Chicago Public Schools is giving 100,000 devices to its highest-need students, but that isn't enough to deal with the city's digital divide.
Host: Melba Lara
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Distance Learning has started across the country and that means millions of kids are working online. Communicating, transferring files, emailing and interacting. This episode talks about the precautions parents and guardians should consider.
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18th Street Distillery harnessed its four stills to produce 1,000 gallons of sanitizer for nurses and first responders in Northwest Indiana.
Host: Annie Russell
Reporter: Michael Puente
The news on COVID-19 keeps on coming, and this weekend was no exception. A look at what you might've missed since Friday.
Host: Mary Dixon
Reporter: Maria Ines Zamudio
Michael Bane, a 42-year-old Berwyn resident hospitalized since March 21, says his experience has been nothing short of ‘brutal.’
Host: Mary Dixon
Reporter: Mariah Woelfel
The COVID-19 crisis is blocking many important rituals in our lives. But one Chicago high school teacher recently put on his online minister hat to help a couple have their big day.
Host: Melba Lara
Reporter: Monica Eng
The number of COVID-19 cases in Illinois is now climbing dramatically every day. Chicago leaders say they’re dipping into their emergency stockpile to make sure hospitals have enough supplies.
Host: Melba Lara
Reporter: Kristen Schorsch
Last month, Amari Allen and T-Nice Gresham talked about their childhoods and what it means to take responsibility for their lives at a young age.
Host: Melba Lara
Reporter: Bill Healy
While a record number of Illinois workers have filed for unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic, tens of thousands remain ineligible for such benefits: undocumented immigrants.
Host: Mary Dixon
Reporter: Maria Ines Zamudio
While we are working at home and kids are home as well it's difficult to find things to do for them. This episode talks about a cybersecurity activity book for kids and how you could use it to spur conversations about your work and some safety tips as they are online.
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A Northwestern University researcher is trying to develop a new medical face mask that would sanitize itself and deactivate viruses on contact.
Host: Mary Dixon
Reporter: Kate McGee
Lakefront path users reacted differently to the closure of the lakefront trail by Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
Host: Melba Lara
Reporter: Monica Eng
WBEZ Education looks at how Chicago area teachers, parents and students spend their time during the coronavirus school shutdown.
Host: Melba Lara
Reporter: Sarah Karp, Susie An
'SHOP IN PLACE' Chicago seeks to connect small neighborhood businesses with Chicagoans who want to buy local during the coronavirus outbreak.
Host: Mary Dixon
Reporter: Linda Lutton
Biometrics is a unique identifier from the physical body of a user. It's unique but has a big downside if it's breached. This episode talks about a breach and the reasons biometric use needs to be thought out carefully.
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Chad Zimmerman recently joined the Press as executive editor in the Books Division, acquiring new titles in economics, business, and public policy. Chad came to us from Oxford University Press, where he worked most recently as a senior editor building a robust list in public health, including books in health economics and policy. We’ve been excited to welcome him not only to the Press but to Chicago, and by way of introduction, we put together some questions about his interests. What are you looking for in a book, and what kind of project gets you excited? Voice. That is a terribly nonspecific answer, but hear me out: Most people who write books are experts in what they’re writing about. Whether their book is any good depends on how they express (and in many cases, limit) their knowledge for the good of the reader. That expression takes the form of their writing voice. And writing voice comprises not just narration, but also how the work is structured. Reading is a “what’s in it for me?” activity. It is the author’s job to respect their reader and meet them on their level, whether that’s expert or non-expert. Very few authors have the […]
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The Coronavirus crisis means that couples who live together are now doing just about everything together. Chicago-area couples counselors give their advice on making prolonged isolation with a partner work.
Host: Mary Dixon
Reporter: Patrick Smith
One Chicago mom says she refuses to let her son regress during the school shutdown — even while she waits for guidance from his school.
Host: Melba Lara
Reporter: Sarah Karp