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    Chicago Newsroom 2.0

    August 14, 2026
    In this episode of Chicago Newsroom 2.0, co-hosts Dr. Suzet McKinney and Glenn Eden are joined by The Roundtable to unpack the top stories shaping Chicago this week. Chicago Public Library Commissioner Chris Brown and newly appointed Chicago Public Library Foundation President and CEO Eva Giglio then make the case that libraries are investments in people, places, and the connections that make neighborhoods thrive.
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    Chicago Newsroom 2.0

    July 31, 2026
    In this episode of Chicago Newsroom 2.0, co-hosts Dr. Suzet McKinney and Glenn Eden review the week’s top news at The Roundtable with Jeffery Beckham, Kafi Moragne-Patterson, and Sufyan Sohel. Chicago mayoral candidate Dr. Lisa Nee makes her case for leading the city, and The Stories of Us CEO Ashley Shaw Scott Adjaye discusses a civic imagination and storytelling project centered on lived experiences in Chicago and beyond.
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    Chicago Newsroom 2.0

    July 24, 2026
    In this episode of Chicago Newsroom 2.0, co-hosts Dr. Suzet McKinney and Glenn Eden open with the Roundtable, breaking down the week’s top stories. Executive coach Nicole Johnson-Scales discusses the unspoken challenges facing leaders of color, and Aspire CEO Serena Alaily details a new food services training program creating job opportunities for people with disabilities.
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    Chicago Newsroom 2.0

    July 17, 2026
    In this special edition of Chicago Newsroom 2.0, Dr. Suzet McKinney and Roundtable regulars Hugo Balta, Sufyan Sohel, and Claude Robinson break down Superintendent Larry Snelling’s retirement amid rising crime and the fight over Chicago’s $130 million budget shortfall. Chief Education Correspondent Adrian Segura returns with an Education First Report on the upcoming school board election, joined by Enlace Chicago’s Angel Gutierrez and Harvard’s Adam Parrott-Sheffer, and Executive Director Darrious Hilmon reflects on the country’s 250th birthday.
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    Chicago Newsroom 2.0

    July 7, 2026
    In this episode of Chicago Newsroom 2.0, co-hosts Dr. Suzet McKinney and Glenn Eden, joined by roundtable regulars Sufyan Sohel, Hugo Balta, and Jeffrey Beckham, examine the week’s biggest stories, including a banking milestone for Chicago’s underserved communities and proposed cuts to American healthcare. Chicago Public Schools Board President Sean Harden reflects on leading the hybrid school board and his decision to step back from the November election, First Independence Bank’s Dimitrius Hutcherson and Andrew Maychruk discuss the institution’s entry into the Chicago market, and Howard Brown Health CEO Dr. Travis Gayles warns of more than one trillion dollars in proposed healthcare cuts.
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    Chicago Newsroom 2.0

    June 26, 2026
    In this episode of Chicago Newsroom 2.0, co-hosts Dr. Suzet McKinney and Glenn Eden open with the Roundtable, examining the latest stories shaping Chicago and beyond. NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson previews the organization’s national convention coming to Chicago, and TASC President and CEO Joel Johnson and Justice Initiatives Director Jac Charlier mark 50 years of the organization’s work. Umi Grigsby and Bradly Johnson, the new leaders of Share Our Spare and BUILD Inc., also share their visions for the future of their organizations.
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    Chicago Newsroom 2.0

    June 19, 2026
    In this episode of Chicago Newsroom 2.0, co-hosts Dr. Suzet McKinney and Glenn Eden open with the Roundtable, examining the latest stories shaping Chicago and beyond. NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson previews the organization’s national convention coming to Chicago, and TASC President and CEO Joel Johnson and Justice Initiatives Director Jac Charlier mark 50 years of the organization’s work. Umi Grigsby and Bradly Johnson, the new leaders of Share Our Spare and BUILD Inc., also share their visions for the future of their organizations.
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    Chicago Newsroom 2.0

    June 12, 2026
    In this summer season premiere of Chicago Newsroom 2.0, co-hosts Dr. Suzet McKinney and Glenn Eden speak with Congressman and newly announced Chicago mayoral candidate Mike Quigley about his case to lead the city. Michael Stratmaunis offers a preview of the Obama Presidential Center ahead of its grand opening, while Christy George and Dr. Harley Johnson discuss IBM’s major investment in the future of the city’s South Side.
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    Chicago Newsroom 2.0

    May 4, 2026
    In this episode of Chicago Newsroom 2.0, guest co-hosts Dr. Suzet McKinney and Dee Atkins lead a roundtable with Sufyan Sohel, Swathi Staley, and Jeffery Beckham on parental pushback against the CTU’s Day of Action, efforts to keep the Chicago Bears in Illinois, and the mayoral fundraising race, with segments featuring Matt Bruce on Job Ready Illinois, Reverend Nicolette Faison on Faith in Place’s Tree Canopy and Workforce Community Grants, and Jorge Valdivia previewing the Chicago Latine Playwright Festival.
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    Chicago Newsroom 2.0

    April 28, 2026
    In this episode of Chicago Newsroom 2.0, guest co-hosts Glenn Eden and Maria Doughty lead a roundtable on the Johnson administration’s standoff with the CHA, the delayed Zoning Committee Chair selection, the ComEd Four prison release, and the CTU walkout, with segments featuring Griffin Museum CEO Dr. Chevy Humphrey on the new Anne Frank exhibition, Xchange Chicago’s Jarquetta Egeston on a new tech training hub, Serve Illinois Director Andres Fernandez on volunteerism, and Max Bever’s Election Myth-Busting.
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