The Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law in 1990, creating one of the most comprehensive pieces of legislation protecting people with disabilities. Reset examines how far we’ve come and how much more we need to go.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Stephanie Kim

Guest: Benjamin Salentine, Karen Tamley

The collaborative study between the U.S. Census Bureau and Harvard University found that over ⅔ of millennials live within 100 miles of where they grew up. And in Chicago, they found that ¾ of people who grew up in Chicago stay close by.

Reset hears from a lead researcher on the study and learn about what this tells us about the labor market.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Lynnea Domienik, Brenda Ruiz, Claire Hyman

Guest: Ben Sprung-Keyser

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature declared the monarch butterfly endangered last week, citing that the North American monarch population “has shrunk by between 22% and 72% over the past decade.” Chicagoans are seeing firsthand how sparse the local summer population has become, but the black-and-orange butterfly is still not on the U.S.’s list of endangered species.

Reset turns to a local entomology expert to learn more.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Sarah Stark

Guest: Allen Lawrence

As COVID cases continue to surge in Illinois, Dr. Allison Arwady said mask and vaccine mandates won’t return in the near future. That’s because the hospitalization rate for COVID in Illinois has remained relatively stable, even as infections tick up. However, if 10% of hospital beds are filled with COVID patients, mandates could make a comeback.

Reset had our weekly checkup with an infectious disease specialist to learn more about the science behind public health officials’ decision making.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Claire Hyman

Guest: Dr. Mia Taormina

Indiana’s Republican-controlled Senate begins its special legislative session Monday, where they will take up a proposal that would ban abortion in the state, allowing only for limited exceptions.

Reset checks in with WBEZ Northwest Indiana reporter Mike Puente, live from the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Meha Ahmad, Marie Mendoza

Guest: Michael Puente

When the Supreme Court reversed the precedent set in Roe v. Wade last month, they made it much more difficult for trans men and nonbinary people who can get pregnant to access abortions, birth control, and other healthcare. Barriers to care unique to trans and nonbinary people include discrimination from healthcare workers and having fewer resources to travel out of states where abortion is banned.

Reset checks in with two experts, a reporter on gender policy and a trans rights advocate who’s struggled to access healthcare for himself and his husband.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Char Daston, Sarah Stark

Guest: Orion Rummler, Alex Petrovnia

Chicago organizer and author directs a film that in only 16.5 minutes, creates compelling relationships and tenderly tells stories of resilient Black women’s love for each other.

Reset talks with the director to learn more about the film.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Lynnea Domienik

Guest: Charlene Carruthers

After becoming a cadet at 17, Kristen Ziman rose through the ranks to become the first female police chief in the history of the Aurora Police Department. In that role, she met the biggest challenge of her career: responding to the deadly workplace mass shooting at Henry Pratt Company in 2019.

Reset talks to Ziman about the tough lessons she’s learned about policing during her 30-year career, and her role reviewing the mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Stephanie Kim

Guest: Kristen Ziman

Service delays, violent crime and inaccurate trackers. Those are some of the concerns commuters have been raising since the COVID-19 pandemic sent ridership plummeting on the Chicago Transit Authority.

Reset discusses the CTA’s response to these issues and what needs to be done to solve them.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Brenda Ruiz

Guest: P.S. Sriraj