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Winter during a pandemic is especially dark and cold. The Scandinavians have something to combat this, called Hygge. The 21st spoke with someone from the Danish Happiness Research Institute about the Danish concept of comfort and coziness.
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Winter in the midwest can be cold, dark and a little depressing — especially during a global pandemic. The 21st spoke to a UK-based author who has written a book on how to embrace “Wintering.”
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Congresswoman Cheri Bustos is a Democrat and represents a large portion of northwest Illinois. She was just recently in for a new term and The 21st was able to speak to her about
The 217 Today Podcast
In today’s deep dive, during several years of tit-for-tat tariffs, farmers had a response to the government’s bailout money: Trade Not Aid. Harvest Public Media explores what could be the next catch phrase from agriculture.
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Malcolm X is the subject of a new biography called The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X. The 21st discusses the biography with co-author Tamara Payne about helping write the book and what young activists can learn from Malcolm X.
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As COVID-19 cases continue to surge, The 21st checked in with two Illinois reporters to hear the latest news on vaccine rollout, a crisis in Illinois prisons and the state of in-person school and dining in some parts of the state.
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In today’s deep dive, one of the few downstate Democrats in the Illinois Senate has resigned to take a position in Governor JB Pritzker’s administration.
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We’ll speak with Chicago based visual artist and writer Riva Lehrer, whose recent New York Times Op-Ed “The Virus Has Stolen Your Face From Me” explores how the pandemic has presented challenges to her as both a disabled person, and as an artist whose work focuses on portraits and representations of faces and bodies stigmatized by society.
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With the new, more contagious strain of COVID-19 now in the U.S., mask wearing is as important as ever — but masks also pose challenges to communicating for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
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Illinois state lawmakers are set to return to Springfield this week for the first time since last May. The agenda includes dealing with significant budget shortfalls and the Black Caucus wants its agenda on equity addressed.
