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Afternoon News: Thursday June 6, 2024 Jun 06, 2024

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A Chicago alderperson wants to impose an 8 p.m. curfew for unaccompanied teenagers downtown. Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling says officers working during the Democratic National Convention in August will have their badge numbers uncovered and body cameras on. A new exhibition highlighting queer history and banned books opens tomorrow in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood.

Zak Mucha tells us what he learned from ‘street corner social work’ Jun 06, 2024

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All too often, the most vulnerable populations fall through the cracks in our social safety nets: people dealing with addiction, homelessness and severe psychosis. Zak Mucha, the president of the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis, says this happens when the people serving those populations don’t understand what they need. “‘Are they like me or not?’ That's how a lot of these decisions are made,” he said. Mucha spent the early years of his social work career working on the ground on Chicago’s North Side to provide clients with direct services. Now, he has documented those experiences in his book “Swimming to the Horizon: Crack, Psychosis, and Street-Corner Social Work.” In this episode, host Erin Allen talks to Mucha about his book and what he learned from his years working in community mental health services.

Morning News: Thursday June 6, 2024 Jun 06, 2024

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Immigration advocates in Illinois say President Biden’s new executive order restricting asylum claims violates asylum law. Illinois’ Maternal Health Task Force reflects on four years of work trying to reduce health inequities in Illinois. Some workers at the Shedd Aquarium are claiming management is pushing back on efforts to unionize.

Afternoon News: Wednesday June 5, 2024 Jun 05, 2024

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Illinois Democratic Governor JB Pritzker is signing a new $53.1 billion state budget that he says is balanced. Foxtrot says it is coming back to Chicago. Parents from two world language magnet schools in Chicago are fighting against proposed budget cuts they say will devastate their programs.

We’re calling it. It’s street festival season in Chicago. Jun 05, 2024

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The winter of our discontent is finally over, my friends. It is, officially, street festival season in Chicago. Why does this time of year hit so hard? Because there are so many street festivals – in so many Chicago neighborhoods – and they’ve all got their own distinct feel and focus.

“Well, food,” said Chicago-based writer Lauren Viera, “and also music is a big reason I go to fests.”

Viera pored over the massive schedule of festivals and came on the Rundown podcast to talk through the ones she’s most excited about, including Andersonville Midsommarfest (June 7-9), Flavors of Albany Park (June 26), the Pilsen Tacos & Tamales Festival (July 19-21) and the Chinatown Summer Fair (July 27-28).

Morning News: Wednesday June 5, 2024 Jun 05, 2024

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The head of the U.S. Secret Service is in Chicago this week to tour the venues that will play host to the Democratic National Convention in August. A new study finds evidence of racial bias in Chicago traffic stops. The City of Chicago is giving out $600,000 dollars to nonprofits serving youth this summer.

Afternoon News: Tuesday June 4, 2024 Jun 04, 2024

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Chicago police officials say they’re ready for the Democratic National Convention in August, despite a recent report suggesting otherwise. The lead organizer of a proposed birth center on Chicago’s South Side is asking state regulators for permission to open. A new study finds Black drivers are more likely to be pulled over by police regardless of where they drive in Chicago.

Celebrating ‘gays in gospel music’ this Pride Month Jun 04, 2024

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Little Richard, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Chicago’s own Reverend James Cleveland are a few of the musicians being celebrated this Pride Month at an event called at “Shout OUT: A Tribute to Gays in Gospel Music!”

“This show is an opportunity to let people know about the totality of their work,” said singer and event creator Lucy Smith, who will perform along with the Lucy Smith Quintet. “I think where they were in their comfortability infused and informed their music.”

Chicago journalist and media personality Cheryl Corley is the event’s narrator, sharing stories and context about these musicians' lives.

In today’s episode, The Rundown podcast host Erin Allen talks with Smith and Corley about a few of the queer people in gospel music, how those artists navigated being both queer and Black in the 20th century and the importance of sharing their stories.

“Shout OUT: A Tribute to Gays in Gospel Music!” is Sunday, June 9th at 3 p.m. at the Beverly Arts Center.

Morning News: Tuesday June 4, 2024 Jun 04, 2024

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Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey discussed the upcoming vote on the Right to Contraception Act that will be voted on in the U.S. Senate later this week. An Illinois Congressman is pushing for sanctions against Chinese companies allegedly exporting fentanyl to the U.S. Scientists at Washington University are hoping to come up with a plastic alternative.

Afternoon News: Monday June 3, 2024 Jun 03, 2024

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Illinois lawmakers want to tweak the name for illegal gun possession in criminal cases. Lawmakers are also signing off on a push by Governor J.B. Pritzker’s administration to fund coverage of costly, injectable weight-loss drugs for state workers. Chicago has $206 million dollars in federal COVID money to earmark for community initiatives before the end of the year.

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