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The other Michigan Avenue in Roseland is poised for a comeback

The city of Chicago is asking for ideas on ‘the other Michigan Avenue’ in the Roseland neighborhood. Planning officials will put together development teams to pitch housing and retail on the commercial strip. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporter: Natalie Moore

Read an Excerpt from “Atmospheres of Projection” by Guiliana Bruno

In her new book, Atmospheres of Projection: Environmentality in Art and Screen Media, Giuliana Bruno brings together cultural history, visual studies, and media archaeology to consider the interrelations of projection, atmosphere, and environment. Looking deep into our fascination with projection and atmosphere, Bruno traverses psychoanalysis, environmental philosophy, architecture, the history

Read an Excerpt from “Atmospheres of Projection” by Guiliana Bruno

In her new book, Atmospheres of Projection: Environmentality in Art and Screen Media, Giuliana Bruno brings together cultural history, visual studies, and media archaeology to consider the interrelations of projection, atmosphere, and environment. Looking deep into our fascination with projection and atmosphere, Bruno traverses psychoanalysis, environmental philosophy, architecture, the history

Reforms to the SAFE-T Act and the debate around it

Despite approved revisions around the SAFE-T Act – a sweeping criminal justice reform bill – there was still plenty of opposition in the General Assembly. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporters: Alex Degman and Mawa Iqbal.

Chicago winters are becoming warmer and wetter

Chicago winters are getting warmer, which has positive and negative consequences. Illinois State Climatologist, Doctor Trent Ford shares more. Host: Melba Lara; Producer: Lauren Frost

Illinois set to eliminate cash bail next year

We sat down with one researcher that has been trying to to cut through the heated rhetoric and misinformation around cash bail. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporter: Shannon Heffernan.

Read an Excerpt from “Lydia Maria Child: A Radical American Life” by Lydia Moland

In Lydia Maria Child: A Radical American Life professor Lydia Moland offers a compelling and personal biography of one of nineteenth-century America’s most courageous abolitionists. By 1830, Child had established herself as something almost unheard of in the American nineteenth century: a beloved and self-sufficient female author, best known for

Has a red wave hit longtime blue Northwest Indiana?

For nearly a century, Democrats have held Indiana’s 1st Congressional seat, but shifting population and politics could soon change that. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporter: Michael Puente

What power will Chicago’s new climate office have?

Smaller and with less of a budget than many city departments, Lightfoot’s new climate office lacks enforcement power most of all, detractors say. Host: Melba Lara; Reporters: Mariah Woelfel and Lauren Frost

#NextUP: Achieving Accessibility in Academic Journal Publishing

At Chicago, our publishing technology team works with the University’s Center for Digital Accessibility to continuously improve the accessibility of our Journals website and our articles. Scholars with subscription access can easily and seamlessly use assistive technology to read articles directly on our Journals Division website. This, however, does not

Extreme precipitation is testing Chicago’s water system

Because of extreme weather due to climate change, Chicago’s Metropolitan Water Reclamation District is thinking about how the city's water systems might need to adapt. Host: Melba Lara; Reporter: Indira Khera