Chicago Amplified

Murder in the Name of Honor: The Killing of Women to Preserve the Honor of the Family

Jordanian journalist Rana Husseini, who has written extensively about honor killings of women, spoke about her new book Murder in the Name of Honor.

Recorded on 10.19.2009

Love and {r}evolution

Grace Lee Boggs is an activist, writer, and speaker whose more than sixty years of political involvement encompass the major U.S. social movements of this century.

Recorded on 9.10.2009

Re-Thinking Soup

Joshua Viertel, the first President of Slow Food USA, speaks about the group's vision for the U.S. on issues of access and equity regarding healthy food, nutrition, and well-being.

Recorded on 8.25.2009

Hard Working Coffee House: How to Start a Small Business

Has the economy got you thinking it’s time to create your own business? If you want to learn about where to start and what resources are available, this event is for you.

Recorded on 6.24.2009

Paul Butler on a Hip-Hop Theory of Justice

Listen in as a former federal prosecutor and cutting-edge legal scholar presents a critique of the criminal justice system using hip-hop music and culture.

Recorded on 6.8.2009

Hard Working Coffee House: Job Training

Out of work and ready to rethink your career? Listen in to our community-building conversation hosted by the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum and WBEZ business and economy reporter, Adriene Hill.

Recorded on 4.29.2009

Hard Working Coffee House

Jobless or job hunting? Listen to this community-building conversation hosted by the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum and WBEZ business and economy reporter Adriene Hill.

Recorded on 3.11.2009

Wage Theft in America: Why Millions of Working Americans Are Not Getting Paid- And What We Can Do About It

Author and organizer Kim Bobo offers incisive direction to activists, workers and concerned citizens who want to know how to prevent the exploitation of America's working people.

Recorded on 2.20.2009

YES MEANS YES! Visions of Female Sexual Power and World without Rape: Book Reading and Conversation

Writer and activist Jaclyn Friedman talks about the groundbreaking book she edited with Feministing.com founder Jessica Valenti called YES MEANS YES! Visions of Female Sexual Power and World without Rape.

Recorded on 2.19.2009

Legacy of Torture: COINTELPRO and the San Francisco 8

In 2007, eight former Black community activists were arrested on charges related to the killing of a San Francisco police officer in 1971, arrests that many say were part of a larger movement to destroy radical movements.

Recorded on 2.13.2009

Debut Screening of "O Mission" and Expert Panel Discussion

Listen in to hear about a popular topic - sex - and a not so popular topic, the rise of STDs. This event marked the launch of an confidential online clinic that intends to educate millennials in a powerful high-tech way.

Recorded on 2.12.2009

UE Workers Who Occupied Republic Windows and Doors Factory to Speak

In December, 250 laid off workers on Goose Island in Chicago sat down in their factory to demand the wages owed to them by their former employer. Their fight became a national symbol of the plight of working people in the economic crisis.

Recorded on 2.3.2009

Roe vs Wade Anniversary Conversation

Want to discover why activism towards preserving the Roe vs. Wade court decision is more important than ever in protecting the reproductive rights of all women? Listen in...

Recorded on 1.28.2009

Jane Addams Day Lecture and Conversation with Marian Wright Edelman

Listen in as Marian Wright Edelman, legendary civil rights activist and founder of the Children's Defense Fund, reads from and discuss her new book The Sea is So Wide and My Boat is So Small: Charting a Course for the Next Generation.

Recorded on 12.10.2008

An Evening with Mavis Staples

Chicago Freedom School proudly presents an evening with legendary recording artist and activist, Mavis Staples. Listen in for a celebration of the Modern Civil Rights Movement.

Recorded on 12.5.2008