The coronavirus pandemic is affecting the funeral home industry. With CDC guidelines restricting mass gatherings and health officials urging social distancing, services are being altered.
Host: Mary Dixon
Interviewee: Barbara Kemmis
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About 40% of households in Illinois have filled out the census. That’s higher than the nationwide figure, but still short of the count the state is hoping for.
Host: Mary Dixon
Reporter: Esther Yoon-Ji Kang
All across the country workers are worried about making ends meet during Coronavirus shut downs. A look at how Chicagoland workers worried about their bills have been managing.
Host: Melba Lara
Reporter: Patrick Smith
While the new coronavirus pandemic hasn’t derailed college admissions decisions, it is raising a lot of questions for Chicago area students as they decide where to attend.
Host: Melba Lara
Reporter: Kate McGee
CPS announced that it won’t move instruction completely online when remote learning starts on April 13th. That’s because there are big differences not just in who has technology, but also who knows how to use it
Host: Melba Lara
Reporter: Sarah Karp
Scams are going to increase for everyone and the best way to detect and avoid them, in my opinion, is to understand how the real world works. This episode goes through those rules and the scams associated with them.
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April 1st means for many people that rent or mortgage payments are now due. That’s making the economic crisis brought about by the coronavirus outbreak very real for people.
Host: Mary Dixon
Reporter: Linda Lutton
If you need a nudge to finally fill out your census form, here's one. Experts say, in national emergencies like the COVID-19 outbreak, census data is key to relief and recovery efforts.
Host: Mary Dixon
Reporter: Esther Yoon-Ji Kang
Like many of Chicago’s cultural institutions, the Shedd Aquarium is closed to the public,. But that doesn’t mean the animals inside aren’t getting visitors.
Host: Melba Lara
Reporter: Lauren Frost
Many colleges and universities across the Chicago area are starting online classes this week after schools extended spring break and closed down campuses to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Host: Melba Lara
Reporter: Kate McGee
The coronavirus pandemic has brought unprecedented changes to our lives. But what has not changed during this challenging time is our belief in the power of books and scholarship to both inform and comfort, and our dedication to the many constituencies—authors, students, professors, client publishers, libraries, society partners, and bookstores—who share this publishing landscape with us. While our distribution center is temporarily closed out of concern for the health of our staff and community, we are working closely with libraries and universities to expand student access to vital digital course books and journal articles (an updated list of resources is available here). We are also making as many of our books as possible available to bookstores and individuals via remote print-on-demand technology. Where institutions have only print subscriptions to our journals, we are working to help transition them to electronic access. In addition, all e-books on our site are immediately available for direct purchase at 30% off using the EBOOK30 code at checkout. At this exceptional time, we are working to balance access to this material while supporting our authors and the bookstores that will be vital to the rebuilding efforts. Through all this, our dedicated staff of publishing professionals is still hard at work with an eye on the future. We will be announcing our Fall 2020 catalog in the weeks ahead, and we […]
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Hackers and scammers are circling and starting to go after the millions of new, easy targets. You. Remote workers are prime for new attacks and tricks. This episode talks about how hackers are using communication software to get to you.
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A west suburban high school is donating a cache of equipment from its science labs to a hospital on Chicago’s West Side, to help treat coronavirus patients.
Host: Mary Dixon
Reporter: Chip Mitchell
As part of a series called Schools Out, WBEZ is talking to Chicago area teachers, parents and students about how they’re spending their time during the school shutdown.
Host: Mary Dixon
Reporter: Adriana Cardona Maguigad, Kate McGee
Since the outbreak began, there have been reports nationwide of Asian Americans being verbally abused, physically attacked and spat upon.
Host: Mary Dixon
Reporter: Esther Yoon-Ji Kang
Officials in resort towns are asking owners of vacation homes and tourists to keep their distance during the coronavirus outbreak.
Host: Melba Lara
Reporter: Dan Mihalopoulos
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
Reporter Sarah Karp