The local teen started by finding appointments for his grandparents. When word got out, he built a website to help the elderly figure out where to sign up on their own. Host: Marie Lane; Reporter: Edie Rubinowitz
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Advice from a mental health professional, as the pandemic gets close to the one year mark. Reporter: Patrick Smith
Berrios lost his reelection bid for Cook County assessor in 2018, but he had continued to fight ethics board rulings against him. Host: Melba Lara; Reporter: Dan Mihalopoulos
Jes Scheinpflug and Tiffany Favers met on a dating app in the early days of the pandemic. On StoryCorps Chicago, they discuss the challenges and surprises of dating in the midst of a global health crisis. Producer: Bill Healy
Parents, particularly in Black families, say past experiences with CPS are coloring their view of how safe schools are now. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporter: Sarah Karp
Some Chicagoans express caution about calls for harsh penalties for juveniles involved in carjackings. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporter: Natalie Moore
Michael Madigan is no longer a member of the Illinois House. The historically long-time former Speaker resigned his Southwest Side seat on Thursday. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporter: Dave McKinney
A new report by an independent investigator for the city of Chicago says failures by city leaders during last summer’s protests put the public and police officers at risk. Host: Melba Lara; Reporter: Patrick Smith
Former House Speaker Michael Madigan has resigned from the Illinois House of Representatives. The House that Madigan built turned against him after nearly 40 years, amid a federal corruption scandal in which Madigan’s not been charged. Host: Melba Lara...
Chicago’s Commissioner of Public Health Dr. Allison Arwady says COVID-19 vaccines are safe for people with many common allergies. People with more severe allergies should talk to their doctor or allergist for more specific guidance. Find all our covera...
After 50 years in office, the Democratic boss is resigning his Southwest Side seat amid the continued federal investigation into his potential ties to a ComEd bribery scheme. Host: Sasha-Ann Simons; Reporter: Dave McKinney
Small pharmacies are joining the effort to get Chicago vaccinated but it’s not easy to secure vaccine supply. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporter: Mariah Woelfel
Javier Ramirez was a Vietnam-era marine who was deported almost two decades ago. On Tuesday, he was laid to rest at the Abraham Lincoln National cemetery southwest of Chicago. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporter: Maria Ines Zamudio
First, call your doctor. But if you don’t have one, or your doctor doesn’t have the vaccine, get ready to scour the internet. Dr. Vineet Arora, with the University of Chicago, says try the city’s vaccine appointment system at ZocDoc.com - find all our ...
With relatively little COVID-19 vaccine to go around, access to a shot has been incredibly tight. It’s been particularly difficult for Black Chicagoans, even though they’ve been disproportionately hit hardest by the coronavirus. Host: Mary Dixon; Repor...
For more than three weeks, seniors in Illinois have been eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. But some seniors who don’t speak English are having to wait longer, just to add their names to the vaccine wait list.
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Some of the most quietly pernicious manifestations of American racism can be found in the discriminatory actions of financial and real estate institutions, particularly in the urban segregation policies that came to be labeled “redlining.” In this excerpt from Rebecca K. Marchiel’s After Redlining: The Urban Reinvestment Movement in the Era of Deregulation, we get an inside look at pioneering efforts to recognize these unjust actions and fight them on their own turf. In 1970, in the midst of the ongoing battle with panic peddlers, Shel Trapp led members of the West Side Coalition against Panic Peddling into the offices of Chicago’s second-largest savings and loan association, Bell Federal. The group had a meeting scheduled with the bank president to ask why his institution wasn’t lending in their neighborhood, leaving new homebuyers at the mercy of panic peddlers and contract sales. Several West Siders came to Trapp complaining that the bank had rejected their applications for loans with no explanation. Trapp reasoned the best way to get answers was to confront the president face to face. That afternoon, when the West Siders huddled into the banker’s office, they saw something that changed their understanding of what was going on in […]
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