Perfect Union

Guests: David Bositis, Senior Political Analyst, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies; George Washington University Law Professor Spencer Overton, author, Stealing Democracy: The New Politics of Voter Suppression. Date recorded: May 16, 2006

Guests: Rosemarie Rogers, Y-ME Illinois Volunteer; Dorothy Warren, Y-ME Illinois Hotline Counselor; Ruth Brody, Executive Director of Y-ME Illinois. Date recorded: May 2, 2006

Guests: Kim Mitroka, Chair of the Illinois Primary Health Care Association (IPHCA) Board, CEO of the Christopher Rural Health Planning Corporation in Christopher, Illinois; Philippe Largent, IPHCA's Vice-president for Governmental Affairs. Date recorded: March 28, 2006

Guest: Darryl Haley, Ironman Triathlete, fitness trainer, former member of the New England Patriots, owner/operator of Villa Bella Vista Inn and Fitness Spa in Virginia. Date recorded: December 6, 2005

Guest: best-selling/award-winning author and education activist Jonathan Kozol, author of The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America, Death at an Early Age, Savage Inequalities, Amazing Grace. Date recorded: September 15, 2005

Congressman Jackson shares details of the plan to build a third Chicago area airport. Date recorded: June 16, 2005

A special look at the college’s Center for Black Music Research. Guest: Dr. Warrick Carter, President, Columbia College Chicago. Date recorded: May 23, 2005

Guests: Betsy Broder, Assistant Director in the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection; Nicole Robinson, a victim of identity theft. Date recorded: March 13, 2005

Guests: Donna Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, Access Community Health Network; B. Diane Williams, President/Chief Executive Officer, Safer Foundation. Date recorded: January 21, 2005

Guests: David Bositis, Senior Political Analyst, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies; Curtis Gans, Director, Committee for the Study of the American Electorate. Date recorded: June 26, 2004

The conclusion of the two-part discussion with the legendary activist. Date recorded: June 14, 2004

The first of a two-part, intimate discussion with the legendary activist. Date recorded: June 14, 2004

Guests: Dr. Sarah Gehlert, Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Health Disparities Research at the University of Chicago; Dr. John Ruffin, Director of the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, at the National Institutes of Health; Dr. Michael D’Andrea, Professor of Counselor Education at the University of Hawaii, and Executive Director of the National Institute for Multicultural Competence. Date recorded: June 14, 2004

Guests: Dr. William Lawson, Chairman/Professor of the Howard University Hospital Psychiatry Department; Andrew Sperling, Federal Legislative Director of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. Date recorded: May 11, 2004

Why, and how, is the 14th Amendment to the Constitution relevant today? Guests: Lisa Crooms, Professor in Howard University’s School of Law; Ted Shaw, new President and Director Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Date recorded: May 10, 2004

Guests: Ron Walters, Distinguished Leadership Scholar, Director of the African American Leadership Institute and Professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland; Frank Wu, Professor at Howard University’s School of Law, Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, author of Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White. Date recorded: April 26, 2004

Guests: James Horton, Benjamin Banneker Professor of American studies at George Washington University; Larry Gonzalez, director of the Washington Office of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials; Roger Clegg, General Counsel of the Center for Equal Opportunity. Date recorded: July 21, 2003

Congressman Jackson discusses his proposed amendment to the Constitution guaranteeing every American the right to an education of equal high quality. Guest: Ted Shaw, Associate Director/Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Date recorded: May 13, 2003.