WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap, Oct. 31, 2025: Supreme Court delays National Guard decision, transit funding derailed and more

Could the U.S. see a general strike in 2025?

How Head Start programs and families are being impacted by ongoing government shutdown

What’s in the tear gas and other ‘chemical munitions’ federal agents are using in Chicago?

Chicago’s Asian restaurants to host Tiger Moon Market, a culinary fundraiser to support immigrant communities

SNAP benefits will disappear if the federal government doesn’t act

Many Chicagoans to pay hundreds of dollars more a month if ACA tax credits expire

With fewer ‘safe spaces,’ immigrants and advocates head to consulates

From behind bars to center stage: A new arts fest is celebrating stories of people affected by prisons

Local leaders react to ‘brutal escalation’ of immigration arrests in Little Village, Cicero

Chicago federal workers brace for no pay as shutdown drags into fourth week

Activists get creative in their response to ICE actions in Chicago

Chicago survivor shares story of fighting breast cancer in her 30s

Potential pros and cons of Mayor’s Johnson’s corporate head tax to fund community safety

What Jesse Jackson’s story tells us about the current state of Black political power

Chicago faith leaders on leading in a time of ICE and Border Patrol arrests, raids

Weekly News Recap Oct. 17, 2025

LEO HIGH SCHOOL CHOIRS

Local businesses on creating ICE-free zones

From ‘Refrigerator Mothers’ to Tylenol: A history of blaming moms for kids’ autism