Chicago Tonight | The Week in Review: Minneapolis ICE Shooting; Illinois Sues Trump Administration, with @geoffnews.bsky.social @sashaannsimons.bsky.social @elviamalagon.bsky.social @bpopetv.bsky.social & host @ndblumberg.bsky.social news.wttw.com/2026/01/09/w...

Prof. @nicolehallett.bsky.social, director of the Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, joined @sashaannsimons.bsky.social on WBEZ to discuss what the latest termination of legal status means for immigrants in Chicago. 🎧 Listen now:

Don't care much for year end awards but if I did.... @wbez.org @sashaannsimons.bsky.social for immigration coverage in Chicago. Reporters on the streets and in the court rooms. And @bridgemi.com for environmental reporting in Michigan and @planetdetroit.org for justice reporting.

I joined @wbez.org yesterday to speak with @sashaannsimons.bsky.social about the way our community has combat aggressive immigration tactics with incredible speed, strength and solidarity.

Joined @wbez.org’s @sashaannsimons.bsky.social to discuss the systematic firings of Black journalists across America. Listen here: www.wbez.org/in-the-loop-...

As New York's first Muslim mayor-elect, Zohran Mamdani rose in the city shaped by immigrants, many of whom firmly oppose the Trump administration’s aggressive enforcement crackdown. Here’s what he faces next: https://wapo.st/47FjJNn

After Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday as a Category 5 storm, at least 19 people were killed in the country, and at least 30, including children, in Haiti, officials said. Recovery and cleanup efforts and damage estimates are just beginning to take shape. nyti.ms/3WA7JHT

NIJC's director of Litigation, Keren Zwick, spoke to @wbez.org @sashaannsimons.bsky.social about how lawyers, activists, and community members in Chicago are coming together to protect people from ICE. Hear the full segment here:

After it lashes the Caribbean this weekend, there’s still uncertainty about where Hurricane Melissa will go next. Here are the scenarios, one day at a time.

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📻 Listen to @wbez.org! Dr. Claudia M. Fegan & Dr. Linda Rae Murray have been invited to speak with 91.5 WBEZ's Sasha-Ann Simons on her show, In the Loop, Tues 10/14, ~9:20-9:40 am CT. @sashaannsimons.bsky.social

In case you missed it. Interviewed Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson for "Ask The Mayor" On @wbez.org' In the Loop. WATCH HERE:

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A neighbor said she saw agents dragging residents, including children, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers, she said. “It was heartbreaking,” she said. ⁦‪@Suntimes‬⁩ ⁦‪@WBEZ‬⁩ www.wbez.org/immigration/...

Chicago Tonight | The Week in Review: ICE Agents Use Pepper Spray on Broadview Protesters; Loyola’s Sister Jean Retires, featuring @quinnmyers.bsky.social @monicaeng.bsky.social @sashaannsimons.bsky.social @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social & host @ndblumberg.bsky.social news.wttw.com/2025/09/26/w...

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Good morning from Navy Pier! Join me at 9 a.m. for the (New! Improved!) weekly news roundup on @wbez.org’s In The Loop with @sashaannsimons.bsky.social! @schuba.bsky.social! and Carrie Shepherd! at 9 a.m.!

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Congrats to @sashaannsimons.bsky.social, @maryldixon.bsky.social and @pksmid.bsky.social on the launch of "In the Loop" and "Say More" at 9 and 10 a.m., respectively, on @wbez.org. We'll be listening as you rock the morning...

We have news! We are rolling out a refreshed weekday morning schedule starting Sept. 15, featuring two new live talk shows designed to engage listeners with the issues shaping our region, spark meaningful conversation, and bring Chicagoans closer together. trib.al/eDQj7VM

From "What if ICE comes to my workplace?" to "What parents should know about sending kids to school?" we've assembled a series of explainers to help you make sense of what’s happening in Chicago.

Column by Michelle Singletary: The time to start your emergency fund is now, before inflation get worse. Here are some tips.

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The same great Reset producer team will be behind my new show In the Loop as well as WBEZ’s Say More with Mary Dixon and Patrick Smith. No changes. Talk to you soon at 9am!🙏🏾

I’ll be discussing this story on RESET (@wbez.org) w/ @sashaannsimons.bsky.social at noon!

🎧 Listen as RTA Director of Government Affairs, Robert Nash joins @wbez.org Reset with @sashaannsimons.bsky.social to discuss the transit fiscal cliff and how our region should brace for possible service cuts: www.wbez.org/reset-with-s...

ICYMI: @wbez.org Reset with @sashaannsimons.bsky.social covered the transit fiscal cliff and what we need to do to avoid massive transit cuts in the Chicago region in the next few months. Please get engaged on this critical issue for our region's economic health. www.wbez.org/reset-with-s...

Here’s the @wbez.org Reset roundup of last week’s top news in Chicago and Illinois www.wbez.org/reset-with-s...

Crime is down in Chicago. If you like context and want to understand what true public safety demands, give a listen to to this @sashaannsimons.bsky.social report. www.wbez.org/reset-with-s...

🕊️ I truly can't believe this. What a loss! In such a tragic way! ugh...

This week in photos with @mayorofchicago.bsky.social and @durbin.senate.gov 📸 @wbez.org

Listen: The Chicago mayor joined host Sasha-Ann Simons to discuss his vision for a “21st-century model” of governance — and to offer advice for New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani — on this month’s Ask the Mayor call-in hour. https://trib.al/UP1N8FS

Sen. Dick Durbin on Friday called a GOP-approved rescission package that guts $8 billion in foreign aid and $1.1 billion in public broadcasting funds “reckless” and warned that cuts to the United States Agency for International Development will cost lives. https://trib.al/Vle8yyX

👋🏾Finally made it over here from Twitter/X. Let's see what this thing is about...