‘Morning Shift’ talks to Block Club’s three founding members: Shamus Toomey, Jen Sabella, and Stephanie Lulay. We’ll also open the phones to give listeners a chance to share what neighborhood stories they think are undercovered.
These days, you hear a lot about food deserts — even on the Morning Shift, we’ve talked about the impact of food deserts in communities, particularly on Chicago’s South and West sides.A food desert is a neighborhood where residents would have to walk more than a mile to the nearest grocery store. And this distance can cause many residents in these neighborhoods to rely on corner stores, where the food supply is both limited and may lack nutritional value.But a new study by economists at New York University, Stanford, and University of Chicago’s Booth School suggests that even if there were access to healthier food options, like a nearby supermarket, that doesn’t necessarily mean residents would buy the healthier options.GUEST:Professor Jean-Pierre Dube, one of the researchers of the study, to hear more on the findings.
Last October, the FBI arrested more than 120 people—at least two in Illinois—in a nationwide human trafficking sting, rescuing dozens of victims. Just a few months earlier, authorities in Chicago broke up an international sex trafficking ring operating in businesses in 11 states.
For the first time in 150 years, three different lunar phenomena will occur in one day: a blue moon, a supermoon and a lunar eclipse. And unlike the solar eclipse, these lunar events are totally safe to watch with the naked eye.
Chicago Police Department has emphasized the importance of building trust and relationships within the community but is that a strategy that the FBI implements as well? ‘Morning Shift’ takes a look at how the agency works with CPD to fight crime here in the city.