Equal Rights Amendment: 100 Years of Fighting for Equality
Despite being first proposed 100 years ago, the Equal Rights Amendment has yet to be ratified — why?
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Thunder and Reins: Kentucky Derby Jockeys
Tomorrow, May 6th, is Derby Day, the 149th annual running of Kentucky Derby. “The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports,” is always the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs in Louisville. The Derby boasts the highest attendance of any stakes race in North America (~200,000). The winner’s purse is a record $3 million. Many fans and participants overlook the importance of the jockey in winning the Derby. Their precise handling of the horse, their dynamic direction work and strategy […]
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Remembering Jerry Springer (1944-2023)
Longtime talk show host Jerry Springer passed away last Thursday, marking the end of a 35-year-long career in the TV industry. Springer gained widespread notoriety through his talk show, which aired from 1991 to 2018. The show’s unconventional content and guests were controversial, and some criticized it for exploiting vulnerable individuals. Despite this, The Jerry Springer Show had a significant impact on television and popular culture, inspiring a wave of reality TV and talk shows, such as The Steve Wilkos Show, that also […]
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Earth Day 2023: Remembering the Bell Bowl Prairie
On March 9th, the historic Bell Bowl Prairie of Rockford, Illinois was demolished, following an 18-month fight to save one of the “best-preserved prairies in northern Illinois.” Just days before, the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) granted permission to the Greater Rockford Airport Authority (GRAA) to break ground and proceed with the expansion of the Chicago Rockford International Airport. The nearly 5-acre, high-quality, dry gravel prairie that sat on the property of the Rockford Airpot was home to many federally endangered […]
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Apply for a grant to digitize your home movies!
Media Burn is thrilled to announce that we are now a sponsor of the The Al Larvick Conservation Fund (ALCF or “The Fund”), which operates a grant program for the conservation of home and amateur audiovisual materials Grants are open to individuals, institutions, and organizations. Thanks to this new collaborative effort, the Al Larvick Fund and Media Burn Archive can offer archival level videotape digitization services to the Fund’s grant recipients. Apply by May 29th! The Al Larvick Conservation Fund’s […]
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A personal take on the 1996 DNC
Today it was announced that Chicago has been selected by President Joe Biden as the site of the next Democratic National Convention, in 2024. Today, we’re featuring a story that has little to do with politics or politicians and everything to do with the lived experiences of ordinary people. A message from Tom Weinberg August, 1996. Democratic National Convention. Chicago redux. United Center. Our task: Find and interview somebody in that environment who didn’t vote, to be featured in our […]
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The election of Brandon Johnson and the power of the CTU
After a close runoff election, Chicago is sending a new leader to the 5th floor of City Hall. Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson, a longtime Chicago Teachers Union leader, owes much of his support to the power of the CTU. While the CTU has been fighting for its students and schools for decades, the 2013 closure of 50 schools by then-mayor Rahm Emanuel sparked a movement that fueled Johnson’s victory. The architect of those protests, beloved late CTU president Karen Lewis, planned […]
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A look back at Paul Vallas’ tenure at CPS
Tomorrow, Chicagoans will go to the polls to select the next Mayor of Chicago: former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas (1995-2001) or Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson. In this 1998 clip from Chicago Tonight, reporters Rich Samuels and Elizabeth Brackett take a look at Vallas’ controversial and quickly imposed plan to reduce the amount the district pays annually for busing. The city’s selective “magnet schools” would be paired up, offsetting their starting and ending times from each other by […]