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Nationally-eminent historian H.W. Brands discusses his book, Andrew Jackson: His Like and Times, a timely topic since Jackson is one of president Trump's favorites. Brands discusses Jackson's upbringing that shaped his values as president, the "Corrupt Bargain" and the longest campaign for the presidency in 1828, Jackson's appeal to voters, his role in what Brands calls the beginning of American democracy and its first true test, and the similarities and differences between Jackson and Trump. -
JohnMerkleA.J. Wilhemi, President and CEO of the Illinois Health and Hospital Association, talks about the impact of the Affordable Care Act on Illinois health care, the system's dependence on federal programs like Medicare and Medicaid, the shortage of health care workers, how immigration impacts health care staffing, rural health care, the increasing roles of technology and AI, and much more.
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Brenden Moore, statehouse reporter for Capitol News Illinois, looks atprospects for action on transit, energy and affordability legislation,as well as potential responses to ICE and National Guard deployments inChicago. -
Pulitzer-prize winner Art Cullen Laments the Decline of Small Town Iowa in Latest Book -
Jonathan Cohen discusses his book, Losing Big: America's Reckless Bet on Sports Gambling. -
Stephen Franklin, former labor reporter for the Chicago Tribune, takes alook at the state of American labor this holiday weekend and discusseshis book Three Strikes: Labor's Heartland Losses and What They Mean forWorking Americans. The book examines three labor disputes in oneIllinois town, Decatur, that captured the change in labor-managementrelations. -
Stephen Macedo, co-author with Frances Lee of In Covid's Wake: How Our Politics Failed Us, discusses the failure to heed pre-Covid plans for managing a pandemic, how voices of dissent were treated, lack of cost and benefit considerations, impact of policies by class difference, school closures, the origins of Covid, and impact on our democracy. An important book written by authors without a political agenda. -
Are you tired of the hyper-partisanship in our politics and looking forsomething new? Lindsay Williams Drath, CEO of the Forward Party,explains the party's mission, stakeholders, origin, strategy and much more. -
Marc Dunkelman talks about his new book, Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress--And How to Bring it Back. -
Rahm Emanuel, former Member of Congress, Chicago Mayor, and Ambassador to Japan who also served in the Clinton and Obama administrations, talks about how to revitalize the Democratic party, whether the party is still a 'big tent' party, NAFTA and free trade agreements, education and whether the Iowa caucuses should again lead off the presidential nominating process. -
Joan Williams discusses her new book, Outclassed: How The Left Lost the Working Class and How to Win Them Back. We discuss topics from her book including messaging suggestions, masculinity challenges, how the language of those with college degrees pushes away working class voters, and much more. -
Eminent Historian Harold Holzer's Inspirational Message for July 4th
