In the Loop (Segments)

Nearly six months after COVID-19 came to the United States, many Americans are mentally fatigued from the stress of being indoors and isolated. Reset brings back two mental health experts to take your questions and get tips on how to stay grounded, balanced and mental healthy during this trying moment.

A mass shooting outside Rhodes Funeral Services in Auburn Gresham left 15 people wounded Tuesday night. Reset talks to Father Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina Church about how the community is responding.

Legendary civil rights leader and longtime Georgia Congressman John Lewis died Friday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 80. Reset takes a closer look at Lewis’ life and legacy, and how it resonates with today’s protest moment.

Chicago author DJ Corchin’s new book helps kids and adults face rejection and turn it into creativity. “A Thousand No’s” is about how we should collect those moments and turn them into something positive, something new.

As summer winds down, schools are making tough decisions about how to safely reopen schools during the coronavirus pandemic. Reset is joined by a suburban superintendent and the president of one of Illinois’ largest teachers unions to discuss the issue.

“Choose your victims carefully” — that’s the slogan of a company called Diplomacy Failure founded by Chicago Police officer Joshua Purkiss. It sells accessories for assault rifles and other firearms. Officer Purkiss is under investigation for “conduct unbecoming violations,” according to a new report by WBEZ’s Patrick Smith. He joins Reset for more on the city’s response.

The Department of Homeland Security is reportedly planning to send 150 federal agents to the city this week in a military-style response similar to Portland. Reset checks in with Democratic Congressman Mike Quigley for more on the federal response to recent violence in Chicago

The Cook County Board of Commissioners will vote Thursday on a nonbinding resolution to divert money from law enforcement to social services. Commissioner Brandon Johnson joins Reset for more.

Civil rights hero and longtime Georgia Congressman John Lewis passed away Friday at age 80. Reset talks with U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush for his thoughts on the legacy of his longtime colleague and friend.

Chicago got its first Black Lives Matter street mural over the weekend, following in the footsteps of cities like Washington D.C., Seattle and New York. Reset checks in with activist William Calloway for more about how the mural came together and the meaning behind the art.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday announced she’s bringing back some COVID-19 restrictions as case numbers in the area continue to grow. Reset checks in with A.D. Quig of Crain’s Chicago Business for more on this story.

Reset checks in with WBEZ’s Tony Arnold for an update on the federal corruption probe in Springfield. State Rep. Mark Batinick also joins to discuss his push for ethics reform at the state level.

Reset checks in with Vocalo’s Ayana Contreras to discuss the organization’s Save our Stages campaign. We also hear from a local venue owner about how the pandemic is impacting Chicago’s music scene.

Reset brings on two reporters who were on the ground at Grant Park Friday during a violent clash between police and protesters who were trying to topple a statue of Christopher Columbus.

This weekend’s protests in Chicago over the Christopher Columbus statue in Grant Park devolved into violence between police and protesters. Reset talks with two legal experts on what rights and recourse protesters have in these situations.

Reset takes a closer look at local calls to remove a Christopher Columbus statue from Grant Park. Dozens were injured Friday during a violent clash between police and protesters who tried to tear the statue down.

The power company Commonwealth Edison has been charged with one count of bribery in connection to its lobbying practices in Springfield. WBEZ's Tony Arnold joins Reset for more on the charges, and renewed calls for Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan to resign.

Reset breaks down the biggest local news of the week in our Friday News Roundup with host Justin Kaufmann.

Reset talks about lessons from Chicago’s 1995 heat wave, which killed 739 people, with Dr. David Ansell author of “The Death Gap: How Inequality Kills” and Suzanne Malec McKenna, Chicago's former Commissioner of the Environment

Reset checks in with an education reporter and an infectious disease specialist to answer your COVID-19 questions as schools prepare to reopen in the fall.

The Chicago Teachers Union is pushing back against calls to reopen in the fall, citing rising COVID-19 cases among young people. Reset checks in with CTU Vice President Stacy Davis Gates to discuss what teachers need from the city to support in-person learning.

There are fewer than 500 Black female licensed architects in the U.S. Taylor Staten wants to change that by moving her firm to South Shore. Reset looks at what's being done about it

Physician-turned-journalist James Hamblin joins Reset to discuss what it would take to build herd immunity to COVID-19, and whether that’s likely to happen in the U.S.

Twenty-five years after a heatwave killed 739 Chicagoans, Reset revisits the events of that week, why the city was slow to respond, and how it shaped the way the city views disaster preparedness and relief.

Reset checks in with Courtney Phillips of GumboFit for her top recommendations for things to Read, Watch and Do