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Jan 24, 2025 - With the new play Searching for Justice, Mud Theatre Project has bloomed into something bigger than its founders ever imagined.

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Feb 18, 2026 - The late Rev. Jesse Jackson will be remembered for his decades of civil rights leadership and political campaigns. But he also carved a name for himself in pop...

Micah is a producer for WBEZ’s daily talk shows In the Loop and Say More. She previously produced for Reset and All IN Indiana, a daily statewide talk show at...

Feb 19, 2026 - The Rev. Jackson platformed a number of issues that weren’t popular in the 1980s from apartheid in South Africa to LGBTQ+ and Palestinian rights.

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Feb 15, 2026 - It is a near-constant winter battle to keep ice from plugging up the water-intake crib openings some 20 feet below the surface.

Jan 30, 2025 - Doomsday Clock set at 89 seconds to midnight, representing threat to human existence and the planet Read more »

Mar 28, 2025 - Inside-Out is a program taught in hundreds of jails and prisons across the country. DePaul’s class this quarter is about homelessness.

Feb 18, 2026 - ‘Say More’ explores the ways people are voicing their frustrations with the government.

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Jan 15, 2026 - Illinois residents will have until Jan. 31 to enroll in an ACA plan through Get Covered Illinois.

Dec 30, 2025 - Visits to emergency rooms are up; health officials say holiday travel and gatherings are helping spread the virus. The H3N2 variant can cause severe symptoms...

Feb 16, 2026 - Grocery prices are going up, and product sizes are going down. What are you doing to cope with both inflation and shrinkflation?

Feb 18, 2026 - For 60 years, nine mayors have had no choice but to contend with the famed civil rights activist, and sometimes defer to him even though they often didn’t like...

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Feb 17, 2026 - Jackson may have been the most recognizable civil rights icon the past half century, but his journey always led him right back to the South Side of Chicago.

After a rewarding and sometimes strange career in classical music and music education, Lisa pivoted to journalism in the hopes of combining her love of music...

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Feb 17, 2026 - After a contentious budget process, Chicago’s city council passed a budget in December 2025 that did not include key elements the mayor wanted. Now, a group of...

Apr 17, 2025 - A nearly three-year upswing ended last summer, WBEZ finds. The first three months of 2025 had the fewest robberies of any quarter in decades.

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Oct 24, 2025 - Ruben Torres Maldonado, whose 16-year-old daughter, Ofelia, suffers from a rare form of cancer, was removed from his car and taken into custody by four masked...

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Esther Yoon-Ji Kang is a reporter on the Race, Class and Communities desk. She also co-hosted WBEZ's Shoes Off podcast.

Esther Yoon-Ji Kang is a reporter on the Race, Class and Communities desk. She also co-hosted WBEZ's Shoes Off podcast.

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Dan is an investigative reporter at WBEZ. Since joining the station in 2018, Dan has won three National Edward R. Murrow Awards, including the 2022...

Feb 19, 2026 - Last year, we surveyed the city’s largest cultural players on diversity of their full-time staff and boards. Fresh data from three groups help paint a broader...

Jennifer Tanaka is the managing editor for life and money. Prior to arriving at WBEZ, Jennifer spent more than a decade in New York covering technology, the...

Feb 19, 2026 - ‘Ride Safe, Ride Smart, Ride Ready’ initiative aims to create statewide standard laws on e-motos to promote safety for riders, drivers and pedestrians.

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Lynnea is a producer for WBEZ’s daily talk shows In the Loop and Say More. She joined WBEZ in 2021 and was previously a producer for Reset. She has covered...

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Feb 12, 2026 - Despite resident pushback, the Hobart City Council unanimously paved the way for the data center to break ground this spring.

Dec 20, 2025 - Incarcerated trainers in the Helping PAWS program at Logan Correctional Center raise puppies that will later work as mobility assistance dogs.

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Feb 20, 2026 - While federal immigration enforcement shrank when many agents left Chicago in November, the aftermath is affecting what people do every day in Little Village,...

Lee Bey is the author of the well-received book “Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago’s South Side” and was the Emmy-nominated host of the...