Stories by Daniel Hautzinger

As more murders occur on the towpath and Morse looks into the odd spate of seemingly random accidents, Thursday and Morse fundamentally disagree, driving a wedge into their relationship. It's the season finale of Endeavour.

Anna Pavlova, Irving Berlin, Serge Diaghilev, George Balanchine, Rudolf Nureyev: the choreographer and dancer Ruth Page worked with them all, plus brought Americana into ballet, built artistic institutions in her home base of Chicago, and choreographed over 100 ballets.

A huge backlog of mail in Chicago in 1966 caused long delays and led to bipartisan reforms of the postal service. Chicago's role was unsurprising, given that it was an important part of the national postal system, which had also contributed to the city's growth. 

"It's never been the Black artist's problem, it has been other people's problem," the legendary Leontyne Price told WTTW in 1981 about the lack of Black artists, specifically in opera. "It's so simplistic, it's fairly ridiculous." Watch excerpts of the archival interview. 

A Pakistani delivery driver goes missing during a xenophobic political election, while another young Pakistani man is stabbed by a white gang. Thursday remains concerned about murders along the river, while Morse navigates a complicated friendship.

Buffalo may soon unseat Milwaukee as the only large American city to have a socialist mayor. Chicago's neighbor to the north has a long history of elected socialist leaders, an appropriate background in the era of Bernie Sanders and other progressives.

Endeavour is back, as the 1970s dawn and Morse is drawn to an Italian woman while in Venice. He returns to Oxford to find a stalled murder investigation with very little to go on. 

Stories of corruption amongst politicians in Illinois and Chicago could fill a book—and they have. As federal investigations close in on some of the state's most powerful people, revisit the last half century or so of corruption in the city and state. 

2020 may be an unprecedented year, but one constant is PBS programming, featuring such stalwarts as Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Masterpiece dramas, and new kids shows. Here's a preview of some of what's coming in the fall and summer.

John's friends continue to try to clear his name and free him from jail while his Indian and English lives finally meet, in the season finale of Beecham House.

Geordie and Will discover a strange convent that appears suspicious, while Will tries to grapple with his guilt in the wake of the scandal at the boxing gym and Leonard's father visits, in the season finale of Grantchester

Nella Larsen existed in disparate worlds, never quite finding her place: born to a Danish mother and West Indian father in a Chicago vice district, she eventually became a part of the Harlem Renaissance and Black professional class, producing a neglected classic novel. 

Chicago looms large in the creation of baseball's Negro Leagues, for reasons both positive and negative. One influential player-manager spearheaded the creation of the Negro National League 100 years ago; another helped solidify the sport's color line decades earlier.

John's whole life in India threatens to fall apart when he incurs the wrath of the emperor. Chanchal is placed in a humiliating situation by Daniel, while Daniel tries to save his brother with the help of Margaret. 

A tragedy at the boxing gym leaves Will shattered as he learns about the plight of his favorite charge, Matthew, as well as the other boys and their desperate attempt to escape their troubles.