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Bradley Birzer talked about Russell Kirk: American Conservative, his biography of influential conservative writer Russell Kirk. He spoke at Jones College Prep High School at the 2016 Chicago…

Candidates in Illinois' U.S. Senate race, incumbent Senator Mark Kirk (R) and Representative Tammy Duckworth (D) participated in an editorial board meeting with the Chicago Tribune. The two …

Senator Dick Durbin (D) and Jim Oberweis (R) were interviewed by members of the Chicago Tribune editorial board as the leaders of Illinois’s largest newspaper decided which candidate to endo…

House Historian Robert Remini talked about his book, The House, published by Collins, in which he described the U.S. House of Representatives' responses to the Cold War, the Great Depression…

Chicago mayoral candidates Gery Chico, Miguel del Vall, Carol Moseley Braun, and Rahm Emanuel debated various issues.

Professor Minow interviewed Mr. Alter onstage about his book, The Defining Moment: FDR’s Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope, published by Simon and Schuster. Mr. Alter explained that Presi…

James Swanson talked about his book Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer, published by William Morrow. The book details the chase and eventual death of President Lincoln’s assassi…

Authors Louise Knight and Katherine Joslin discussed the life and work of Nobel Peace Prize winner Jane Addams, founder of the Settlement House Movement. The event was moderated by Gary John…

James Green talked with Ms. Taylor about his book, Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement, and the Bombing That Divided Gilded Age America, published by Pantheo…

Ms. Cox talked about her book, A Stronger Kinship: One Town’s Extraordinary Story of Hope and Faith, which is about the ways the city of Covert, Michigan handled integration shortly after th…

Richard Posner and Geoffrey Stone discussed their books with David Hiller and responded to audience members' questions. Richard Posner is the author of Uncertain Shield: The U.S. Intellig…

Barbara Leaming talked about her book Jack Kennedy: The Education of a Statesman, published by W. W. Norton. She focused on President Kennedy’s relationship with British aristocrats and exp…

Stephen Kinzer talked about his book Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq, published by Times Books. Mr. Kinzer, a former New York Times foreign correspondent, r…

Luis Alberto Urrea talked about immigration and his book, The Devil’s Highway: A True Story, published by Little, Brown. It was a fictional account of 26 men who lost their way along the Ca…

Richard Rhodes was interviewed onstage by Owen Youngman about his 2004 Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, John James Audubon: The Making of an American, published by Alfred A. Knopf. The ille…

In a studio before an audience, the candidates debated many issues, including education, toll roads, Internet filters, jobs, diversity, drug policy, treatment of mental disabilities, the sta…

Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…

Republican Senate candidate Rich Williamson responded to questions from correspondents of the Chicago Tribune during an editorial board meeting in Chicago. Mr. Williamson, who ran against Ca…

In this breakfast meeting reporters question Representative Lynn Martin (R-IL) regarding her position on issues including the defense budget, taxes, transportation policy, and education.

Senator Simon spoke to journalists at a Chicago Tribune breakfast briefing. Some topics included the deficit, the administration, the stock market, Israel, and taxes.