Author: WBEZ Chicago

Chicago had its most violent Memorial Day weekend in five years. However, new data from the Chicago Police Department show shootings this year are below the pace of 2021 and 2020. Reset gets the latest on these trends, and what residents are doing to keep communities safe. Plus, we’ll look at how Illinois schools are preparing students and teachers for an active shooter. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating, it helps other listeners find us. For more about Reset, go to wbez.org and follow us on Twitter @WBEZReset

Earlier this year, Illinois First Congressional District Representative Bobby Rush announced that he will not be seeking reelection after holding the position for nearly three decades. Now, there are 21 candidates vying for his seat. Reset learns more about some of the candidates and what’s at stake for the voters of the first district. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating, it helps other listeners find us. For more about Reset, go to wbez.org and follow us on Twitter @WBEZReset

The Second Amendment is only 27 words long, but the text has been fiercely debated for centuries. Debate focused on the meaning of militias and who belonged to them until the Supreme Court ruled in District of Columbia v. Heller that private citizens have a right to handguns in the home for protection. Reset learns more about the history of the Second Amendment and how it’s interpreted today. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating, it helps other listeners find us. For more about Reset, go to wbez.org and follow us on Twitter @WBEZReset

Multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird has a new album out June 3rd. It’s called Inside Problems. Bird joined Reset last month to discuss performing, song-writing, and the violin he bought when he was sixteen years old. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating, it helps other listeners find us. For more about Reset, go to wbez.org and follow us on Twitter @WBEZReset

Workers at two Starbucks in Edgewater neighborhood become the first in Chicago to vote for unionization, while Chicago prepares to roll out a universal basic income program. Reset goes behind the week’s headlines in the Weekly News Recap. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating, it helps other listeners find us. For more about Reset, go to wbez.org and follow us on Twitter @WBEZReset

After the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, many are wondering how we can create safe, nonviolent communities. Reset talks about gun violence prevention and restorative justice with Dion McGill of Strengthening Chicago’s Youth at Lurie Children’s Hospital and Sara Knizhnik with the Gun Violence Prevention Initiative for the Lake County Prosecutor’s Office. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating, it helps other listeners find us. For more about Reset, go to wbez.org and follow us on Twitter @WBEZReset

A gunman killed 19 children and two teachers Tuesday at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, a small city west of San Antonio. The 18-year-old shooter was a student at the local high school and was killed by law enforcement. Parents and children alike are struggling to manage their stress and fears in the wake of the massacre. Reset gets the latest from a reporter on the ground in San Antonio, takes time to hear from Chicagoans in that aftermath, and a doctor offers some mental health advice to help them cope. We also dig into why there has been so little movement on gun legislation since Sandy Hook in 2012. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating, it helps other listeners find us. For more about Reset, go to wbez.org and follow us on Twitter @WBEZReset

Chicago prides itself on its beautiful outdoor spaces — but when you look at the lack of seating and amenities in places like Grant and Millennium parks, it makes a person wonder: just who are Chicago’s downtown parks designed for? Reset checks in with Chicagoans who sparked a conversation on social media about public spaces, and digs into the history behind them with a professor of urbanism. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating, it helps other listeners find us. For more about Reset, go to wbez.org and follow us on Twitter @WBEZReset