One week until the 2022 Primary
With one week to go until the June 28, 2022 primary election, we're talking with politics reporters abuut the status of campaigning and early voting.
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The contrasting history of Robert and John Gregg Allerton
Robert Allerton and John Gregg were gay men and partners but they could not be accepted that way in mid-century America. So they told people they were father and son. Their relationship is the subject of the book, An Open Secret: The Family Story of Robert and John Gregg Allerton.
Why are Boeing and Caterpillar leaving Illinois?
We talked about why Caterpillar and Boeing are moving their headquarters out of Illinois.
Best Of: “Last Call at the Hotel Imperial”: American foreign correspondents who defined the profession
The author of "Last Call at the Hotel Imperial" joined us to talk about the achievements, missteps, and legacies of the American journalists who birthed the modern foreign correspondent.
Juneteenth and America’s First Black Town: Brooklyn, Illinois
In his book America’s First Black Town: Brooklyn, Illinois, 1830-1915, University of Illinois professor Dr. Sundiata Cha-Jua chronicles the Illinois town founded by people fleeing slavery in Missouri.