After years of working independently, the coalitions behind two competing proposals have come up with a new plan: the Empowering Communities For Public Safety ordinance. Organizers say it would give civilians a decisive role in reshaping public safety here in the city.

Reset learns how two groups came together to propose a new model for police reform.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Nereida Moreno

By 2030,United Airlines plans to hire 5,000 new pilots with half of them being women and people of color.

Reset learns more about United’s new diversity goal and other ways the industry can better support women and people of color.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Stephanie Kim

Reset brings on Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth on the two-year anniversary of her Environmental Justice Caucus. We also get her reaction to the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin murder trial.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Nereida Moreno

A major new arts funding initiative is music to the ears of struggling local artists and arts organizations. Drawing on $60 million in city funding, Arts 77, named after Chicago’s 77 neighborhoods, hopes to help revive one of the economic sectors that’s been hit hardest by the pandemic.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Andrea Guthmann

The guilty verdict for Derek Chauvin brought up mixed feelings for one WBEZ senior editor, especially after he reviewed the data.

Reset checks in with the head of WBEZ’s race, class and communities desk about the data on fatal police shootings in Chicago and what that data and the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial mean to him as a Black man.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Daniel Tucker

Laquan McDonald. Rekia Boyd. Emmett Till. Reset talks with their families to get thoughts on the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Stephanie Kim

Reset talks to local activists about how George Floyd’s murder inspired a new generation of youth activism. What role did last summer’s protests have in the charges and verdict in the case of George Floyd? And what’s next for youth organizers?

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Andrea Guthmann

Reset talks to a faith leader on Chicago’s South Side for his reaction to the Derek Chauvin verdict, the role racism plays in police killings of Black and Brown people and his thoughts on this moment in America.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Meha Ahmad

On the heels of Black Maternal Health Week, Reset brings on Illinois Congresswoman Lauren Underwood and an obstetrician-gynecologist from Advocate Trinity Hospital to discuss the barriers Black women face when it comes to maternal care. Rep. Underwood is a co-sponsor of the Momnibus Act of 2021, which addresses the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on Black expectant mothers.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Nereida Moreno

Reset breaks down the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, and digs into the significance of a guilty verdict for a police officer. We also take a look at what sentencing could look like.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Meha Ahmad