In the Loop (Segments)

Tips for Chicago Restaurant Week from Reddit (and beyond) 22.01.2026 17:52 ↓

Tips for Chicago Restaurant Week from Reddit (and beyond)

Hunker down and stay safe during Chicago’s extreme cold warning 22.01.2026 5:06 ↓

Hunker down and stay safe during Chicago’s extreme cold warning

City officials to conduct point-in-time count as report claims 58,000 Chicagoans are homelessCity officials to conduct point-in-time count as report claims 58,000 Chicagoans are homeless 22.01.2026 11:18 ↓

City officials to conduct point-in-time count as report claims 58,000 Chicagoans are homeless

Chicago Writers Showcase offers a sneak peek into the year ahead in Chicago books 21.01.2026 17:12 ↓

The Chicago Writers Showcase highlights new work by local authors.

ITL - Lake jumper 21.01.2026 9:02 ↓

ITL - Lake jumper

Housing stock and affordability for Black Chicagoans, 60 years on from Martin Luther King Jr.’s Chicago Freedom Movement 21.01.2026 23:53 ↓

Housing stock and affordability for Black Chicagoans, 60 years on from Martin Luther King Jr.’s Chicago Freedom Movement

College-educated job seekers are facing the music: A degree isn’t always enough 20.01.2026 17:41 ↓

Once a ticket to a professional career, college degrees may no longer provide the career advantage they once did.

WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap, Chicago joins state lawsuit against White House over immigration crackdown, Bears move to next round of playoffs and more 16.01.2026 46:08 ↓

Lawmakers head back to Springfield. A new bill could delay the opening of the Chicago riverfront casino. The proposed downtown hotels tax could be highest in the nation.

Ask The Mayor, January 2026: Mayor Brandon Johnson discusses new lawsuit against federal immigration crackdown, Bears playoff victory 15.01.2026 49:37 ↓

Ask The Mayor, January 2026: Mayor Brandon Johnson discusses new lawsuit against federal immigration crackdown, Bears playoff victory

The underground schools that field MLK’s 1966 Chicago Freedom Campaign 15.01.2026 16:35 ↓

The underground schools that field MLK’s 1966 Chicago Freedom Campaign

Illinois extends deadline for people to sign up for ACA health insurance plans 15.01.2026 15:16 ↓

Illinois extends deadline for people to sign up for ACA health insurance plans

Who benefits from the multibillion-dollar South Side quantum campus? 14.01.2026 27:23 ↓

Some South Chicago residents are concerned about the economic and environmental impact the 128-acre park will have on the area.

Who benefits from the multibillion-dollar South Side quantum campus? 14.01.2026 27:23 ↓

Some South Chicago residents are concerned about the economic and environmental impact the 128-acre park will have on the area.

Meet Chicago's new poet laureate 12.01.2026 14:22 ↓

Meet Chicago's new poet laureate

Barnes and Noble is making a comeback, but what does it mean for Chicago independent bookstores? 12.01.2026 23:07 ↓

Barnes and Noble is making a comeback, but what does it mean for Chicago independent bookstores?

Chicago’s role in passing, protecting the Americans with Disabilities Act (Short) 11.01.2026 9:51 ↓

Recut for awards submission

WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap, Jan. 9, 2026: Federal child care funding frozen, Bears take on Packers in playoffs, and more 09.01.2026 46:13 ↓

Chicago Board of Education investigates a media leak, the White House eliminates grants for after-school programs, the Bears prepare to face off against the Packers.

ITL CHICAGO CIRCLE SINGING 08.01.2026 13:19 ↓

ITL CHICAGO CIRCLE SINGING

ITL YOUNG CHICAGO PLAYWRIGHTS 08.01.2026 16:05 ↓

ITL YOUNG CHICAGO PLAYWRIGHTS

ITL POP NEWS QUIZ 08.01.2026 17:35 ↓

ITL POP NEWS QUIZ

What's That Building? World's Fair Houses 07.01.2026 16:52 ↓

What do a 12-sided glass house, a flamingo-pink house and a decades-old log cabin have in common? They’re among several homes built for the early 1930s World’s Fair and since transported to the Indiana Dunes. We’ll get the backstory and learn about new renovation work for our series What’s That Building.

Immigrants left scrambling as Trump administration ends family reunification for 7 Latin American countries 07.01.2026 16:25 ↓

Immigrants left scrambling as Trump administration ends family reunification for 7 Latin American countries

Spirit of ’85: Looking back at the Super Bowl-winning Chicago Bears 06.01.2026 17:14 ↓

Can the Chicago Bears recapture the magic of 1985?

New Year, new flu: The ‘super K’ flu variant is icky and infectious 06.01.2026 17:20 ↓

Here’s how to stay safe.

Political scientist’s perspective on U.S. ‘occupation’ of Venezuela 05.01.2026 13:58 ↓

“It’s not going to be good for Venezuela, it’s not going to be good for America… or Chicago,” says Robert Pape, political scientist at UChicago.