Education innovator and former Chicagoan Manish Jain calls, “[t]he modern factory-schooling education system...one of the greatest crimes against humanity.”

Reset asks Jain, co-founder of Swaraj University in Udaipur, India why he believes we must “hack” our education system.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Steve Bynum

At one time Pembroke Township in Kankakee County, Illinois was the largest Black farming community in the northern United States. Over environmental concerns and opposition by local Black farmers, a natural gas pipeline with large political backing is moving closer to reality. Farmers and political supporters claim the pipeline “threatens to replace the last community of African American farmers in Illinois.”

Reset talk with a farmer married couple leading protests of Black farmers.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Steve Bynum

Republicans have passed dozens of bills since the beginning of the year that walk back voting rights. Now, Democrats are rallying behind legislation that would prevent further voter suppression. Reset checks in with an Illinois congressman to discuss the proposed For the People Act.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Claire Hyman

Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday signed a bill to establish school board elections in Chicago for the first time in the city’s history. Reset checks in with WBEZ’s education desk for the details.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Nereida Moreno

Employers from Disney and Google to the federal government are adopting get-tough policies and vaccine mandates as the Delta variant continues to drive up COVID cases in the U.S. New rules for the workplace are a response to a pandemic that is again getting worse, but they’re also sparking confusion for some employees about what their rights are.

Reset checks in with two employment attorneys to answer listener questions.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Andrea Guthmann

A string of losses in June prompted Cubs owners to trade key players of the team that helped win the 2016 World Series for a crop of young, new athletes. Reset digs into what’s next for the Chicago baseball team.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Claire Hyman