Brenda Ruiz

Apr 29, 2024 | wbez.org | Brenda Ruiz |Jules Yaeger

URL Copied! Unresolved issues with the CTA, some of which started during the pandemic, are coming to a head on the Johnson administration’s watch. A Green Line train runs on the tracks. The Chicago Transit Authority has faced a number of challenges. Reset dives into these issues.

Feb 20, 2024 | wbez.org | Sasha-Ann Simons |Daniel P. Tucker |Brenda Ruiz

URL Copied! The author of ‘The Power of Habit’ is out with a new book on the neuroscience and psychology of how we communicate with one another. Feb 20, 2024, 12:10pm CT In his new book Supercommunicators, journalist and author Charles Duhigg explains how anyone can become a better communicator, and some of his findings might surprise you. Reset talks with Duhigg about his new book, which is out Feb. 20.

Feb 15, 2024 | wbez.org | Brenda Ruiz |Sasha-Ann Simons

URL Copied! For millions in the U.S. and around the world, access to a safe, reliable, and permanent home remains out of reach. Feb 15, 2024, 12:22pm CT Thousands of Chicagoans — tens of thousands by one measure — are experiencing homelessness in Chicago. The city continues struggling to find shelter for the more than 35,000 migrants who have arrived in Chicago since August 2022. And more than half of U.S. tenants can’t afford their rent.

Jan 25, 2024 | wbez.org | Brenda Ruiz |Daniel P. Tucker

The Doomsday Clock, pictured here next to scientist Bill Nye, is a symbol reflecting global instability and nuclear threat. Jan 25, 2024, 1:37pm CT The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists — a scientific advocacy group — reset the world’s “Doomsday Clock” at a mere 90 seconds to midnight. The clock, created in 1947, is a symbol reflecting global instability and nuclear threat. Reset talked to a UChicago professor to learn more about the history of the clock and how a time is picked every year.

Dec 5, 2023 | wbez.org | Brenda Ruiz |Daniel P. Tucker

URL Copied! The city revealed Friday that the site needs remediation for metals and chemicals. The state now says housing will not be built there. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Dec 5, 2023, 11:29am CT Shortly after Reset wrapped up this conversation on the status of the migrant tent shelter Tuesday, the Pritzker administration released a statement saying that it will not allow migrants to be housed at the site due to environmental issues.