In the Loop (Segments)

Reset talks with a labor market specialist to discuss the latest employment numbers and what work may look like for the rest of 2020.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot is urging young people to do their part to stop the spread of COVID-19. The city on Wednesday announced that 18 to 29-year-olds account for 30 percent of all new cases. Reset checks in with WBEZ’s Kristen Schorsch for the latest on Chicago’s coronavirus response.

In this third installment, we check in with Dr. Edmund Donoghue, the former chief medical examiner who raised the alarm on the heat wave’s deadly impact on the city.

Owners of marijuana businesses in Illinois have brought in $239 million in sales since the drug was legalized in January. Chicago Sun-Times marijuana reporter Tom Schuba joins Reset to discuss how Illinois is reaping the benefits of the industry’s success.

Many industries and professions are in the midst of a reckoning since the COVID-19 outbreak and recent mass protests for racial justice. Reset meets Fulcrum Point New Music Project, an innovative Chicago-based collective that for years has fought against systemic racism in the classical music community.

Journalists are calling out the public radio industry for creating toxic work cultures that fail to protect Black employees and other journalists of color in the workplace. Reset talks with two veteran radio journalists to unpack the issue and offer solutions.

Reset checks in with local groups who are pushing for immediate federal rental relief and more affordable housing options across the state.

Chicago’s youngest children live in some of the most violent neighborhoods, but the youth are also leading the push for change. Reset learns more about the role of young children within social justice movements.

Reset checks in with Michelle Nichols of the Adler Planetarium for tips on how to see the glowing Neowise comet before it disappears for another 7,000 years.

Data shows that Cook County residents face rising food insecurity,. Reset checks in with two local organizations about how they’re tackling unemployment and racial justice in food.

Reset talks with Chicago author Miles Harvey, who brings to life one of Lake Michigan’s most iconic characters, James Strang.

Reset checks in with two local election officials to discuss the state’s mail-in-voting system and help lay out the process for Illinois voters.

Cook County is on track to double the number of opioid-related deaths it saw last year — and the pandemic is only making things worse. Reset gets an update from WBEZ's Kristen Schorsch

It’s been 25 years since a heat wave killed hundreds of people in Chicago and the Midwest. Reset talks with a documentarian who chronicled what happened.

For only the second time in history, the Chicago Marathon has been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. Reset talks with someone from the running community

As coronavirus cases continue to surge nationwide, Reset checks in with WTTW’s Heather Cherone for the latest on COVID-19 in our region.

Reset takes a closer look at what schools could look like in the fall, and the concerns faculty and staff still have as COVID-19 cases spike across the country.

Reset talks with journalist and author Steven Thrasher about how the entertainment industry is confronting (or not) racism in television.

Former Chicago Bears linebacker and author Sam Acho brought Chicago athletes and community members together on the West Side. They bought a liquor store to turn it into a community grocery store.

Despite the risks, Illinois schools are on track to reopen for the fall semester. Reset asks what will campus life look like.

This week marks the 25th anniversary of the 1995 heat wave that struck Chicago, killing more than 700 people over five days. Reset talks with a Chicago sociologist who wrote the definitive text on the heat wave.

Award-winning chef Sarah Grueneberg continues to have major success with her restaurant Monteverde in the West Loop. The former Top Chef contestant is taking her talents virtual for the new Taste of Chicago To Go festival and sharing a recipe from her kitchen.

A new report from Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s coronavirus task force details how the city can recover from the ongoing pandemic. Gov. JB Pritzker calls for a national mask mandate. Plus, President Donald Trump threatens to “cut off funding” if schools don’t reopen in the fall.

Journalist and sports historian Dave Zirib joins Reset to discuss how past and present moments of sports protest intersect and illuminate America’s reality.

Reset sits down with an infectious disease expert for our weekly check-in to provide clarity and answers to your questions, comments and concerns about COVID-19.