Experts say painless mouth and shallow nose swabs can be nearly as good as, or possibly better than, nasopharyngeal samples for detecting COVID-19.
Host: Mary Dixon
Reporter: Monica Eng
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Visitors from hot-spot states are still coming to Chicago, saying they didn’t want to cancel their planned vacations or cross-state day trips.
Host: Melba Lara
Reporter: Mariah Woelfel
New data shows what CPS’ contract with police calls for: a full year's salary and benefits for 10 months of work.
Host: Melba Lara
Reporter: Sarah Karp
First-year teacher Alexia Dukes spoke with her mentor, Maria Rivera, about how the pandemic changed everything.
Producer: Bill Healy
Latinos are testing positive for COVID-19 at a higher rate than other groups, and that’s especially true for residents of East Chicago in Northwest Indiana.
Host: Mary Dixon
Reporter: Michael Puente
Mercy Hospital has served Chicago’s South Side for nearly 170 years. This week, it announced plans to close next year, citing financial problems.
Host: Melba Lara
Reporter: Kristen Schorsch
The pandemic-driven shift of the American Sociological Association’s annual conference from in-person to online means we’re going to miss out on a lot of things we associate with conferences. Drinking weak coffee from paper cups, sitting on the floor at the back of a too-crowded panel, wandering the book exhibit (and awkwardly bumping into the same person at three or four booths in a row). Most of all, though, we’ll miss the chance to simply meet up and talk–to catch up on what everyone has been doing, been reading, been excited about. To fill that gap, our marketing director, Levi Stahl, sat down for a virtual conversation with Elizabeth Branch Dyson, Executive Editor for sociology. 1. We both started at the University of Chicago Press in 1999-2000–I think I have maybe six months on you? And, like me, you’ve worked in a number of areas at the Press. Can you tell us quickly about your path to being Executive Editor acquiring in sociology? That’s right! After a few years teaching middle school—a job with a guaranteed belly laugh a day—I started at the Press August 31, 2000, the day before my COBRA insurance was due to run out. My foot-in-the-door […]
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As school districts backtrack on plans to mix remote and in-person school, parents are divided on the push to start all remote in the fall.
Host: Melba Lara
Reporter: Susie An
The pandemic has upended summer plans for college students, from internships to travel to jobs. Instead, many turned to summer school.
Host: Mary Dixon
Reporter: Kate McGee
Chicago-born music artist Juice WRLD had his life and career tragically cut short when he passed away in December. He was 21 years old. Earlier this month, his estate released a new album of his music called “Legends Never Die.”
Host: Susie An, Mariah...
In just the past two months there have been more than 850 shootings in Chicago. But throughout the city there are hundreds of anti-violence workers who have not given up hope.
Host: Susie An
Do you need a car for drive-thru COVID-19 testing? Are self-administered tests accurate? Sadiya Khan, an epidemiologist at Northwestern University, answers these questions and more.
Host: Lisa Lazbuz
Reporter: Kristen Schorsch
During ComEd’s eight-year bribery scheme, the company won two lucrative bills – and customers across northern Illinois are paying for it.
Host: Melba Lara, Lisa Labuz
Reporter: Dan Mihalopoulos
After a memorial at Rhodes Funeral Home in Gresham ended in a gunfight, one funeral home owner says a shift in gang culture is to blame.
Host: Melba Lara
Reporter: Monica Eng
COVID-19 cases are rising among older children. In Dupage County they now make up nearly 20% of all cases. Dr. Jihad Shoshara runs a pediatric practice in the county, and explains what that means.
Host: Mary Dixon
Producer: Mariah Woelfel
Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation in Chicago is just down the street from the funeral home where 15 people were shot earlier this week. Carlos Nelson leads the organization and has long championed revitalization of 79th Street.
Host: Mary...
Donna Clarke of Neighborhood Housing Services wants Chase to invest $1 billion, mostly in the form of home loans and small business loans.
Host: Melba Lara
Reporter: Linda Lutton
President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr announced Wednesday that federal agents will surge into Chicago to help combat rising crime. Reset's Justin Kaufman broke down the president's remarks.
Host: Melba Lara