In the Loop (Segments)

Many journalists of color are leaving NPR but does that just reflect the trend of people leaving their jobs at record high numbers or is it indicative of a larger issue within the industry? Reset digs into that story.

Reset checks in with a reporter about efforts to find people from the Chicago region who participated in the January 6 insurrection, and the charges and sentences they face.

A year after the January 6 attack on the U.S. capitol, Reset talks with NPR’s Shannon Bond and University of Notre Dame professor Tim Weninger about the role social media plays when it comes to the spread of misinformation.

Reset checks in with meteorologist Scott Collis to discuss the latest weather forecast for the Chicago region. The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory through Wednesday night due to blowing and drifting snow with wind gusts of up to 45 mph.

Reset brings on a reporter who was covering the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol to reflect on the deadly riot and the aftermath in Washington.

One year ago the nation watched in horror as the U.S. Capitol was attacked by its own citizens. A University of Chicago political scientist has been studying the insurrectionists and shares his findings with Reset.

Right-wing media influencers battle online over Internet fame, viewer donations, subscriptions and followers. Reset hears from a Washington Post reporter about the online power vacuum created after the departure of former President Donald Trump.

ShoCho Chicago is a new nonprofit project that provides an online directory of small businesses that give back to the community and creates incentives to shop intentionally. For the latest in our weekly series “Chicago Innovators,” we check in with a public relations professional who helped start the initiative and discuss her vision to make Chicago the birthplace of the shop community movement.

The Chicago Teachers Union voted late Tuesday night to shift to remote learning, saying schools are unsafe because of the city’s record-high COVID positivity rate. But the mayor and the city’s top doc continue to assert that schools are safe. Reset checks in with WBEZ education reporter Sarah Karp and CTU Vice President Stacy Davis Gates. We also check in with Suzanne Johnson, deputy superintenden...

Democratic Congressman Bobby Rush says he’ll retire after 30 years representing Chicago’s South Side and south suburbs. Reset talks with a former political strategist for Rush as well as a political scientist.

As the omicron variant continues to spread the country, Chicago has new vaccine mandates for indoor venues to encourage residents to get their shots. Reset checks in with the city’s top doctor for the latest COVID-19 guidelines.

The new recommendations say COVID patients with no symptoms and a negative test can quarantine for just 5 days.

The omicron variant is pushing COVID case counts to new highs in the U.S. We explore what that means for K-12 education.

The Re-up Project is all about keeping wealth in the neighborhood and building up local Black businesses.

The show had its series finale on Sunday, and every fan has an opinion on how the stories of the main characters came to a close.

The museum recently tapped curator and historian Danny Dunson for the role.

Satire, oral history and fiction come together beautifully in this powerful debut novel about a real-life rock 'n' roll duo.

The creators of ‘South Side’ share their inspiration for the show after the release of its second season.

A 2021 study of human resource managers found that about half would be willing to hire someone with a record — an increase since 2018.

The deeply researched book reveals new details about Norma McCorvey, the plaintif in the landmark 1973 abortion case Roe v. Wade.

The founder of the organization has created a home to shelter young women in need of support. She says it’s just the beginning.

Reset checks in on the state of rental assistance, evictions and housing accessibility in the Chicago area as we look toward 2022.

A governor’s race looms. But COVID-19 looms even larger.

After a decade abroad, journalist Evan Osnos was surprised to find America’s foundational moral commitments under attack. In his new book, he searches for the reasons why and how American culture and politics have changed by visiting three different places he lived in: Chicago; Greenwich, Conn.; and Clarksburg, W. Va. Reset talks to the National Book Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer about...

As the year winds down, Reset is taking a look back at the best TV of 2021. From “Star Trek” to “Ted Lasso,” our panel remembers what made us laugh, cry, or kept us binge-watching through the night.