In the Loop

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October 25, 2021 Chicago’s Joe Ferguson talks fighting corruption under three mayors
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17 min
October 22, 2021 WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: Oct. 22, 2021
Producer: Nereida Moreno
32 min
October 21, 2021 Equity Look At Chicago’s High-stakes, High-stress High School Admissions Process
Last year 26,000 students applied to the city’s eleven selective enrollment high schools. Less than five thousand were offered spots. CPS says new changes to the admissions process will promote equity and access.

Reset hears from the head of High Jump, a non-profit helping talented low-income middle schoolers prepare and apply for high school.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons
Producers: Andrea Guthmann
22 min
October 20, 2021 Kids could see COVID vaccines by early November
The Biden administration on Wednesday announced new details about its plan to roll out vaccines for children ages 5 to 11. Reset checks in with a White House reporter and pediatrician for the details.

20 min
October 19, 2021 First Salvo In Election 2022 Begins As Illinois Legislators Debate A Redrawn Congressional Map
Illinois’ population declined for the first time ever in the 2020 census, resulting in the loss of a U.S. House seat.

Reset examines the new Congressional map drawn up by Illinois Democrats.

Host: Susie An
Producers: Andrea Guthmann
12 min
October 18, 2021 Chicago Sky Win First WBNA Championship
The Chicago Sky on Sunday won its first championship and the city’s first basketball title in 20 years. Reset checks in with Cheryl Raye-Stout for the details.
13 min
October 15, 2021 WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap Oct, 15 2021
Chicago historian and civil rights activist Timuel Black dies at age 102. Park District CEO Mike Kelly resigns over the city’s lifeguard abuse scandal. Plus, first lady Jill Biden visits Chicago to honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.

Reset goes beyond the headlines in our Weekly News Recap with host Sasha-Ann Simons.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons
Producers: Nereida Moreno
26 min
October 14, 2021 Timuel Black, Legendary Civil Rights Historian And Activist Dies At 102
Chicago civil rights activist and cultural icon Timuel Black died Tuesday at age 102. He was a historian, teacher, storyteller and music-lover who dedicated his life to ending segregation, voter disenfranchisement and discrimination.

Reset pays tribute to the legend and speaks with several people who knew and worked with him.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons
Producers: Lynnea Domienik, Daniel Tucker
28 min
October 13, 2021 Outgoing Inspector General Issues Warnings To Chicago Fire Department, City Council
As Joe Ferguson wraps up his final days as Chicago’s inspector general, he releases two new audits sounding the alarms on fire department response times and City Council finances.
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16 min
October 12, 2021 ‘Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act’ Links Poor Health Outcomes To Environmental Racism, Climate Change
Reset talks with an epidemiologist whose research powered a pending Congressional bill. The “Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021” links poor maternal health outcomes for Black women to climate change and environmental racism

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons
Producers: Steve Bynum
18 min