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Author Leila Taylor takes us into the dark heart of the American Gothic, analyzing the ways it relates to race in America in the twenty-first century.

Matthew Sherman talks with Natalie Moore about his new book “Newcomers: Gentrification and Its Discontents”, a history of gentrification in Chicago, San Francisco, and Brooklyn over the last 60 years.

A new book by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor looks at how a mix of federal policy and private industry perpetuated the segregation lines in cities like Chicago

Mayor Lori Lightfoot blocks a six-month delay on recreational weed sales starting Jan.1. Cook County Board proposes a 3% pot tax. Plus Gov. JB Pritzker signs a pension consolidation bill,

Reset breaks down these stories and more in WBEZ’s Chicago and Illinois News Roundup.

GUESTS: A.D. Quig, government and politics reporter at Crain’s Chicago Business

Claudia Morell, WBEZ City Hall reporter

Lolly Bowean, Chicago Tribune reporter

Reset talks to Democratic Congressman Mike Quigley of Illinois’ 5th district, who was one of the 230 house votes in favor of impeachment.

A WBEZ investigation found multiple prisoners have been denied eye surgery because of a “one good eye” policy.

Also, survivors of crime in Illinois are some of the least likely in the United States to apply for victim compensation and services.

Reset finds out why from two crime victims advocates.

The deadline to sign up for healthcare through the Affordable Care Act has been extended until tomorrow morning. Dan Weissmann, host of the podcast “An Arm and a Leg” brings us the details and breaks down why accessing health insurance in this country is so costly and confusing. But first, a look at what to expect on Wednesday when — for just the third time in American history — the House of Representatives will debate and vote on whether to impeach a sitting president.

Tonika Lewis Johnson’s “Folded Map” project brings together residents across Chicago’s segregation lines, and the project has expanded to include West Side addresses.

Reset sits down with Tonika and her first pair of West Side map twins to hear about the experience.