Jennifer Brier is a History and Gender & Women's Studies Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In a recent Washington Post column, she writes in the midst of a the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s important to remember and reflect on the very real...
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A national initiative called the Confess Project is training Chicago barbers to become front-line supports for the mental health of their customers.
Host: Susie An
Reporter: Jarrell Hightower
The emails reveal that a Cook County elected official and key ally to House Speaker Michael Madigan got secret payments from the utility.
Host: Melba Lara
Reporter: Dave McKinney
The Available City envisions thousands of vacant parcels in Chicago as one large space, with multiple uses that benefit entire communities. David Brown, a professor at UIC School of Architecture, is looking to Chicago’s South and West Sides and imagini...
Pantries report they’re seeing greater demand than ever for a free Thanksgiving meal during the pandemic.
Host: Melba Lara
Reporter: Minju Park
Chip Mitchell wraps up our series on Illinois nursing-home ownership with a look at COVID-19 infections and deaths tied to one of the industry’s biggest operators.
How the Illinois Department of Public Health traces an outbreak at a wedding. Mariah Woelfel.
Chip Mitchell reports on the staffing challenges and operational factors that are making nursing homes a source of so many COVID-19 deaths in Illinois
Illinois Department of Health Medical Director talks about tracing an outbreak at a Chicago Factory.
A few freshmen from the Chicago area at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne talk about life on campus amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mariah Woelfel reports on how Illinois Department of Public Health performs contact tracing after COVID-19 Outbreaks happen in social settings. This time at a Chicago-area pool party
In the Chicago area, workers from every sector of the economy have filed more than 1,000 complaints, alerting the federal government’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to unsafe conditions at work, including direct exposure to the virus.
During The Pandemic, Who Owns A Nursing Home Can Be The Difference Between Life And Death
Experts say testing plays a crucial role in stemming the spread of the coronavirus, but not all Illinoisans have equal access.
Host: Melba Lara
Reporter: Kristen Schorsch
A new report from ProPublica Illinois shows that child labor is not a thing of the past in Chicago’s western suburbs. Reporter Melissa Sanchez profiled a group of immigrant teenagers in Chicago’s western suburbs.
Host: Melba Lara
Producer: Lauren Fros...
Chicago leaders say more people should be locked up before their trials to prevent violence. A new study out of Loyola University says that has “no effect” either way.
Host: Lisa Labuz
Reporter: Patrick Smith