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Reporter Roundtable: Protests Around Illinois
Demonstrations protesting police brutality continue this week as The 21st speaks to the reporters who are covering it on the ground.
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The 21st—Monday, June 8, 2020
On today's 21st, reporters from around the state give an update on protests in smaller, largely white communities and we talk with Professor Joseph Flynn about his book White Fatigue.
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How Racism Hurts Black Mental Health & How You Can Help
From declaring racism a public health crisis to how can white people support black people who might be feeling battle fatigue, or simply overwhelmed in the wake of the kiling of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breona Taylor and others... The 21st sought answers from Helen Neville, professor of Educational Psychology and African-Americans Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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The 21st—Thursday, June 4, 2020
On today's 21st, we talk with educational psychologist Helen Neville about racism and revisit a conversation about scams during COVID-19.
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Rethinking Policing With Illinois Law Enforcement Experts
Last week’s killing of George Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis made clear that policing needs to change. Just a few years earlier in 2015, the city had participated in a multi-million dollar, multi-year partnership between academics and law enforcement. It provided anti-bias training, better data collection and surveying of both police and community members.
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Interview: Illinois NAACP President Teresa Haley
The 21st speaks with Teresa Haley, president of the Illinois State Conference and the Springfield Branch of the NAACP, about the killing of George Floyd, the protests that followed, and her priorities for police accountability.
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The 21st—Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Today on The 21st: as protests continue over the police killing of George Floyd, a conversation about policing, protesting, and what comes next with Teresa Haley, the head of the Illinois NAACP. And we talk to the head of a police academy and a criminal justice expert about how and why law enforcement needs to change.
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Record Breaking Spring Rainfall Could Be Our New Normal
This May marked the third time in three years we’ve seen record rainfall in parts of Illinois. We check in with a farmer in Menard county and Illinois State Climatologist Trent Ford about what they’ve been seeing.
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Reopening Dental Offices
Dental offices are reopening as coronavirus restrictions ease. But is it safe to go back? We’ll talk to a health reporter and the head of an association of dental hygienists.
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America Has A History Of Inequality When It Comes To Protests
Northwestern University professor Alvin Tillery talks about protests dismantling power structures, how political leaders are framing the protests this week, and how he has been handling his emotions regarding another police murder of a black man.