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Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices — August 18, 2023 Full Episode
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- Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices — August 18, 2023 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 27:15
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- What the promotion of CPD’s Chief Larry Snelling means for public safety. A cross-cultural musical collaboration in Millennium Park. And rebuilding a taqueria from scratch.
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- Chicago Tonight: Black Voices — August 18, 2023 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 26:51
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- It’s back to school for CPS students — we talk about the challenges ahead this school year. A new effort to reduce maternal mortality. And The Last Word on mentoring.
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- The First Skyscraper to Celebrate Its Height
- Runtime
- 5:23
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Before Louis Sullivan's Wainwright Building in St. Louis, new-fangled skyscrapers didn't know how to be tall. But Sullivan's building, supposedly sketched in three minutes, emphasizes its steel-frame skeleton and verticality by reveling in its height, setting the tone for the next century of skyscrapers.
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#architecture #architect #stlouis #skyscraper #historicpreservation #architecturelovers
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- August 17, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:26
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The latest in the trial of Michael Madigan’s former chief of staff. What’s behind the rash of postal worker assaults. And a Chicago singer-songwriter by way of Honduras.
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- August 16, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:26
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Federal relief is on the way for thousands of Chicagoans who experienced flooding damage. Reaction to some of the mayor’s latest moves. And surrealist paintings at the Art Institute.
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- August 15, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:31
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Behind the selection of Larry Snelling as Chicago’s next top cop. A deep dive on the latest criminal charges against former President Trump. And the growing threat of hacking hospitals.
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- August 14, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:27
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The latest in our series WTTW News: A Safer City as Mayor Brandon Johnson makes his pick for police superintendent official. The role of public spaces in safety. And equitable transit-oriented development.
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- Week in Review: Gun Ban Decision; Top Madigan Aide on Trial
- Runtime
- 27:06
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Mayor Brandon Johnson set to select a new police chief. Nobody gets in to see the wizard, according to a federally charged top Madigan aide. State Supreme Court rules on assault weapons. And the sinking Sox.
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- Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices — August 11, 2023 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 27:10
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A holistic approach to gang violence. A former church in Pilsen on its way to landmark status. And a festival brings house music to Harrison Park.
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- Chicago Tonight: Black Voices — August 11, 2023 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 26:50
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Not everyone agrees on new oversight for the Chicago Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policy. A history of medical experiments on people of color. And remembering the creator of the "Cha-Cha Slide."
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- This Church Launched an Architectural Style That Inspired Buildings Across America
- Runtime
- 4:41
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Boston's Trinity Church is defined by rough-faced stone walls, round arches, and massive, solid towers, even though it was built on a man-made infill of a marsh. This "Richardsonian Romanesque" style, named after the architect, H.H. Richardson, can be seen in buildings across America.
Discover more buildings that changed America at wttw.com/10
#architecture #church #churcharchitecture #boston #architecturelovers
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- August 10, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:23
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The latest on the Loretto Hospital strike. Dozens of state employees under investigation for PPP loan fraud. A preview of the annual Bud Billiken parade. And “MJ: The Musical.”
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- August 9, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:26
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- What’s driving a record number of opioid overdose deaths in Cook County. Allowing non-citizens to become police officers. And a former Madigan aide goes on trial.
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- August 8, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 26:07
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A Portage Park man charged in the fatal shooting of a 9-year-old girl. Why thousands of Illinoisans are being kicked off Medicaid. And remembering Chicago native and film legend William Friedkin.
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- August 7, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:31
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- In the latest installment of our series WTTW News: A Safer City, we tackle the issue of domestic violence. We examine state laws that protect survivors and meet a local woman providing essentials to women in need.
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- Week in Review: Trump Arraignment; Chicago Migrant Crisis
- Runtime
- 27:26
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Trump arraigned on four felony counts tied to Jan. 6. Mayor Johnson defends police response to teenage troublemakers last weekend. Northwestern hires the former U.S. attorney general. And Cubs bat the team into playoff contention.
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- Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices — August 4, 2023 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 27:10
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The city’s plans on addressing the migrant crisis. A growing homeless encampment in Humboldt Park. And a local artist’s memories of growing up in Puerto Rico.
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- Chicago Tonight: Black Voices — August 4, 2023 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 26:48
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- How a Chicago-based corporation is getting more Black patients into clinical trials. Remembering Henrietta Lacks. A preview of the Bud Billiken parade. And future storytellers on violence in the media.
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- August 3, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:32
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A proposed gas rate hike could mean you’re paying more. The deputy mayor for immigration on the migrant crisis. Former President Trump is arraigned in federal court. And Lollapalooza kicks off.
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- August 2, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:31
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Mayor Johnson denies moving migrants due to Lollapalooza. Breaking down former President Trump’s latest indictment. Why the loop is sinking. And a bus driver shortage impacting the start of school.
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- See How Thomas Jefferson Provided the Template for Government & Commercial Buildings Across America
- Runtime
- 5:27
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Before he was President, Thomas Jefferson designed the Virginia State Capitol. Wanting to declare independence from British architectural styles, he turned to Greco-Roman temples and modelled his building on a specific structure in France, introducing the ubiquitous columns and pediment found in government and financial buildings across America.
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#architecture #architect #virginia #colonialarchitecture #thomasjefferson
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- August 1, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:32
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The latest on charges against former President Donald Trump. An internal investigation at Northwestern begins. Why some say Illinois is spinning into Tornado Alley. And creating more protections for temporary workers.
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- July 31, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:31
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Our series WTTW News: A Safer City continues with the acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois on his role in reducing gang violence. Plus, weakening gangs and strengthening violence interrupters.
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- Chicago Tonight Voices: A WTTW News Community Conversation
- Runtime
- 49:54
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- On Monday, July 31, 2023, WTTW, hosted Chicago Tonight VOICES virtual Voices: A WTTW News Community Conversation. WTTW Chicago Tonight co-anchor and Black Voices host Brandis Friedman was joined by Garien Gatewood, Deputy Mayor of Community Safety, Office of the Mayor; Director Glen Brooks, Community Policing with the Chicago Police Department; and Linda Xóchitl Tortolero, President & CEO of Mujeres Latinas en Accion. They discussed the impact of systemic violence on everyday life, and the steps that public safety officials, community organizations and the police are taking to address the problem.
This special VOICES Conversation is part of WTTW News and Chicago Tonight Special Coverage, A SAFER CITY, in which we are taking a deep dive into neighborhood crime, violence, and public safety throughout the summer months as residents, policymakers, and community groups work to address the growing issue.
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- Title
- Week in Review: Rocky Wirtz Legacy; Northwestern Lawsuits
- Runtime
- 27:26
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Chicago mourns the loss of Blackhawks chairman Rocky Wirtz. Northwestern hit with more lawsuits. The city strikes peace with labor unions ahead of the 2024 DNC. And Mayor Johnson meets again with the Bears.
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- Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices — July 28, 2023 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 27:15
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- What the elimination of cash bail will look like. Sexual abuse allegations in immigration facilities. And capturing Cuba in a new photo exhibit.
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- Chicago Tonight: Black Voices — July 28, 2023 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 26:44
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- How West Side residents are still recovering from flooding nearly a month after historic rainfall. We explore the media’s coverage of crime. And a national monument to Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley.
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- Landscape Designer Ernie Wong Transforms Industrial Sites into Standout Parks
- Runtime
- 5:17
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Palmisano Park used to be a quarry, and then a dumping ground for used construction material. Now it's a rolling landscape with a wetland and stunning views of Chicago, built on top of debris. Ping Tom Park is wedged between railroads and a river, but is now a place of pride for Chicago's Chinatown, complete with a Chinese pavilion and peaceful landscaping despite its industrial surroundings.
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#landscape #landscapearchitecture #landscapedesign #parks #chicago #architecture #urbandesign #architect
- Title
- July 27, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:26
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The Bears meet with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson again. Residents in Edgewater protest the use of a community center as a refuge. And how the current heat wave threatens the power grid.
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- July 26, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:31
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Hundreds of migrants still living in Chicago police stations. Are we alone in the universe? Hearings in Washington raise the question. And the end of the Silver Room Block Party.
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- July 25, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:27
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Police overtime spending balloons. Ethics investigations at City Hall. Two attorneys filing lawsuits in the Northwestern hazing scandal. And early garbage pickups persist.
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- July 24, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:01
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The latest in our series WTTW News: A Safer City — is social media behavior a predictor for crime? How the news media outlets contribute to perceptions of violence. And meet a young group of storytellers.
#ChicagoTonightWTTW #WTTWNews #ASaferCity
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- Week in Review: Northwestern Lawsuits; Eliminating Cash Bail
- Runtime
- 27:52
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Northwestern players speak out as lawsuits multiply against the beleaguered athletics program. State prosecutors get ready to eliminate cash bail as state Supreme Court upholds law. Chicago City Council addresses snowy winter sidewalks. And remembering Tony Bennett.
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- Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices — July 21, 2023 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 27:10
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The growing imbalance between water scarcity and flooding. Unpacking new research on long COVID. And how a local chef educates diners on fine Mexican cuisine.
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- Chicago Tonight: Black Voices — July 21, 2023 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 26:49
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Advice for future college students in a post-affirmative action world. A local group training Black millennials to line the political bench. And preserving a historic YMCA.
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- Explore a Hindu Temple Shipped in 40,000 Pieces from India and Assembled in Chicago's Suburbs
- Runtime
- 2:50
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in the Chicago suburb of Bartlett was crafted by 3,000 artisans in India, who carved 40,000 pieces of Turkish limestone, Carrara marble, and granite that were then shipped to the U.S. and assembled into a dazzling house of worship. Go inside.
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#MostBeautifulWTTW #mandir #architecture #hindu #temple #sacredspace #stonecarving
- Title
- July 20, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:31
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The Chicago connection to the new blockbuster movie “Oppenheimer.” How the Cook County sheriff plans to help people when they get out of jail. And inside the city’s contribution to hip-hop.
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- July 19, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:27
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx on how she’ll implement the new no cash bail law. Northwestern football players speak out about alleged abuse. And the fate of plowing the city’s sidewalks.
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- July 18, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 26:56
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The Illinois Supreme Court says eliminating cash bail is constitutional. The new leader at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition replacing the Rev. Jesse Jackson. And the team charged with finding Chicago’s next police superintendent.
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- July 17, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:30
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The latest in our series WTTW News: A Safer City takes a look at simple ways to make public spaces safer. How some youth are leading anti-violence efforts. And teenagers and young adults on the importance of summer jobs.
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- Week in Review: Top Cop Finalists; City Hall Ethics Issues
- Runtime
- 27:57
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Northwestern athletics program reeling after firing of football and now baseball coach. The search for a new top cop is down to three finalists. And multiple tornadoes rock the area with more severe weather in the forecast.
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- Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices — July 14, 2023 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 27:11
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Details into Johnson’s vision for the city. The latest in the Chicago police sex abuse allegations against migrants. And crawling for tacos in Rogers Park.
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- Chicago Tonight: Black Voices — July 14, 2023 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 26:49
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- What’s behind the racial wealth gap and ways to address it. Efforts to combat PTSD in young girls. And a local police officer on showing up for the city’s youth.
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0:00 Introduction
4:23 DAMON JONES University of Chicago
6:09 AUDRA WILSON Shriver Center on Poverty Law
7:39 RACISM'S LONG LEGACY Addressing Root Causes to Improve Wealth Gap
8:27 LINCOLN CHANDLER Corporate Coalition of Chicago
11:57 TEMESZJA DRUMMOND Chicago Park District
15:08 NGOZI HARRIS Working on Womanhood (WOW)
15:23 REDUCING PTSD IN GIRLS Study: 40% of Chicago Adolescent Girls Have PTSD
17:15 "WOW" PROGRAM Study: PTSD, Anxiety and Depression Down
21:59 RENAULT ROBINSON, 1942-2023 Co-Founder of Historic Police Association Dies at 80
23:51 PLANTING COMMUNITY RESOURCES "The Last Word" on Showing Up for Chicago's Youth
- Title
- July 13, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:27
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The region cleans up after a night of multiple reported tornadoes. Chicago’s one step closer to having a new police chief. And the FDA approves the country’s first-ever over-the-counter birth control pill.
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- How an Architect Designed an Eye-Grabbing Building That Embraces Its Location Next to an Expressway
- Runtime
- 3:34
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- El Centro catches the attention of drivers streaming past on Chicago's Kennedy Expressway with is blue and yellow fins and dynamically curving form. Architect Juan Gabriel Moreno loved the prominence of the site for this outpost of Northeastern Illinois University, but also had to deal with challenges such as noise.
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#MostBeautifulWTTW #architecture #Chicago #RealEstate #architect #architecturelovers #highereducation #urbanism
- Title
- July 12, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:26
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Chicago gets another round of heavy rain. The latest on allegations of CPD sexual abuse against migrants. New details in the Madigan corruption case. And Montrose Beach’s piping plover spreads its wings.
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- Title
- July 11, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:32
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Pat Fitzgerald is out as head football coach at Northwestern — full coverage and reaction. A flooding disaster declaration in suburban Cook County. And previewing a new documentary on the Negro Leagues.
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- Title
- July 10, 2023 Full Episode — Chicago Tonight
- Runtime
- 27:31
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The latest in our series WTTW News: A Safer City takes a look behind the data that shows a decrease in violent crime this year. Reimagining violence as a public health issue. And exploring the impact violence has on mental health.
#ChicagoTonightWTTW #WTTWNews #ASaferCity
- Title
- Week in Review: Police Abuse Allegations; Future of NASCAR
- Runtime
- 27:30
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Allegations of sexual misconduct by Chicago police against migrants housed at a West Side station. The future of NASCAR in Chicago. And Mayor Brandon Johnson’s blueprint for the city’s future.
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- Title
- Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices — July 7, 2023 Full Episode
- Runtime
- 27:10
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- U.S. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García with the latest on aid to migrants in Chicago. What's behind CPR disparities. And a musician who blends her bicultural influences.
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