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In today’s deep dive, the Cline Center has been curating data on coups and attempted coups since 2013. Illinois Newsroom’s Brian Moline spoke with The Cline Center’s Executive Director, Scott Althaus, about why they classify the violence at the US Capitol as such.
In today’s deep dive, Illinois’ first year of legal marijuana sales was largely successful after overcoming a few initial hurdles.
In today’s deep dive, student abolitionists at the University of Illinois’ campus in Urbana want campus police gone. But, campus police and university administrators say they’re a necessary part of college life.
In today's deep dive, some activists want to eliminate sworn officers on college campuses. But what do campus police think? We’ll hear the second in a three-part series from Illinois Newsroom’s Lee Gaines.
In today's deep dive, students at college campuses across the country have called on universities to defund and abolish their campus police departments – including at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
In today's deep dive, we’ll hear about the barriers many farmworkers face to accessing COVID-19 testing, and the implications for vaccine rollout.
In today’s deep dive, a University of Illinois professor helped the U.S. Department of Agriculture transition from the Trump to the new Biden-Harris administration.
In today’s deep dive, a group of senators is pushing the incoming Biden-Harris administration to restore a program that promotes the use of biofuels.
In today’s deep dive, we speak with the University of Illinois student who created an app that provides digital resources to help people manage their own mental health.
In today’s deep dive, llinois is now a year into cannabis arrest expungements. Some counties have wiped away those records, while others are still working through the process.
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