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To talk about the area's history, connection to the civil rights movement and legacy, The 21st was joined by the assistant superintendent of the park and a regional director of the National Parks Conservation Association.
In her book, former newspaper editor Margaret Sullivan says the rise of Donald Trump’s brand of politics ought to change the way reporters do their jobs.
The 21st was joined by the author of a book exploring the myth of the model minority and the students who take extreme measures to cope, as well as a clinical social worker and a student who shared her own experiences with the pressure often placed on Asian American students.
Today we recognized Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day and celebrated the first Black military aviators in the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Tens of thousands of Americans who gave their lives in wars around the world have not yet received a proper burial. A team helping locate those missing in action came to Illinois to talk about their work and how technology is changing their searches. Two of them joined us.
