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Recently, the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus announced a plan aimed at helping dismantle systemic racism. The 21st speaks asked State Sen. Sims why it's important to his caucus. 

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The new HBO series Lovecraft Country sets Black protagonists in 1950’s and 60’s America, as they confront monsters, both the imaginary kind, but also the very real racist kind. We talk about the plot, Illinois places where the film was shot and initial response to the series.

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You're probably familiar with protests over the Dakota Access Pipeline in the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. But there's a legal challenge in Illinois. Our state is challenging a proposal that would double the amount of oil flowing through the pipeline, which ends in south-central Illinois.

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The effects of the global pandemic go beyond health: thousands upon thousands of Illinois are still out of work, and entire sectors have been unable to recover, like the entertainment, travel and convention industries.

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President Trump continues to cast doubt on voting by mail this election season. But it’s something both Democrats AND Republicans have embraced in Illinois. The 21st speaks to two top election officials from the state, and county levels to answer listeners questions about the process and how ballots are counted. 

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Election season is here, and with COVID-19, more people than ever are expected to vote by mail. The 21st is joined by a state representative and the chairman of Vote Yes for Fairness to discuss the importance of being able to vote by mail.

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Socrates, Rousseau, Thoreau and Nietzsche. You may have been one of those people who purposely avoided Philosophy 101 in high school or college, but in these extraordinary and challenging times we are facing, perhaps there is no better time to revisit history’s great thinkers than right now. The 21st was joined by a bestselling author to speak more about the difference between knowledge and wisdom, getting ideas on trains and how chapters of his book relate to the social unrest in the world.

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Nearly one-third of Illinois counties are at “warning level” for the spread of COVID-19. The 21st checked in with local health department officials from across the state on what they’re seeing, why cases are spiking in some areas and not others and what they’re doing to help stem a global pandemic.

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Nature should be for everyone to enjoy and explore, but it has historically not been — and is still not — inclusive to all. The 21st was joined by the organizer of Black in National Parks Week and Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition Administrator for the Illinois Environmental Council to hear more about Black people and people of color are underrepresented in the outdoor industry. 

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A man who was just 16 years old when he committed a murder got sent to prison for 50 years. Following a series of rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court, he recently saw his sentence cut in half. The 21st spoke to a reporter from Injustice Watch to talk about the new sentence.