Posted on 2.10.2009
The Obama Effect on Test Taking

A recent study found that a performance gap between blacks and whites on a 20-question test administered before Obama’s nomination nearly vanished when the exam was given at key periods in the campaign.

Music Button: Benny Golson, "Grove's Groove", from the CD New Time New 'Tet, (Concord records)


Posted on 1.27.2009
The Future of Youth Activism in an Obama Administration

Former graffiti artist, journalist and now grass roots organizer Billy “Upski” Wimsatt tells us more about what he sees as the future of youth activism.

Music Button: Poets of Rhythm, "Fondle Rock", from the CD Discern/Define, (Quannum records)

Posted on 1.23.2009
Bus Number Ten Part II: The Saga Continues

Bus #10 returns home from Washington D.C.

Posted on 1.22.2009
12345678
Support Provided By


Become a Sponsor
Support Provided By


Become a Sponsor
Local News
Killing in Puerto Rico Hits Chicagoans Hard

Despite Rebuke, Burris 'Pleased' Senate Inquiry Over

Illinois Looking to Catch Up on Medicaid Payments

School Gives Special Ed Kids A Different Test, and Scores Soar

Oprah Counts Down to the End

Asian Carp Breach Barrier

Latest Unemployment Numbers Bad for Chicago Area, But There May Be Reason for Hope



National News
Initial Senate vote looms on health legislation

Levin: May be more troubling e-mails from Hasan

US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard

GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care

Postal Service to resume North Pole Santa letters

Italian police arrest 2 linked to Mumbai attacks

Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken



International News
Italian police arrest 2 linked to Mumbai attacks

Sri Lanka to release 136,000 Tamil war refugees

Blast near aid office wounds 1 in NW Pakistan

Sentence request for US woman in Italy murder case

Afghan police are weak link in security force

Resort island reels after deadly attack by gunman

6 world powers press Iran on nuclear issue

China says 37 dead, 71 trapped in mine explosion

Buddhists from 2 Koreas to hold joint ceremony

Bangladeshi mom want twins to stay in Australia