In the Loop

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September 05, 2022 This Chicago Coach Gives Senior Citizens A Second Chance At Sports Dreams
Derrick Milligan's team -- which ranges in age from around 18 to 88 -- gives seniors a chance to excel at sports. It’s a chance many of them — due to racial and gender barriers when they were in school — didn’t have. Now, through Chicago-based organization Team Dream, they do. Milligan’s team is overcoming ageism they face in their older years, and racial injustice they experienced in their youth.

Reset talks with Coach Milligan and one of his senior triathletes about what Team Dream is all about.

Producer: Meha Ahmad
Guest host: Valerie Toney Parker
20 min
September 05, 2022 Cost Of Childcare ‘Can Be Out Of Reach’
The economics of child care are fundamentally broken. Like health care, it will take a flood of public resources to help support a system that costs more to maintain than consumers can afford.

At the same time, childcare workers are notoriously overworked and underpaid.

In Illinois, a quiet reckoning is underway led by a private-public group of advocates and government officials.

Reset digs into the reality of what child care workers do versus what they earn, why it matters, and what solutions may be on the horizon.

Producer: Meha Ahmad
17 min
September 02, 2022 WBEZ Weekly News Recap, September 2, 2022
The aldermanic exodus from City Council continues, Chicago’s Inspector General criticizes police policy of canceling days off and the prosecution rests in the R. Kelly trial. Reset goes behind the headlines with Erin Hegarty, City Hall reporter for the Daily Line, Kimberly Egonmwan, commentator for WVON and attorney, and John Byrne, senior political reporter for the Chicago Tribune.
45 min
September 01, 2022 Flooding In Chicago Basements Is A Common And Systemic Problem
Advocates say flooding disproportionately impacts low-income people of color in Chicago. A neighborhood think tank found that about 75% of all flood damage claims paid between 2007 and 2016 were in predominantly Black and brown communities. Reset explores how what seems like an individual problem on private property is actually a systemic issue with Karen Weigert, director of Loyola University’s Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility, Leslé Honoré, communications director for the Center for Neighborhood Technology, and Bob Dean, CEO, Center for Neighborhood Technology.
23 min
September 01, 2022 Chicago Bulls Shift From The Court To The Community For First-Ever Bulls Fest
In the inaugural Bulls Fest, the Chicago Bulls bring together some of the hottest musical acts, the arts, and of course, basketball for the two-day event.
Reset learns more from Adrienne Scherenzel-Curry, VP of community engagement for the Bulls
Jamiece Adams, founder of Swish Queer Basketball Club, and Zissou Tasseff-Elenkoff, owner and curator of All Star Press.
21 min
August 31, 2022 The Great Resignation Hits Chicago’s City Council
Ald. Tom Tunney, 44th, announced Tuesday that he won’t seek reelection in 2023. He’s just the latest in a wave of aldermen who have resigned, announced their retirements or thrown their hats into the ring in the mayoral race.
Reset looks ahead to local elections with Mariah Woelfel, WBEZ city government reporter, Heather Cherone, political reporter for WTTW, and Jake Wittich, Block Club Chicago reporter.
19 min
August 31, 2022 A Conservative Majority On The Illinois Supreme Court? It Could Happen In November
The state Supreme Court has long been in Democratic hands, but Republicans are pushing to regain control this November. Reset hears about the GOP strategy and what influence a right-leaning court could have on life in Illinois with Dave McKinney, WBEZ state politics reporter.
15 min
August 30, 2022 To Increase Preschool Enrollment, Volunteers Go Door-To-Door
Despite universal free pre-K in Chicago, enrollment in South and West-Side schools lags behind the city average. Reset checks in with WBEZ education reporter Nereida Moreno. We also hear from Michelle Morton, a parent ambassador for the organization Community Organizing and Family Issues. She goes door-to-door spreading awareness and helping parents with the preschool enrollment process.
17 min
August 30, 2022 Heart Of Afghanistan Brings Its Musical Fusion To Chicago
The Heart of Afghanistan is a band made of three family members that tells the history of Afghan music and poetry through performance. Reset sat down with one member, Elham Fanoos, to learn more about the band's story and their current tour.
14 min
August 30, 2022 Advocates Say There Are Inconsistencies In The Way The U.S. Welcomes Afghan And Ukrainian Refugees
Both groups can enter on humanitarian parole, but Afghans have to pay $575 for the application and Ukrainians are not required to do so. It’s one of several key differences that make it much harder for Afghans to enter the country. Reset talks to Adam Bates, policy counsel for the International Refugee Assistance Project.
16 min

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