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Illinois Families Struggle With Hunger During Pandemic

By Chicago Public Media on March 31, 2021

Hunger in Illinois has reached shocking levels during the past year of the pandemic, particularly for Black and Hispanic families with kids. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporter: Odette Yousef

Marvell Marvelled: Katie Kadue on Andrew Marvell’s 400th Birthday

By Alan Thomas on March 31, 2021

The poet Andrew Marvell was born on this day in 1621 near Hull, England. Marvell’s poetry has inspired readings by some of our finest literary critics, from T. S. Eliot and Cleanth Brooks to Barbara Herrnstein Smith, Christopher Ricks, and Leah S. Marcus. Indeed, it was 300 years ago today that Eliot published his now-classic essay “Andrew Marvell” in the Times Literary Supplement. For Marvell’s quadricentenary, we asked our author Katie Kadue for a brief essay on the poet, touching on the themes of her forthcoming Domestic Georgic: Labors of Preservation from Rabelais to Milton. Kadue illuminates what Marvell’s poetry still preserves for us, and the best literary criticism, too.  Andrew Marvell’s poetry is best known for images of time’s hurtling, inexorable movement toward a spectacular end: the winged chariot hurrying near, warning us of death’s encroachment, in “To His Coy Mistress,” or, less hurtlingly, the annihilation of all that’s made in “The Garden.” Marvell wrote his poems and was active in politics during the English Civil War and its aftermath, when the nation was captivated by providential time; his “Horatian Ode” to Oliver Cromwell is emphatic that the time to act is “now.” But Marvell also took his sweet time […]

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How Illinois Can Prevent Another Wave Of COVID-19

By Chicago Public Media on March 31, 2021

Two weeks ago, Illinois' COVID-19 positivity rates were trending at record lows. Today, state health officials are urging caution as cases and hospitalizations climb. Illinois Public Health Director Ngozi Ezike provides an update. Host: Mary Dixon; Pro...

Chicago Pandemic Grants Help Thousands With Rent

By Chicago Public Media on March 30, 2021

Just one out of every 10 applicants received help last year, but the city is gearing up to provide another $80 million in rental assistance. Host: Mary Dixon; Reporter: Natalie Moore

With Vaccines Available, When Can I Book My Wedding?

By Chicago Public Media on March 29, 2021

Chicago’s public health commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady says if your family and friends are vaccinated, you could have a pretty normal wedding. Find all our coverage at WBEZ.org/VaccineFAQ

More Vaccinations For Ineligible People At Loretto Hospital

By Chicago Public Media on March 25, 2021

The hospital is supposed to help the low-income Austin neighborhood, but information surfaced this week about Loretto making vaccines available to many ineligible groups. Breaking news editor for Block Club Chicago, Kelly Bauer, provides the latest. Ho...

“Feminisms: A Global History” Playlist

By PublicityTeam on March 25, 2021

In Feminisms: A Global History, historian Lucy Delap looks to the global past to give us a usable history of the movement against gender injustice—one that can help clarify questions of feminist strategy, priority, and focus in the contemporary moment. Rooted in recent innovative histories, the book incorporates alternative starting points and new thinkers, challenging the presumed priority of European feminists and ranging across a global terrain of revolutions, religions, empires, and anti-colonial struggles. The book’s final chapter explores the rich but often muted history of feminist music-making, shining a light on the chants, songs, and musical innovations that helped foster solidarity and subvert the status quo. Delap asks: “What is it like to hear feminism? Historical distance and the intangible nature of sound mean that there are limits to the aural archive. But by reading historical documents against the grain, it is possible to ‘hear feminism’ even at the distance of several centuries. The traces of its rich soundtrack of oratory, songs, chants, and keening gives us a final entry point into understanding the useable past of feminisms.” To help us tune into the aural dimensions of feminism, Delap created a playlist of global feminist songs, including some discussed […]

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Evanston 1st U.S. City To Offer Reparations To Black Residents

By Chicago Public Media on March 25, 2021

Evanston City Council’s groundbreaking vote to approve a reparations program is just the first step in the city’s movement toward reparative justice. Alderman Robin Simmons discusses Evanston’s historic move. Host: Mary Dixon; Producer: Cianna Greaves...

My Pandemic Year: ‘I Am Drained Emotionally’

By Chicago Public Media on March 24, 2021

Chicago-area landlord Derrick Rowe had to sell three properties and borrow against his retirement to make ends meet this year. Producer: Mariah Woelfel