In the Loop (Segments)

Chicago travelers are a step closer to seeing a much-needed rehab to the Greyhound terminal that was at risk of being closed. We’ll get a history lesson from Dennis Rodkin, our architecture expert, and hear how researchers from DePaul University's Chaddick Institute want to see the 1980s piece of architecture reimagined.

Governor Pritzker proposes a state budget with a new tax on social media companies; 'false spring' brings record-breaking warm temperatures.

The Rev. Jackson platformed a number of issues that weren’t popular in the 1980s from apartheid in South Africa to LGBTQ+ and Palestinian rights.

The Rev. Jackson platformed a number of issues that weren’t popular in the 1980s from apartheid in South Africa to LGBTQ+ and Palestinian rights.

‘Ride Safe, Ride Smart, Ride Ready’ initiative aims to create statewide standard laws on e-motos to promote safety for riders, drivers and pedestrians

What’s the reality for Chicagoans with disabilities? Advocates weigh in and talk solutions.

In the Loop discusses how the late Rev. Jesse Jackson paved the way for Black and brown political leadership.

Advocates have long called for a role in city government to coordinate policy that serves the city’s LGBTQ+ communities. Now, as federal policies and funding for social services shift, Mayor Brandon Johnson has answered that call.

After a contentious budget process, Chicago’s city council passed a budget in December 2025 that did not include key elements the mayor wanted. Now, a group of alders are making sure he executes it.

From his civil rights activism starting in the ’60s to establishing the Rainbow PUSH coalition in 1996, Rev. Jackson served as one of the most influential Black activists throughout his life.

Tired of visiting a news website and getting hit with a paywall? Actor John Cusack feels your pain – and wants outlets to free the news that you need. He stops by to talk about what’s at stake when newsrooms are gutted, journalists are under fire, and information is gatekept. GUESTS: John Cusack, actor and founding board member of Freedom of the Press Foundation Seth Stern, chief of advocacy for F...

‘The depth of this story is like no other. It’s a family tale of a man that you think is a legend, but it makes him human,” said award-winning playwright Lolita Chakrabarti.

New evidence released in the case of a woman shot five times by a Border Patrol agent. Chicago mayor’s ICE executive order faces criticism.

The history and future of Black poetry in Chicago

Rumors of a DHS shutdown lean more toward reality

Mayor of Hobart, Indiana defends Amazon data center

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson sits down with ‘In the Loop’ host Sasha-Ann Simons to answer listener questions on a wide range of topics.

James Elsener and Paul Zimbrakos’ book, Sirens in the Loop, chronicles the history of the City News Bureau, a local wire service that operated from 1890 to 2005.

Federal tax credits for electric vehicles expired in September 2025. Sales of EVs fell to 5.8% in the fourth quarter from a high of 10.5% in the third quarter according to Cox Automotive’s Kelley Blue Book.

The now-shuttered restaurant used to be an establishment featuring animatronic figures of Al Capone and other mobsters. Dennis Rodkin shares more of the building's history.

What does it mean for Illinois residents that the U.S. has left the WHO but the state has joined the WHO’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network?

Lightfoot has worked as mayor, a federal prosecutor and a top leader on police accountability. She wants local officials to do more to counter ICE.

Democratic politicians and Chicagoans work to hold ICE accountable. R. Kelly survivor Reshona Landfair speaks out. Early voting starts. And more

As eligibility changes to federal food programs increase barriers to healthy food, Chicago opens its first food pantry inside a West Side library.

As a result of Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill,’ SNAP recipients now have to work or volunteer at least 80 hours a month to receive their benefits.