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 a panel of Chicago journalists.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Sarah Stark

Guest: Mariah Woelfel, Heather Cherone, Jake Wittich

79,000 Afghans have come to the U.S in the past year, and 2,500 of them landed in Illinois. Meanwhile, countless Afghans are trying to leave but are stuck in limbo, waiting on visas.

Reset checks in with Afghan refugees and an advocate and lawyer who explains the process of applying for what’s known as “humanitarian parole.”

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Lynnea Domienik

Guest: Siam Pasarly, Sima Quraishi, Adam Bates

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Lynnea Domienik

Guest: Adam Bates

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.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Andrew Meriwether

Guest: Elham Fanoos

79,000 Afghans have come to the U.S in the past year,... 2,500 of them to Illinois, and countless Afghans are trying to leave but are stuck in limbo, waiting on visas.

Reset checks in with Afghan refugees to hear more.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Lynnea Domienik

Guest: Siam Pasarly, Sima Quraishi

Free preschool is now available for all students in 64 of Chicago’s 77 community areas. But after an enrollment dip from the COVID pandemic, over 3 thousand preschool seats, especially on the South and West Sides, remain unfilled.

Reset checks in with an education reporter. We also hear from volunteers who are leading an effort to go door-to-door spreading awareness and helping parents with the preschool enrollment process.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Char Daston

Guest: Nereida Moreno

A study published in the journal Pediatrics earlier this year found transgender children who socially transition are unlikely to detransition — or “retransition,” as the study notates. This disproves the common anti-trans talking point that children are likely to regret transitioning.

Reset breaks down the latest research and what it means with a Chicago-based researcher.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Sarah Stark

Guest: TJ Billard

The Chicago Sky lost their first WNBA semifinal game 68-63 Sunday night against the Connecticut Sun. The Sky will need to win three of their four remaining semifinal games against the Sun to advance to the WNBA finals.

Reset checks in with a reporter and a Sky superfan.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Char Daston, Meha Ahmad

Guest: Cheryl Raye-Stout, Marquita Wiggins

The White House asserts that the price of a four-year university has tripled in the past forty years, creating a level of debt that prevents “access to the middle-class life that the college degree once provided.” President Biden’s student loan debt forgiveness announcement has sparked relief and ire, with some people saying it’s too much money, and prominent politicians like Senator Tammy Duckworth saying it doesn’t go far enough.

Reset hears reactions from Chicagoans who are having some of their debt forgiven.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Lynnea Domienik, Claire Hyman

Guest: Eman Abdelhadi, Kat Murphy

The pandemic has undoubtedly affected all the relationships in our lives, our friendships in particular. So how can we get back on track and start making platonic connections or rebuilding friendships that fell to the wayside?

Reset gets tips from a relationship expert.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Marie Mendoza

Guest: Kat Vellos