In the 1990s, the Daley administration ended a program that had successfully reduced gang violence in neighborhoods such as Pilsen and Little Village. Today, organizations like Enlace Chicago continue to struggle for the resources needed to address the problems produced by political neglect.
Category Archives: podcasts
Mr. Apter Himself (James 20)
In the Spring of 1990 Andrew Apter and Moishe Postone were relatively new faculty at the University of Chicago. Both would go on to become highly regarded teachers and scholars.
Wednesday Night (Joel 8)
Songs about intoxication have a long history, from NWA’s Dope Man
to Loretta Lynn’s Honky Tonk Girl to Henry Purcell’s The Macedon Youth.
Hey Mas (Rekha 2)
The terrace at University of Wisconsin’s Memorial Union is a spectacular
place to study with a pitcher of beer or read a copy of The Onion.
Chocolate Cow (Ben 8)
In Providence, Rhode Island of the eighties one could buy a Coffee Cabinet before
going to a hear music at Club Rocket, or take Amtrak south to see the same
band at d.c. space in our nation’s capital.
Paul Mason Fotsch 