Ten years ago, Chicago closed 50 schools in largely Black and brown neighborhoods. But what happened to those buildings after the doors were boarded up? A new WBEZ and Sun-Times report tracked the fate of each school and found more than half remain vacant. Host Jacoby Cochran is joined by freelance journalists Natalie Frazier and Maia McDonald to talk about that along with the cottonwood seeds blanketing neighborhoods, the importance of animal rescues, and a legendary roller skating reunion! 

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