Gun violence is on the rise in Chicago. More than 1,000 people have been shot in the city so far this year. Last year at this time, only 720 people had been shot.

Reset checks in with the violence prevention program, Rapid Employment and Development Initiative, or READI Chicago, to discuss solutions to Chicago’s gun violence.

GUEST: Eddie Bocanegra, senior director of READI Chicago

As NPR marks half a century in broadcasting, we hear from two people who left their mark on WBEZ as the station grew.

GUESTS: Cheryl Corley, NPR correspondent based in Chicago

Ken Davis, former WBEZ news director (1979-1981) and program director (1981-1992)

Chicago has a “strong mayor” system, and during the pandemic, Mayor Lightfoot gained additional emergency powers. Things work differently in Phoenix, Ariz., which operates under a “weak mayor” or “council-manager” system. Reset examines the benefits and drawbacks of how things work in Phoenix, and what lessons Chicago can learn.

GUESTS: David Swindell, associate professor and director for the Center for Urban Innovation at Arizona State University

Rick Naimark, former deputy city manager at Phoenix City Council

About one-third of Chicago’s population is now fully vaccinated against the novel coronavirus. Mayor Lightfoot is looking to fully reopen the city for the summer, anticipating more vaccinations and less COVID deaths. WBEZ’s Becky Vevea breaks down the city’s reopening plans.

GUEST: Becky Vevea, WBEZ city politics reporter

From baseball to football, basketball to hockey, there’s plenty of interesting things happening in Chicago sports right now.

Reset gets the inside scoop from sports contributor Cheryl Raye-Stout

GUEST: Cheryl Raye-Stout, WBEZ sports contributor

A new report from the Illinois Department of Public Health shows that new Black moms in Illinois die at nearly three times the rate of new white moms.

Reset gets the details from a health care reporter and checks in with two women who provide prenatal and post-partum care for Black women in Chicago to get their perspective.

GUESTS: Stephanie Goldberg, health care reporter at Crain’s Chicago Business

Lakieta Edwards, certified nurse midwife

Tayo Mbande, doula, co-founder of Chicago Birthworks Collective

Dr. Allison Arwady explains the decision to loosen many COVID-19 restrictions and create incentives for Chicagoans to get vaccinated.

GUEST: Dr. Allison Arwady, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health

A bidding war over Tribune Publishing, owner of the Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun and other newspapers, continues. But time is running out for many of the Tribune’s current and former journalists who have been rallying to block a takeover bid by New York hedge fund Alden Global Capital.

Reset checks in with a media historian and analyst about the future of newspapers

GUEST: Victor Pickard, professor at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, where he’s co-Director of the Media, Inequality & Change Center

Is Chicago's City Council set up to best serve its residents? The "strong mayor" form of government has its pros and cons, but what could a better system look like? We kick off our Re-imagine Chicago series diving into the powers of two engines that make Chicago run: the mayor and the aldermen.