CAN TV Program Archive

Ken Davis is joined by Daniel Kay Hertz, author of The Battle of Lincoln Park. They discuss the profound impact that urban renewal had on the mid-century development of Lincoln Park, when early artists and rehabbers began reconstructing dilapidated brownstones and Victorians in the Old Town Triangle. Although the process began almost a hundred years… View Article

Ken Davis is joined by the BGA‚Äôs Casey Toner and WBEZ‚Äôs Miles Bryan to discuss an American Suburb2018: Dolton Illinois. In their joint reporting, they chronicled the rapid decline of that south suburb over the past 20 years as thousands of jobs evaporated and people who didn‚Äôt have the resources to move away got stuck… View Article

Ken Davis is joined by Mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot. They discuss her recent filing of petitions and her strong confidence that she‚Äôll survive challenges and appear on the February ballot. She discusses the corrosive effects of aldermanic prerogative, which she blames for the total lack of affordable housing construction in 22 of 77 community areas…. View Article

Ken Davis is joined by the Chicago Rehab Network‚Äôs Executive Director David Jackson. They discuss yesterday‚Äôs City Council action which sought to create pilot programs in Pilsen and Little Village that could stem the rapid gentrification and Hispanic displacement in both communities. The Council also re-established the Department of Housing, which had been disbanded in… View Article

Do you really want to know what happened in Tuesday‚Äôs mid-term elections, and why? Join guest host Bruce DuMont and his stellar guests Delmarie Cobb and Ray Hanania on this week‚Äôs Chicago Newsroom. You‚Äôll learn who got elected and why and you‚Äôll also hear about the next big election in Chicago ‚Äì the race for… View Article