In this episode we read a out the final tenants leaving the high-risers in Cabrini-Green. We also discuss the lack of care given to displaced residents.

In this episode we learn about the new neighborhood that was built in Cabrini-Greens stead. We also learn about the people who move into the new homes and discuss the housing market crash of 2008.

In this episode we learn of some of the activism that took place around the destruction of high-rises in Chicago in the early 2000’s.

In this episode we discuss the destruction of the high-rises and the struggle the community put up to save them. We also catch up with a community member from Cabrini-Green and learn how an act of police terrorism alters his life.

In this episode we learn about Mayor Daley and political exploits in Chicago. We also discuss J.R. Fleming’s entrepreneurship.

In this episode we catch up with Delores Wilson and Kelvin Cannon and discuss the most recent events in their lives in Cabrini-Green.

In this episode of Rockford Reading Daily we begin the third and final part of High-Risers. We discuss how the most vulnerable people in our country are the ones whose lives are most drastically changed by political ideologies. We also discuss the planned destruction of the Cabrini-Green and other high-rises in cities all over America.

A contest is held for ideas about reshaping Cabrini Green as the murder of Dantrel Davis is further politicized. We also conclude part 2 of the book High-Risers.

In this episode we discuss how the violence in Cabrini-Green is politicized and the lack of attention being given to other areas in the city.

On this episode we read about a record breaking number of murders in a year in Chicago to start the 1990’s and how the city responded to the continued violence.