CHICAGO MATTERS: Series Index

Every year, Chicago Public Radio produces a series of special reports, documentaries, personal essays, and special events surrounding that year's Chicago Matters theme. Visit the past series pages below and explore audio, view photographs, and discover other additional information from the programs.

Previous Series

	Money Talks (2005) For its 15th year, Chicago's award winning, multimedia public affairs series presented Chicago Matters: Money Talks, exploring the role of money in the Chicago region and the profound affect money has on every aspect of our everyday lives.
	Our Next Generation (2004) Chicago Matters: Our Next Generation focuses on youth in the Chicago region, ages eleven to twenty-two. The series explores how society is influenced by—and how the world looks to—local youth. Civic life, economic markets, popular culture, the educational system, even the built environment—all are being changed in subtle and dramatic ways by young people.
	Inside Housing (2002) In the Chicago Matters series, "Inside Housing," our reports follow Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) residents on the move, take the measure of class conflict in the south suburbs, and profile a family that can't make their mortgage. In a takeoff on the personal essay, writer Alex Kotlowitz produced Chicagoans' personal stories about home, told in their own words.
	Education Matters (2001) This Chicago Matters series takes a broad look at our education system and efforts to improve it. Bilingual and special education, home-schooling and charter experiments, and achievement and funding gaps were some of the topics addressed during this series. The series included a town meeting about the academic achievement gap in Evanston's schools.
	Seeking Justice (2000) Against a backdrop of accusations of racial profiling in two Chicago suburbs, a statewide moratorium on the death penalty, and unprecedented numbers of African- American men and women behind bars, Chicago Public Radio presented a series of twenty reports, twelve essays, six documentaries, and two town meetings. The series covered issues as diverse as the rapidly growing prison industry and marriage rights for same-sex partners.
	Examining Health (1999) For our Examining Health series, Chicago Public Radio produced twelve essays, twenty reports, six half-hour documentaries, two town meetings, and one special event. The special event was held at the Museum of Contemporary Art and featured the voices of high school students expressing their health concerns.