Profiles of two influential women in history for Women's History Month: Andrée de Jongh, who formed the Comet line to save Allied airmen, and Frances Perkins, the first woman appointed to the US Cabinet.

Profiles of influential figures in Black history for Black History Month, including Rosa Parks, John Lewis, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Bayard Rustin, among others.

When the din of typewriter keys in newsrooms across the county got quieter and many owners decided to close shop, a Chicagoan named John McDermott embarked on a mission in Chicago and brought a vision for news that has lasted 50 years.