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The 21st speaks to a Chicago-based historian and author of several best-selling books including Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan, and now Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976-1980 to talk about this week’s Republican National Convention and his latest book.
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More young voters tend to identify themselves as ‘liberal’ but there are many younger members of the Grand Old Party too. When it comes to the 2020 Election both parties are making their cases to young voters. As we cover the Republican National Covention, The 21st speaks to two young Republicans to gain more context.
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Follow live updates and analysis of Day 4 of the Republican National Convention. Coverage of the Republican speakers beginning at 8 p.m. CST. They will include President Donald Trump, businesswoman Ivanka Trump, an adviser to and daughter of the president, and Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City and one of the president's lawyers.
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The 21st was joined by a chief political reporter from the Chicago Tribune to recap day one of the Republican National Convention. We also step back to look at the state of the Illinois Republican Party in 2020.
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The 21st is joined by Mark Curran, former Lake County Sheriff about running for Senate Incumbent Dick Durbin (D). Curran won a five-way primary this spring, winning the right to take on Durbin, who is in his 24th year in the US Senate.
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Jim Thompson was the longest serving Governor in Illinois. The 21st is joined by two people who worked with Thompson to talk more about who he was and his political career.
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Republicans have gathered in Charlotte, North Carolina, for a limited national convention this week. The 21st previews what we may see at the convention this year.
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Join Illinois Public Media and PBS NewsHour for special coverage of the forth night of the Democratic National Convention.
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Do you have a favorite song associated with a presidential campaign? The 21st is joined by a senior editor at Inside Hook to dig into the long history of song picks on the campaign trail.
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Ambassador and former US Senator Carol Moseley Braun talked with The 21st about her support of Joe Biden for president as well as their history together during her time in the Senate. She also talked about her fight against renewing a design patent for the United Daughters of the Confederacy because it contained the Confederate flag.
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