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September 11, 2021 marks 20 years since the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington D.C., and Pennsylvania. Today on The 21st, we talked about 9/11 with an Illinois native who lost his fiance during the attacks.
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In today's deep dive, the Illinois House returns to Springfield Thursday to take up massive energy legislation. We get a preview of those discussions.
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Illinois is expected to receive about 500 refugees from Afghanistan after the U.S. withdrawl from the country last month. The 21st was joined by an Afghan with experience relocating as a refugee, as well as representatives from refugee aid organizations in central Illinois.
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In late August 2021, the last U-S Air Force C-17 took off from the airport in Kabul, ending this phase of America’s decades-long involvement with Afghanistan. We were joined by U.S. Senator Dick Durbin to talk about the United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan, as well as the new anti-abortion law in Texas, the COVID-19 surge around the country, and more.
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In today's deep dive, as the school year gets underway, pediatricians are worried about what a lag in childhood vaccinations could bring.
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Sidewalks, bike lanes and side paths have long been left off of Illinois’ transportation budget, but a new law is all about to change that.
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Illinois is seeing another surge in cases of COVID-19. It’s forced some schools to go back to remote learning, and hospitals are running out of space in critical care wards. We talked to reporters from around the state about how school districts across Illinois are responding.
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In today's deep dive, we'll meet the Undocumented Student Resource Liaison at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus.
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In today's deep dive, changing the kind of rock farmers use to treat their soil could be good for the environment and the harvest.
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People of a certain age got used to thinking of the US Supreme Court as a protector of civil rights — from desegregation in Brown v. Board, to the case that gave police Miranda warnings their name. But a new book argues most of the court’s record on race is more “distressing” and “disgraceful.” The 21st was joined by the book's co-authors to talk about the court's history with race.
