We dig into what you need to know about why kids are filling up hospital beds this season, and how to keep children in your life safe, with Dr. Kshetrapal, emergency medicine physician at Lurie Children’s Hospital.
Could voluntary mediation be the answer to building trust between Chicagoans and police officers?
The city of Chicago launched a new pilot program that brings in mediators to guide conversations between police and people filing low-level misconduct claims against them.
Reset talks about the benefit of community-police mediation and how successful this practice has been in other cities with Rae Kyritsi, programs director at the Center for Conflict Resolution in Chicago, and Jules Griff, director of the New Orleans Community-Police Mediation Program.
The demand for LGBTQ representation in literature is growing across genres. Reset talks to authors Bea Hitchman and Anita Kelly and bookseller and TikTokker Laynie Rose Rizer.
From iconic spots to little-known hidden gems, your chance to explore the city in a new way has arrived.
Every October, the Chicago Architecture Center hosts a public festival that celebrates design throughout the city, and this year visitors have the opportunity to visit over 20 neighborhoods and culturally significant sites.
Reset hears about the festival and what to expect from this year’s open house from Hallie Rosen, Director of Program Director of Program Operations and head of Open House Chicago
Chicago faith leaders delivered sermons about mental health issues to destigmatize the subject and provide congregants with resources. Reset talks with Pastor Ira Acree of Greater St. John Bible Church and Katie McKillen, Chicago Regional Vice President of Evolent Health.
Russian forces Monday launched the most violent attack Ukraine has seen in months. In what Russian president Vladimir Putin called a reaction to an attack on a Russian bridge, Russian missiles targeted cities across Ukraine, including the capital, Kyiv. So far 11 have been reported dead and more than 60 have been injured.
Reset checks in with Ukrainian Americans in Chicago: policy expert John Hewko, CEO of Rotary International; Iuliia Skuibida, a refugee camp volunteer; and history educator Olya Soroka with the Holodomor Descendants Network.
In recent years, there’s been a lot of movement on recognizing the enduring culture, history, and impact of Indigenous peoples. And yet the way it’s taught in schools still has a long way to go. But the way it’s taught in schools still has a long way to go.
Reset talks with Patty Loew, Northwestern University professor and citizen of Mashkiiziibii; and Gina Caneva, a library media specialist at East Leyden High School in Franklin Park.
Chicago multi-instrumentalist Nnamdi visits Reset on the release day of his impressive new album, Please Have A Seat. He also shares who he’s excited about in the Chicago music scene, and why he’s already looking ahead to what’s next.
DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, is an Obama-era policy that granted protected legal status to undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. But this week, the 5th Circuit court in New Orleans, La. declared DACA to be illegal.
The court allowed current recipients to reapply, keeping the status of the program unchanged, but the future of it uncertain.
Reset hears from DACA recipients Erendira Rendon, vice president of immigrant justice at The Resurrection Project; and Dulce Dominguez, development director at Alianza Americas.
Pritzker and Bailey faced off on TV, just in time for early voting to begin; several children were among victims of gun violence over the weekend; and the Chicago Red Stars owner is out in the wake of a women’s soccer abuse scandal.
Oh, and Chicago is about to kick off a citywide karaoke contest.
Reset goes behind the headlines on the Weekly News Recap with AXIOS’s Monica Eng, Lynn Sweet of r the Chicago Sun-Times, and the BGA’s David Greising.
