Author: WBEZ Chicago

Activists and city officials react to the Adam Toledo shooting. The suburbs hold elections. Plus, COVID infections and vaccinations are up. Reset breaks down the week’s top stories in our Weekly News Recap with host Sasha-Ann Simons. 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

Like it’s done with every newspaper in its portfolio, New York-based hedge fund Alden Global Capital was going to purchase, then gut Tribune Publishings. Then two journalists from Chicago Tribune went on a quest in search of a new investor for the company. Now an unforeseen contender has emerged, showing up with a higher bid than Alden. Gary Marx, former investigative reporter at the Chicago Tribune and one of the two journalists leading this campaign joins Reset to give us the latest. 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

President Biden announced on Tuesday that every American adult will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations on April 19th. Various community stakeholders tell Reset what the announcement could mean for Chicago-area residents. 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

Filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick explore the legendary life of writer and adventurer Ernest Hemingway in a new three part, six-hour documentary series on PBS. Reset takes a closer look at the making of Hemingway. 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

White populations in U.S. jails have jumped significantly in recent years, while Black and Hispanic populations have steadily declined. Some experts say that these trends might sway white Americans’ to rethink the shared costs of the nation’s incarceration system. Reset brings on two legal experts who co-authored a recent piece on the topic to discuss these trends and what they might mean for reformers looking to end mass incarceration. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast and please leave us a rating. That helps other listeners find us. For more about the program, go to the WBEZ website or follow us on Twitter at @WBEZreset

COVID-19 numbers jump in Chicago, the Loretto vaccine scandal widens, and cops shoot and kill a 13-year-old Little Village. WTTW’s Paris Schutz and WBEZ’s Patrick Smith take you inside those local and state stories and others on WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast and please leave us a rating. That helps other listeners find us. For more about the program, go to the WBEZ website or follow us on Twitter at @WBEZreset.

Rabbi Robert J. Marx was a lifelong champion for justice. He founded the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs in 1964 as a way to mobilize the Jewish community to stand up for economic, racial and social justice. Marx also worked closely with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Reset talks to two of his disciples, who reflect on Rabbi Marx’s life, legacy and lasting impact on Chicago and beyond. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast and please leave us a rating. That helps other listeners find us. For more about the program, go to the WBEZ website or follow us on Twitter at @WBEZreset.

With so many kids experiencing ACE’s or Adverse Childhood Experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, we revisit a conversation around a 2019 study that shows the more ACE’s a kid has growing up, the more likely they will have health problems or shortened life spans as adults For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast and please leave us a rating. That helps other listeners find us. For more about the program, go to the WBEZ website or follow us on Twitter at @WBEZreset