Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Tuesday blocked a resolution to share the addresses of COVID-19 patients with first responders. Preckwinkle joins Reset to discuss her first legislative veto and COVID-19 recovery efforts in Cook County.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - When Different Places Disagree On How To Contain The Virus, It Makes It Harder To Control It Overall
Public health officials say COVID-19 is spreading differently across different parts of the country, which makes the crisis that much harder to contain. Science writer Ed Yong talks about his new article article for The Atlantic, "America's Patchwork Pandemic Is Fraying Even Further".
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - The Feminist Movement Has Left Many Women Behind
Chicago author Mikki Kendall talks about her new book and offers a critique of how modern feminism continues to fail marginalized women, and offers ideas on how that can be changed.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Things To Read, Watch And Do With Author Luvvie Ajayi
Author, blogger, podcast host...that just scratches the surface for Luvvie Ajayi. So who better to turn to for ideas when it comes to what to read, watch, and do while the stay-at-home order is still in effect?
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Mayor Lightfoot’s First Year Filled With Challenges
From a billion-dollar budget shortfall to a global pandemic, we look at the challenges and triumphs of Lori Lightfoot’s first year as mayor of Chicago.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Businesses Push Back On Closures…During 1918 Pandemic
A medical historian helps us compare and contrast the COVID-19 pandemic to the flu of 1918. There's a lot we've learned, but we're repeating many of the same mistakes.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Covid-19 In Cook County Jail And Stay-At-Home Photos
The Cook County Jail has been called a ‘petri dish’, with hundreds of inmates and staff hit by the novel coronavirus. We find out how bad things really are, and what’s being done to mitigate the problem. Plus a Chicago photographer documents her neighbors-from a distance-during the stay-at-home order.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - WBEZ’s Chicago And Illinois News Roundup: May 15, 2020
We bring you all the big state and local news this week as the covid-19 crisis continues. WBEZ state politics reporter Dave McKinney and Sun-Times columnist Laura Washington break it all down, from City Hall to the statehouse and everywhere in between.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Actor Carrie Coon Recommends Things To Read, Watch, And Do
You’ve seen actor Carrie Coon on the big screen in Gone Girl and Avengers: Infinity War. You’ve seen her on the small screen in shows like Fargo on FX. Here in Chicago, she’s a Steppenwolf regular. Today, Carrie offers advice for Reset listeners looking for things to read, watch and do while we stay at home during the covid-19 crisis
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Re-Opening Retail: Can You Save Jobs And Lives At The Same Time?
Cell phone tracking could play a major part in re-opening the economy. How many people are in the same place at the same time, how long they stay, where they come from and where they’re going are keys to determining which businesses can safely open. Katherine Baiker, Dean of the Harris School for Public Policy at the University of Chicago, explains how it might work.