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UChicago, other med schools withdraw from rankings system over equity concerns 02.02.2023 14:45
Schools pulling out say the U.S. News and World Report rankings are inaccurate and prop up a system that prioritizes wealth and prestige.
The Chicago Reader Looks To The Future 01.02.2023 15:24
After a tumultuous few years, the Chicago Reader moved to non-profit status in 2022. A six-month nationwide search for the right person to lead the new organization led to tapping a homegrown talent with experience at the Better Government Association and other Chicago-based organizations. Reset checks in with the former publisher and the publisher-to-be who starts in mid-February.
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Bias Against Bodies: Medical fatphobia can have life-or-death consequences 31.01.2023 20:41
Advocates say barriers to care can be far more harmful than fatness itself.
Bias Against Bodies: How Evette Dionne cares for her body in the face of fatphobia 31.01.2023 15:29
The writer discusses her new memoir “Weightless” and the harm caused by surveillance of fat children’s bodies.
FDA set to make it easier for gay, bisexual men to donate blood 31.01.2023 34:22
The FDA has proposed a new screening process that would ask people of all genders donating blood about their sexual history.
Chicago’s new police oversight board, explained 31.01.2023 13:25
For the first time, Chicago voters will pick members of police councils that aim to hold the Chicago Police Department accountable.
Chicago Innovators: Artists Blake Jones and Steve Seeley 31.01.2023 12:00
Check out these two artists’ work at Vertical Gallery on Western Avenue starting Feb. 4.
Chicago migrants faces challenges accessing mental health care 30.01.2023 14:39
Experts say migrants experience high levels of stress from the journey and the uncertainty of their legal status in the U.S.
Stressed about Chicago’s municipal elections? WBEZ has you covered. 30.01.2023 13:38
New tools from WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times will help Chicago voters make informed decisions in the municipal election.
Options for sober and sober-curious Chicagoans beyond Dry January 30.01.2023 15:53
Sometimes it’s challenging living a sober lifestyle, especially when there aren’t many third spaces that don’t revolve around alcohol.
How Chicago is reacting to the fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols 30.01.2023 19:52
Demonstrations are scheduled in and around Chicago Monday afternoon and evening after video of the incident was released over the weekend.
Weekly News Recap: Jan. 27, 2023 27.01.2023 46:28
The NRA files a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Illinois’ assault weapons ban. Classes are back in session at UIC as faculty end their strike. A White Sox pitcher is investigated for domestic abuse allegations. Reset goes behind those headlines and more in our Weekly News Recap. GUESTS: John Chase, deputy metro editor at the Chicago Tribune Dave McKinney, WBEZ state politics reporter...
Lunar New Year must-eats in Chicago’s Chinatown 27.01.2023 13:23
As Chicago’s Chinese American community celebrates Lunar New Year, having a great meal is definitely part of the equation. Reset offers up suggestions for places to eat in Chicago’s Chinatown to mark the occasion. GUEST: Louisa Chu, Chicago Tribune food critic
The push to teach Holocaust history in schools 27.01.2023 14:03
Most states in the U.S. don’t require the story of the Holocaust to be taught in schools. One local educator writes in the Chicago Sun-Times that it’s time to mobilize so that schoolchildren learn about the genocide, especially with hate crimes against Jewish people on the rise in recent years. Reset checks in the leader of a local non-profit that’s fighting anti-semitism. GUEST: Luke Berryman, fo...
‘What’s that Building?’ The Delaware Building 26.01.2023 11:35
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Will these 11 Chicago chefs bring home a James Beard award? 26.01.2023 15:57
Chicago brought home one James Beard Award last year. Will we see more in 2023?
Why is the U.S. an outlier on gun violence? 26.01.2023 13:27
The U.S. has far more mass shootings than any other country in the world.
New season of WBEZ’s ‘Motive’ podcast Chicago anti-violence workers 26.01.2023 18:45
‘Motive’ Season 5 is out Jan. 26.
New coalition will help laid-off foreign tech workers find jobs in Chicago 26.01.2023 14:40
As tech firms lay tens of thousands of workers, a local nonprofit is leading a charge to bring foreign H-1B visa holders to Chicago.
Environmentalists work to save Bell Bowl Prairie, some of Illinois’ last remaining prairieland 26.01.2023 17:39
They say the construction of a road through the prairie violates the Endangered Species Act by impacting the rusty patched bumblebee.
RUSH Medical Center partners with CVS to expand Medicare access in the Chicago area 25.01.2023 13:14
One of the city’s largest healthcare providers is teaming up with CVS to increase the geographic reach of primary care.
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