Every afternoon, WBEZ’s Lisa Labuz joins the hosts of NPR’s All Things Considered to help you consider the major stories of the day in less than 15 minutes. Featuring a mix of local and national stories, Consider This goes beyond the headlines with a quick, but thorough, take on the news.
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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted on three counts in the trial over George Floyd’s killing. The jury announced their verdict on Tuesday and found Chauvin guilty of …
Starting Monday, every person in America 16 and older is eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Nearly 40% already have. Now public health officials will begin to focus more on those who have not. …
Flexible hours for working parents, daycare centers at the office, equal pay. Between the 1960s and 1980s, there was a real sense that big workplace changes were just beyond the horizon.At the time …
A movement to unionize workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., was seen as a potential turning point for the American labor movement. But the effort failed resoundingly. Stephan Bisaha of …
President Biden announced this week that all U.S. troops if Afghanistan will be withdrawn by Sept. 11, marking the end of America’s 20-year war there. Former U.S. Army Col. Christopher Kolenda tells …
There have been nightly protests in Brooklyn Center, Minn., following Sunday’s killing of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, who was shot by former police officer Kim Potter.Police officials have said …
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration announced a recommended pause in use of Johnson & Johnson’s single-use COVID-19 vaccine, while the agencies …
President Biden wants to make a massive investment in infrastructure, and not just in roads and bridges. His administration is proposing big investments in “care infrastructure” — investments …
“To Asian women, not for—there’s no speaking for us, splendidly vast and manifold as our people are.” So writes Korean-American novelist R.O. Kwon in an essay in Vanity Fair. The essay explores the …
This week Arkansas became the first state to outlaw gender-affirming health care for transgender youth, as the state legislature overrode a veto by Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson. Hutchinson tells …
