Episodes

Friday Sep 14, 2012
Leid Stories - Unfolding Violence - 09/14/12
Friday Sep 14, 2012
Friday Sep 14, 2012
Significant progress in the Teachers Strike. Stacy Davis Gates, legislative and political director, updates us.
Thoughts about the violence unfolding in the middle east.

Thursday Sep 13, 2012
Leid Stories - Strike II - 09/13/12
Thursday Sep 13, 2012
Thursday Sep 13, 2012
More on the teacher's strike - with Stacy Davis, legislative and political director of the Chicago Teachers Union.
Also Professor Michael Dawson, who teaches political science at the University of Chicago, and director of the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture.

Wednesday Sep 12, 2012
Leid Stories - Strike - 09/12/12
Wednesday Sep 12, 2012
Wednesday Sep 12, 2012
History teacher and strike leader Jen Johnson on the Chicago teacher's union strike.
Also, commentary on voting in battleground states

Tuesday Sep 11, 2012
Leid Stories - Unanswered Questions - 09/11/12
Tuesday Sep 11, 2012
Tuesday Sep 11, 2012
Is it more important to focus on the internal failures surrounding 911, or, as Presidents Bush and Obama have done, on terrorism? Startling revelations, unanswered questions, plus your calls.

Monday Sep 10, 2012
Leid Stories - Dr. David Bositis - 09/10/12
Monday Sep 10, 2012
Monday Sep 10, 2012
Talking about elections with guest Dr David Bositis of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.

Friday Sep 07, 2012
Leid Stories - No Duplicity - 09/07/12
Friday Sep 07, 2012
Friday Sep 07, 2012
I want us to feel confident with the idea that this is how things start. We should not deflect from hard realities that exist, we should not deny them, we should not avoid the contradictions even within our own communities.

Thursday Sep 06, 2012
Leid Stories - A Different Discussion - 09/06/12
Thursday Sep 06, 2012
Thursday Sep 06, 2012
Whether the RNC or the DNC, this is one big sales job, to produce a convenient amnesia about the fact that both parties are increasingly irrelevant. Our task is to begin a different discussion, and to articulate our own realities, but in the context of some kind of solution.

Wednesday Sep 05, 2012
Leid Stories - Your Vote - 09/05/12
Wednesday Sep 05, 2012
Wednesday Sep 05, 2012
Thoughts on the DNC, the election, voting, and democracy: what your vote REALLY means.

Tuesday Sep 04, 2012
Leid Stories - Premiere - 09/04/12
Tuesday Sep 04, 2012
Tuesday Sep 04, 2012
Inaugural show of Utrice Leid's "Leid Stories," discussing news and ideas that affect us all, plus your calls.