In today's deep dive, we'll learn how some restaurants are serving up Copi – known formerly as "Asian Carp" – as part of Illinois officials' efforts to make the invasive fish more appealing to eat.
Our guest for the second half of the show has represented workers going up against their employers, argued before the US Supreme Court, and is the author of half a dozen or so books on American politics, law, and labor — including his latest, The History of Democracy Has Yet to be Written: How we Have to Learn to Govern All Over Again. It’s about his long-shot campaign for Congress in the Obama era, and his ideas for fixing what’s wrong with American democracy.
With young people entering a time in which they have fewer reproductive health choices than their parents — and maybe even their grandparents — many want to fight back. The 21st spoke to two youth organizers doing that work.
In today's deep dive, we'll learn how the U.S. is caught in a critical shortage of a drug that doctors need for some of their most vulnerable patients, known as "contact media."
JB Pritzker (D) will face Darren Bailey (R) in the gubernatorial race. Rep. Mary Miller defeated Rep. Rodney Davis, showing Illinois Republicans shift to the Trump wing of the party.
In today's deep dive, we'll learn how Mary Miller has defeated Rodney Davis during a battle of incumbents in the 15th Congressional District Republican Primary.
Conflict over clear-cutting timber in the Shawnee National Forecast in the 1990s is the subject of a documentary being shown at festivals around the country. We were joined by environmental educators and one of the documentary's makers.