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Illinois Makes Strides In Regulating A.I: ‘No Technological System Is Inevitable’
Just before the legislation session wrapped in Springfield this week, Illinois lawmakers passed landmark legislation regulating artificial intelligen…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Chicago’s Efforts To Make Housing Affordable
Home prices in Chicago are rising at more than five times the national average, and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker’s BUILD plan — aimed to streamline …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: May 29, 2026
The Obama Presidential Center announces the schedule for its grand opening. Chicago’s U.S. Attorney’s Office says it’s instituting reforms after the …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Building Intersectional Solidarity In Chicago: ‘We Don’t Live Single-Issue Lives’
Intersectional solidarity is an approach to activism where different identity groups join together to fight oppressive forces. In honor of Asian Amer…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
‘Stone Soup Chicago’ And Storytelling For The Common Good
A centuries-old folktale about community, empathy and shared meals gets the Chicago treatment in a kids book from the Greater Chicago Food Depository…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
How ‘Memory Cafes’ Help People With Dementia
More than 7 million people in the U.S. currently live with Alzheimer’s disease, and that number is expected to increase as the nation’s population ag…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Measuring Racial Progress Six Years On From George Floyd
Six years after the murder of George Floyd at the hands of police and the global protests that followed, rhetoric around race in America is sliding …
4 months, 4 weeks ago
WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: May 22, 2026
Happy Friday! It’s been another busy week in politics, the economy, and more. So before you head out for the long Memorial Day weekend, get caught up…
5 months ago
Ask Chicago’s Mayor: May 2026
In the Loop and In the Loop listeners talk to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson about everything from city assistance for small grocery stores to a Chica…
5 months ago
The Continued Push For ERA Recognition
The Drive the Vote for Equality campaign stopped in Chicago this week to press for national recognition of the Equal Rights Amendment.
On today’s In t…
5 months ago