CAN TV Program Archive

Ken Davis is joined by Chicago Reader columnist Ben Joravsky, who was fired last month from his highly-acclaimed radio show on WCPT for what he believes are political reasons. They discuss the upcoming Mayor‚Äôs race, candidate by candidate, and speculate on the relative strengths of the candidates believed to be current front-runners. This program was… View Article

Ken Davis is joined by mayoral candidate Bill Daley. They discuss his recent proposals to reduce the number of local school councils from about 500 to 60, and his assertion that the City Council should be reduced from 50 to 15 aldermen. He also proposes a hybrid school board, composed of four mayoral appointees and… View Article

Ken Davis is joined by Marjorie Fritz-Birch and John Holden of the Edgewater Historical Society & Museum to discuss their exhibit “The Chicago Conspiracy Trial: One Juror‚Äôs Ordeal”. Marjorie Fritz-Birch’s mother, Jean Fritz, was a juror on the trial who documented her experience. Ken also visits the Greater Chicago Food Depository. This program was produced… View Article

Ken Davis is joined by Mayoral candidate Amara Enyia. They discuss her vision for Chicago’s education, policing, housing and finance. This program was produced by Chicago Access Network Television (CAN TV).

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