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Under new leadership, a 1980s program designed to prevent white flight is now assisting local residents with repairs and remodeling. Host: Lisa Labuz; Reporter: Natalie Moore

Pedro Martinez is currently superintendent of a San Antonio school district. He will become CPS' first permanent Latino leader. Host: Melba Lara; Reporter: Sarah Karp

Chicago Public Schools says it will ramp up contact tracing amid complaints that it’s taking too long to inform parents their children have been exposed. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporter: Sarah Karp

Elaine Little resigned after WBEZ reported Little had herself been under investigation in a previous job for alleged conflicts of interest. Host: Melba Lara; Reporter: Dan Mihalopoulos

It's fall membership drive time at WBEZ, and we wanted to give you a peek behind the scenes on how we do what we do. Linda Lutton took time to share the whys and hows of her reporting, as well as some tape that had to be cut for air! Host: Melba Lara; ...

WBEZ's Lisa Labuz talks to TikTok historian Sherman “Dilla” Thomas about the Pullman neighborhood, its founder, and the laborers who lived there. Host: Mary Dixon; Producer: Cianna Greaves

Jack Darin, an advocate for the new energy bill passed by Illinois legislators explains how he thinks it’ll help the fight against climate change. Host: Melba Lara; Producer: Lauren Frost

Emboldened by new data, Latino aldermen are seizing the moment and turning City Council committee meetings into the latest battleground for equity. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporter: Mariah Woelfel

A temporary 9/11 memorial is giving Chicagoans an opportunity to remember the terrorist attacks of 20 years ago. Host: Araceli Gómez-Aldana; Reporter: Linda Lutton

Twenty years after the terrorist attacks, recollections are still vivid for some, while others only know a post-9/11 world. Host: Araceli Gómez-Aldana; Reporter: Adora Namigadde

Hal Bergen was sent by the U.S. military to Germany at the end of WWII, where he helped run the sound system for the Nazis’ trial for war crimes. Bergen’s daughter Kathy brought him to StoryCorps, where he told her about his front row seat to history. ...

WBEZ’s Mary Dixon speaks with "Horsegirl," a young Chicago band, about getting to perform on the same stage as their Punk rock idols. Producer: Cianna Greaves