In the Loop

In 2018, the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless proposed an ordinance that would tax home sales over $1 million at a higher rate in an effort to fight homelessness in Chicago. On Monday, Mayor Lightfoot and her allies in City Council blocked a hearing for that ordinance, known as Bring Chicago Home. Reset breaks down what happened and what’s next with Carla Johnson, grassroots leader with the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, and Ald. Matt Martin, 47th Ward, and Ald. Maria Hadden, 49th Ward, the two sponsors of the ordinance.

As outside temperatures drop, so has new music from a handful of rising Chicago artists. Bundle up to a range of sounds from musicians Human Bloom and Sam Hudgens, DIY R&B songstress ALIAH, and rapper Vicki Street. Plus, singer ASXA returns with powerful vocals. Reset sits down with Vocalo Radio’s Stephen Bekoe to hear his top 5 picks “In Rotation” for November.

Industries like tech and business are difficult to get into if you don’t have the access to opportunities that will teach you the things you need to know. One of the finalists of the Pritzker Traubert Foundation’s $10 million dollar Chicago Prize wants to bring those opportunities to Greater Grand Crossing. Reset talks to finalists Rhonda Hopps, executive director for the Comer Education Campus, Greg Mooney, board chair for the Comer Education Campus, and Vondale Singleton, founder of C.H.A.M.P.S. Male Mentoring Program, to hear their pitch to increase access not only in their community, but to neighboring communities.

Twitter has long been a crucial place for socializing and sharing information, especially among marginalized communities, but the chaos unleashed by Elon Musk’s takeover has many worried that their beloved forum is dissolving before their eyes. Reset breaks down what’s next for Twitter’s chronic illness community with Brianne Benness, host of the podcast No End In Sight and creator of #NEISVoid, and for Black Twitter with Keith Reed, contributing writer at The Root and co-host of the podcast Run Tell This.

How the Light Felt, the latest album from Chicago alternative band Smut, is out now. Reset checks in with vocalist Tay Roebuck, bass and synth player Bell Cenower and guitarist Andrew Min.

Winter is right around the corner, so it’s time for some indoor fun.

Reset gets board game recommendations from JP Nery, owner of Chicagoland Games.

Congressman Chuy Garcia joins the mayoral race. Democrats dominate the midterms. Chicago’s City Council approves Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s 2023 budget. Reset goes behind those headlines and more with Chicago Tribune chief political reporter Rick Pearson, CW 26 reporter and anchor Brandon Pope, and FOX 32 political editor Mike Flannery.

A hidden door in what looks like a laundromat. A theater with dining-room-style seating where magicians come right to your table. All this is an ordinary evening at the Chicago Magic Lounge in Andersonville. Reset learns more about their shows with Joey Cranford, CEO and co-founder of Chicago Magic Lounge, and speaks to one of their current magician residents Paige Thompson.