Leid Stories

Leid Stories - Unfolding Violence - 09/14/12

Significant progress in the Teachers Strike. Stacy Davis Gates, legislative and political director, updates us.

Thoughts about the violence unfolding in the middle east.

Leid Stories - Strike II - 09/13/12

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.

Leid Stories - Strike - 09/12/12

History teacher and strike leader Jen Johnson on the Chicago teacher's union strike.

Also, commentary on voting in battleground states

Leid Stories - Unanswered Questions - 09/11/12

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.

Leid Stories - Dr. David Bositis - 09/10/12

Talking about elections with guest Dr David Bositis of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.

Leid Stories - No Duplicity - 09/07/12

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.

Leid Stories - A Different Discussion - 09/06/12

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.

Leid Stories - Your Vote - 09/05/12

Thoughts on the DNC, the election, voting, and democracy: what your vote REALLY means.

Leid Stories - Premiere - 09/04/12

Inaugural show of Utrice Leid's "Leid Stories," discussing news and ideas that affect us all, plus your calls.