Illinois

AUGUST 17, 2024

This week Matter of Fact travels to Southern California where environmental activists are ...

Medical Schools Scramble to Accommodate Influx of Applicants from States Enacting Abortion Bans

Last summer, the Supreme Court paved the way for states to enact abortion bans by overturn...

October 26, 2019

This week on Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien, our listening tour rolls into Chicago. A...

The politics of pot are changing with Illinois predicted to expunge an estimated 800,000 marijuana convictions

In January, Illinois will become the first state to legalize the possession and sale of ma...

Poisoned Politics: The ongoing fight to clean up Chicago’s ‘toxic doughnut’

Our listening tour rolls into Chicago. Altgeld Gardens, a housing project once described a...

There Grows the Neighborhood: Meet the 2019 MacArthur Fellow transforming Chicago’s South Side

Emmanuel Pratt started the Sweet Water Foundation to literally grow a better neighborhood....

Freshmen Congressmen Looking Ahead to the New Year

Congress is hurrying to finish their agenda before lawmakers head home for the holidays. O...

Freshmen Congressmen See Opportunities for Bipartisanship Following Recess

Congress, in its first week back from a month-long recess, hit the ground running, passing...

Rep. Bustos: We Cannot Be the Anti-Trump Party  

Democrats have been the minority party in the House since 2010, and struggled midterm afte...