After 16 years, TribPub is pulling the plug on its Spanish-language newspaper Hoy. We talk with current and future staffers about what it means for the Latinx and the greater Chicago community. And NPR Illinois statehouse reporter Brian Mackie gives us up-to-the-minute info on the final hours of the fall veto session in Springfield.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Is Cyber War The New Nuclear War?
New York Times national security correspondent David Sanger talks about cyber warfare, and what the U.S. is doing to thwart hackers and the countries that sponsor them that are working to cause mayhem in everything from our power grids to our elections.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - City Budget Hearings, Stemming Gang Violence in Chicago And El Salvador
Alderman wrap up 2 weeks of budget hearings. What did they learn about it, and will they vote for it? Plus, one woman says giving gang members knowledge and options, and treating them like human beings, can help stem the tide of violence in Chicago and El Salvador
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Gun Violence Memorial Turns Numbers Into The Painfully Personal
Mothers who’ve lost sons talk about personal items donated to the Gun Violence Memorial Project, and Transportation contributor Mary Wisniewski on making the streets safer for pedestrians and bikers
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - No, Your Cat Won’t Eat Your Eyeballs
Author Caitlin Doughty destigmatizes death for kids and adults alike by answering 35 questions about death, dead bodies, and decomposition in her new book “Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs”.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Reset’s Friday News Roundup For Nov. 8, 2019
Our weekly roundtable featuring some of the best journalists in Chicago breaking down the biggest stories of the last 7 days.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Chicago’s Top Cop Announces Retirement
Superintendent Eddie Johnson announced he’ll be stepping down at the end of the year. How did he do in the job? And what does it mean for Chicago's policing future? Reset brings you analysis and reaction from a variety of sources.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Women’s History Comes To Life In New Graphic Book
How CPS is making up the strike-related lost school days. Plus Chicago historian Mikki Kendall tells amazing stories from women’s history via the new graphic novel “Amazons, Abolitionists and Activists: A Graphic History of Women’s Fight For Their Rights”
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Pulling Out Of Paris, And Overburdened Nurses
Action on climate change being taken on local level as Trump gives 2020 date to pull U.S. out of Paris Accord. And Hospital understaffing and lack of safety guidelines forcing nurses to quit and putting patients at risk.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - George R.R. Martin, And The Pressures Of College Debt On Middle Class Families
Indebted, the new book by NYU professor Caitlin Zaloom looks at the crushing pressures the college loan system puts on middle class families. And WBEZ’s Nerdette nerds out with Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin.