Film festival highlights how we can look differently at the environment, our own sustainability practices, and the intersection of the environment and social justice. Films will play in multiple venues in Chicago, suburban cook, and surrounding counties. Oneearthfilmfest.org
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Resource Helps You Decide On Candidates For Judge
Jonah Newman of Injustice Watch talks about the organizations’s guide to help you decide who to vote for when it comes to the large slate of judgeships up for grabs in Cook County. And WBEZ’s Mariah Woelfel gives you the latest in the primary contest for Illinois’ 3rd congressional district
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Getting Mental Health Care To New And Expectant Mothers
The Northwestern Medicine program COMPASS gets new and expectant mothers individualized mental health care quickly. And the latest updates on coronavirus in Illinois.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Little Village Group Vying for $10 Million Prize
The Pritzker Traubert Foundation is giving away a $10 million grant that’ll be given to a group or groups working to improve certain neighborhoods in Chicago. Today, we highlight the work of another of the finalists for the Chicago Prize
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Closing The Gap Part 3: Access To Healthcare
Part 3 of our series Closing The Gap focuses on access to healthcare, and how that can determine life expectancy.
Curious City - Chicago’s ‘Dibs’ Tradition Can Get Dirty, And Even Dangerous
Police records show that dibs disputes have led to everything from broken mirrors to life-threatening acts of retaliation.
Curious City - Chicago’s ‘Dibs’ Tradition Can Get Dirty, And Even Dangerous
Police records show that dibs disputes have led to everything from broken mirrors to life-threatening acts of retaliation.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Friday News Roundup For Feb 28, 2020
Coronavirus, city towing, and CPS dumping Columbus Day. Those are just some of the local stories we cover with journalists Mick Dumke, Heather Cherone, and Kristen Schorsch on our Friday News Roundup
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - How To Actually Prepare For Coronavirus, And A New Generation Gets To Experience MLK’s ‘I Have A Dream’ Speech
A new virtual reality exhibit at the DuSable Museum allows visitors to step into history and witness one of the most iconic civil rights moments in America.
Also, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it’s only a matter of time before the coronavirus begins to spread in the U.S., though local state and city officials are urging calm. We talk to an infectious disease expert on what real preparation and prevention looks like.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Sen. Carol Mosely Braun Talks Op-Ed, The Disintegration Of The Senate
Seventy former U.S. Senators — 48 Democrats, 18 Republicans and four Independents — published a Washington Post op-ed Tuesday calling on incumbent Senators to form a bipartisan caucus committed to making the Senate function as the framers intended. Reset sits down with one of the co-signers: Illinois Democrat Carol Moseley Braun, who served in the Senate from 1993 to 1999.