CAN TV Program Archive

Today on Guest Host Kitty Kurth talks current affairs with two of her all-time favorite girl pundits. Guests Sylvia Ewing and Joanna Klonsky cover a wide range of topics from what they provocatively describe as a non-old white guy perspective. They tackle the news of the day and also discuss how the media tackles the… View Article

Ken Davis is joined by Sarah Gronkiewicz-Doran and Nick Kryczka, both members of Neighbors for Affordable Housing in Jefferson Park. Their group has launched a campaign to support affordable, accessible and inclusive housing on Chicago‚Äôs Northwest side. They discuss an effort to build an affordable-housing complex at 5150 N. Northwest Highway, for which Mayor Emanuel… View Article

Ken Davis is joined by AFSCME‚Äôs public affairs director Anders Lindall to discuss Janus vs AFSCME, a significant case to be heard this year by the United Sates Supreme Court. If the Court decides against AFSCME it would allow workers in a unionized public-sector workplace to reject the payment of union fair-share fees. Fair share… View Article

Ken Davis is joined by Sun-Times columnist Dan Mihalopoulos to discuss his recent column revealing a possible financial conflict for Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin, who has been leading the push to repeal the County‚Äôs Sweetened Beverage Tax. Mihalopoulos reported that Boykin, an employee of the national law firm Barnes and Thornberg, has been a… View Article

Ken Davis is joined by the Chicago Rehab Network‚Äôs Kevin Jackson to discuss recent proposals to amend the City‚Äôs housing ordinance in an effort to build more affordable housing. The proposal is controversial, however, because some aldermen argue that the amendments do nothing to stem gentrification. Since 2000, according to CRN‚Äôs most recent report, one-half… View Article

Ken Davis is joined by The Chicago Reporter‚Äôs Jonah Newman, who has compiled an interactive web-based tracker of Chicago police reform efforts. The Department of Justice identified 99 items they believed needed reform at CPD, and the Reporter‚Äôs tracker lists each, describes it, and labels each as implemented, partially implemented, planned, not done or unclear…. View Article

Ken Davis is joined by AJ LaTrace, editor of Curbed Chicago. They react to Chicago‚Äôs bid for the new Amazon corporate headquarters, and assess the likelihood that Chicago will be chosen. They discuss several transformative development projects that are reshaping large portions of Chicago, including Wolf Point, the North Branch and the Obama Library. They… View Article