Some say observing Juneteenth is a way for employers to signal that they are serious about racial equity, but the work shouldn’t stop there.
Host: Mary Dixon
Reporter: Odette Yousef
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Contact tracing apps are powerful tools for researchers to track where the virus is spreading. However, the apps that have been released haven't been very clear on their privacy terms or how they are using the data collected. This episode talks about a survey where the majority of Americans would reject using contact tracing apps and why.
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Calls for police reform or defunding and disbanding departments have grown louder recently in Gary, Indiana as part of protests against racist police practices.
Host: Mary Dixon
Reporter: Michael Puente
About 20 protesters shut down a JP Morgan Chase branch on Chicago’s South Side over lending patterns exposed by WBEZ and City Bureau
Host: Mary Dixon
Reporter: Linda Lutton
ComEd’s payments to Jenner & Block spiked as federal prosecutors investigated the company’s ties to Illinois politicians.
Host: Melba Lara, Lisa Labuz
Reporter: Tony Arnold
Working at home has become the current normal but are you using vulnerable equipment? This episode talks about the importance of keeping up to date on patches but also how replacing equipment may be the only way to remove risks from your home network.
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The Illinois Supreme Court may issue an order that could potentially undermine attempts to identify problematic cops.
Host: Mary Dixon
Reporter: Patrick Smith
Hackers are not about stealing your data or money. Hackers can cause serious damage to your business just by taking control of one social media account. This episode talks about a story from a Houston business that hads that happen.
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The University of Chicago Press, the University of Washington Press, the MIT Press, Cornell University Press, the Ohio State University Press, Northwestern University Press, and the Association of University Presses (AUPresses) today announce the recipients of the 2020-2021 Mellon University Press Diversity Fellowships. These fellowships are generously funded by a four-year, $1,205,000 grant awarded to the University of Washington Press from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the continued development and expansion of the pipeline program designed to diversify academic publishing by offering apprenticeships in acquisitions departments. This second grant builds on the success of the initial 2016 grant from the Mellon Foundation, which funded the first cross-press initiative of its kind in the United States to address the marked lack of diversity in the academic publishing industry. Please join us in welcoming the 2020-2021 Mellon University Press Diversity Fellows: Rebecca Brutus graduated in May from Ithaca College, where she majored in Writing and minored in Theater Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies. At Ithaca College she served as Senior Nonfiction Editor at the literary magazine Stillwater and as a tutor in the Writing Center. She was also involved with ZAP, a student-run volunteer program that organized panels to […]
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Block club members and residents in black neighborhoods may not trust the police, but they work with them because of public safety concerns.
Host: Lisa Labuz
Reporter: Natalie Moore
Rafael Galarza was a shy boy when he started out at school, speaking little English. Now this star student is graduating as valedictorian, in the middle of a changing Chicago neighborhood.
Host: Melba Lara
Reporter: Sarah Karp
“I'm not afraid to make my voice heard” — 2020 grads share their take on graduating amid a pandemic and protests, and how they’ve changed.
Host: Lisa Labuz
Producer: Kate Grossman
This week's tools, tips and tricks episode I talk about a news aggregator for serious events called the Live Universal Awareness Map. This map pulls in news feeds and shows relevant events from crime, fire, natural disasters and other events impacting an area.
Live Universal Awareness Map - https://usa.liveuamap.com/
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A WBEZ investigation reveals the long list of applicants that Illinois Democratic Party boss Mike Madigan urged Governor J.B. Pritzker to employ after taking on the office.
Host: Greta Johnsen, Lisa Labuz
Reporter: Dan Mihalopoulos
The FBI issued a warning that users of mobile banking apps are on the rise. This episode talks about the things you can do to help identify and protect your mobile app use.
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Kevin had a really hard time last school year with bullying. We hear from him, and the music teacher who helped him through it, Matthew Jones-McCann.
Host: Mary Dixon
Reporter: Adriana Cardona Maguigad