In the Loop (Segments)

Last year 26,000 students applied to the city’s eleven selective enrollment high schools. Less than five thousand were offered spots. CPS says new changes to the admissions process will promote equity and access. Reset hears from the head of High Jump, a non-profit helping talented low-income middle schoolers prepare and apply for high school.

Ethel Payne is known as “The First Lady of the Black Press”. Her trailblazing career includes becoming one of three credentialed Black White House reporters in the 1950s and being invited by President Lyndon B. Johnson to witness the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Despite her legacy, she was buried in an unmarked grave. Reset talks with historian Tammy Gibson, who is raising money for he...

Reset checks in with WBEZ reporter Mike Puente who’s covering the celebration from Millennium Park.

Reset features Katherine Anne Confections on Chicago’s Near Northwest Side, and how the business utilizes the recycle and reuse economy to fight against climate change.

Electric scooters are coming back to Chicago this spring after the City Council approved a new program that will put as many as 6,000 scooters all over the city. Reset checks in with Streetsblog Chicago for the details.

Community land trusts are a model used across the country to create access to affordable housing, counter displacement, and build generational wealth. Reset checks in with people working on the Here To Stay Community Land Trust in Logan Square and Hermosa about how this model works.

Illinois’ population declined for the first time ever in the 2020 census, resulting in the loss of a U.S. House seat. Reset examines the new Congressional map drawn up by Illinois Democrats.

The team won its first championship and the city’s first basketball title in 20 years.

Chicago historian and civil rights activist Timuel Black dies at age 102. Park District CEO Mike Kelly resigns over the city’s lifeguard abuse scandal. Plus, first lady Jill Biden visits Chicago to honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. Reset goes beyond the headlines in our Weekly News Recap with host Sasha-Ann Simons.

Reset talks with two WBEZ reporters from the Race, Class and Communities Desk about how they conducted this analysis, and why this is still happening.

On today’s iteration of “Food Friday,” Reset checks in with the organizers of an Oktoberfest fundraiser on Ravenswood’s Malt Row. “Oktoberfestiversary 2021” will raise funds for The Friendship Center, serving beer, pretzels, and more on Oct. 16 and 17.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine advisers recommended emergency authorization of Moderna’s COVID-19 booster shot, and President Joe Biden addressed the nation with updates. Reset talks to infectious disease specialist Dr. Mia Taormina for the latest.

About 70 million Americans will see a 5.9% increase in their Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits next year due to inflation. Reset brings on an expert to discuss what the increase means for recipients and share tips on retirement savings and decisions.

The National Indo-American Museum, located in west suburban Lombard, is having its grand opening this weekend. Reset talks to the curator of the opening exhibition, “E/Merge: Art of the Indian Diaspora.”

Chicago civil rights activist and cultural icon Timuel Black died Tuesday at age 102. He was a historian, teacher, storyteller and music-lover who dedicated his life to ending segregation, voter disenfranchisement and discrimination. Reset pays tribute to the legend and speaks with several people who knew and worked with him.

Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara says the union will fight the city’s vaccine mandate in court, even as hundreds of police officers around the country have died from the virus. Reset checks in with WBEZ’s criminal justice desk for the latest.

Reset talks to filmmaker Rebecca Halpern, director of the new biopic, Love, Charlie: The Rise and Fall of Chef Charlie Trotter, and Trotter's first wife, Lisa Ehrlich, to discuss the late master chef's life, legacy and personal demons.

The Chicago-based startup connects moms of color to job opportunities through its RISE initiative.

More than 20 states are either in discussion or have already launched digital driver’s licenses for your smartphone.

More than $7 million in grants will fund pilot programs to help Chicago Public Schools students with pandemic learning loss by focusing on their mental health.

Chicago sculptor Lan Tuazon joins Reset to discuss her latest exhibition, “Future Fossils: SUM,” which visualizes a lifespan’s worth of waste through recovered materials. The installation is on display at Hyde Park Art Center through Nov. 13.

A study analyzing Chicago bicycle tickets found that urban planning contributes to unequal policing for cyclists. Reset talks to a researcher about the data and takes calls from listeners.

Chicago Inspector General Joe Ferguson is sounding the alarms on the Fire Department and City Council during his last week in office.

Dr. Jill Biden travels to Chicago Tuesday with Education Secretary Miguel Cardona in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month. Reset hears from Congressman Jesus “Chuy” Garcia who will accompany Biden on her first trip to Chicago as first lady.

Reset talks with an epidemiologist whose research powered a pending Congressional bill. The “Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021” links poor maternal health outcomes for Black women to climate change and environmental racism