On today's show:

– Marj Halperin, Democratic analyst heard on “The Mincing Rascals” podcast and organizer with Indivisible Chicago and One Community Near South
– Nancy Stearns, freelance journalist covering corporate social responsibility, and founder of Impactivize, a platform that focuses on “inclusivity and civil rights in America”
– Steve Phillips, columnist and New York Times bestselling author of “Brown Is the New White: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority” (2016) and  ”Are White Men Smarter Than Everybody Else?: Playing Offense in the Fight for Racial Justice in America” (2026)
–Heartland Signal’s Rich Eberwein with three stories you might have missed from our digital newsroom
– Ikhlas Hakeem, collaborative arts manager for the Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN); he talks about this weekend’s Save Our SNAP Block Party in Chicago

Catch "Joan Esposito: Live, Local and Progressive" weekdays from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/live-local-progressive).