In the Loop (Segments)

Northwestern 02.04.2025 6:33 ↓

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One step closer to CTU contract 02.04.2025 9:10 ↓

A key committee put its support behind a tentative deal for teachers that includes salary increases, decreased class sizes and more librarians.

Imagining a world without war, one film at a time How films can help us reflect on the traumas of war 01.04.2025 14:10 ↓

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For the 25% of Illinois residents on Medicaid, potential cuts leave them at risk 01.04.2025 18:14 ↓

Congress has proposed cuts to Medicaid to reduce federal spending. However, this leaves 3.4 million Illinoisans at risk of losing coverage.

Chicago has been the rattiest city in the US for 10 years. Is rat birth control the answer? 01.04.2025 6:59 ↓

Arizona-based company SenesTech is deploying rat ‘birth control’ in bait boxes across Wicker Park and Bucktown as part of a three-month pilot program.

Roxane Gay Curates New Anthology On Past, Present And Future Of Feminism 31.03.2025 19:58 ↓

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Spring cleaning, anyone? It may be time to help tidy up your neighborhood 31.03.2025 12:57 ↓

You can get involved in local clean-up efforts in your community today.

Illinois bill aims to provide more oversight of homeschooling 31.03.2025 14:57 ↓

Illinois is one of a dozen states with little oversight of homeschooling. A new bill aims to provide more regulation.

WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap, March 28, 2025: White House slashes public health funding, targets Chicago law firm, and more 28.03.2025 44:25 ↓

Chicago teachers get closer to finalizing new contract, immigrant advocates protest looming Trump travel ban.

Meet Chicago musician Brooklynn Skye 27.03.2025 19:44 ↓

“I describe my sound as something familiar but new,” Brooklynn Skye says. “It’s just a fusion of everything that I was brought up with.”

The hidden bakery gem tucked into a Northwest side grocery store 27.03.2025 16:50 ↓

Reset heads to West Ridge’s City Fresh Market bakery to sample savory pastries made from homemade phyllo dough, and countless wafer cookies.

A new episode of WBEZ’s Prisoncast airs this weekend 27.03.2025 9:26 ↓

The radio show that breaks through prison walls and gives incarcerated Illinoisians a voice has a new episode that drops on Sunday, March 30th.

Weaving the fabric of Chicago: the immigrant women of Hull-House 26.03.2025 13:49 ↓

Hull-House tells Chicago’s story of immigration and the birth of social work at the turn of the century, as well as the incredibly vital role immigrant women played in shaping Chicago as we know it.

If you’ve procrastinated on spring break ideas, we’ve got you covered 26.03.2025 20:48 ↓

There are plenty of ideas, within reach, that won’t break the bank.

Trump Administration goes after Chicago, Deerfield schools 26.03.2025 10:19 ↓

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WTB: Yukon Building 25.03.2025 9:52 ↓

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A death doula’s advice on conquering your fear of dying, end-of-life care 25.03.2025 18:34 ↓

In a new book, The Good Death, former hospice nurse Suzanne O’Brien shares practical wisdom and planning tips as a beacon of hope and support.

Trump policies leave Chicago students unsure what comes after graduation 25.03.2025 17:34 ↓

Changes to federal funding and DEI policies have left college students high and dry, from disappearing research grants to rescinded fellowships.

What Trump’s tariffs, economic policies means for your finances and what to do about it 24.03.2025 23:31 ↓

From the stock market, grocery prices and an uncertain economy, the president will have an impact on the country’s finances and yours too.

Chicago Public Media CEO Melissa Bell on what’s next for WBEZ, Chicago Sun-Times 24.03.2025 23:57 ↓

Thirty Chicago Sun-Times employees, and five staffers from WBEZ have resigned under a buyout program.

What's That Building: Yukon Building 24.03.2025 9:55 ↓

Dennis Rodkin, Crain's Chicago Business real estate reporter and Reset's architecture sleuth tells us about plans to put 400 S. Clark St. up for sale.

WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap, March 21, 2025: CPS contract update, schools under federal fire, and more 21.03.2025 45:32 ↓

Chicago City Council also weighs in on the first amendment case of Mahmoud Khalil.

Behind the scenes of Chicago’s Asian Pop-Up Cinema 20.03.2025 12:08 ↓

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Ingenuity and close bonds helped get Chef’s Special Cocktail Bar through lockdown. Reflecting on 5 years since COVID 20.03.2025 17:34 ↓

“We created a dispatch system throughout the restaurant, and servers assistants, bartenders and front of house managers delivered take out,” says business partner Chase Bracamontes.

COVID pandemic’s essential workers: Then and now 20.03.2025 18:07 ↓

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