Stories by Daniel Hautzinger

Harold Washington was a frequent guest on WTTW over the course of his political career. Hear him discuss his upbringing, his coalitional politics, the Council Wars when he was mayor of Chicago, and more in archival interviews ranging from 1968 through 1984.

“It is my vision that we use food and recipes and cooking as tools to end the divide between us and to create more room at the long table of food history,” says Toni Tipton-Martin.

Discover some of Chicago's most architecturally extraordinary Black churches. "I think there's a conscious push to embrace the new," says architectural photographer and writer Lee Bey, "of throwing off the chains of the past."

In the waning days of slavery on Jamaica, July's life is upturned during a slave rebellion that leaves her plantation intact despite the terror of her mistress.

William has an official job for Eliza, but it's not one she likes: spying on suffragettes. When one is involved in a murder, Eliza struggles between her beliefs and her need for work. 

James grows closer to Helen while treating her under-performing bull while Tristan tries to prove he is responsible to Siegfried by taking on the care of Tricki Woo, Mrs. Pumphrey's spoiled and overfed dog. 

This February, celebrate Black History Month with a variety of WTTW programming over air and online that explores African American history, stories in the larger African diaspora, and Black culture in America. 

While Siegfried seeks a dream job as a racecourse veterinarian, James finds himself in a difficult situation with a racehorse. Tristan tries to make up for a shortage of cash, and Mrs. Hall helps Helen out with her sister Jenny. 

Eliza is tasked with proving a man innocent after he is found holding a knife next a dead man. Financial woes also mount as she tries to maintain a business after the death of her father. 

The basic model is simple: “Why don’t you give us some funding to keep our restaurant workers employed and we’ll just feed people for free?” Restaurants like Mi Tocaya Antojería and the nonprofit Community Kitchen and Canteen have taken it up during the pandemic.

The debts are piling up on Eliza Scarlet and her father, so Eliza is looking to help her father in his detective business. She has the skills, but a male-dominated world won't let her do the work. 

When Siegfried's brother comes home, James finds he has competition as Siegfried's assistant. He also finds he has romantic competition when he attends a party at the wealthy Mrs. Pumphrey's home, courtesy of her dog Tricki Woo. 

Frontline aims to make sense of a calamitous moment in American democracy, focusing on the rise of conspiracy and Donald Trump's takeover of the Republican Party, while also examining Joe Biden's life to better understand how he will respond.

Find all the ways you can watch the House's impeachment trial, either over-the-air or digitally, here. 

Blair Kamin has announced he is leaving the Chicago Tribune after 33 years, 28 as its architecture critic. A frequent guest on Chicago Tonight, he once shared his favorite place in Chicago and a story about his first review. Revisit it now.