Best of: TikToker Dilla Thomas on Chicago history
The 21st was joined by a south side native better known as "Chicago’s Neighborhood historian" who wanted to share all of Chicago’s riches and history with his 81,000 followers on TikTok.
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Best of: What’s behind a recent wave of censorship in schools?
Around the country, books about race, gender, and sexuality are facing challenges, so to what’s behind it, and how it impacts which lived experiences get shared in classrooms, we were joined by the editor of an independent editorial book site, as well as professors of library science and comparative literature.
The state of gender-affirming care
With states like Texas calling gender-affirming care for children "child abuse," we looked into effects on states like Illinois.
Guaranteeing the “Right to Repair”
People want laws that would guarantee our “right to repair” products we buy: from iPhones to John Deere tractors.
Niall Nance-Carroll on the history of Winnie-the-Pooh
An English instructor from Eastern Illinois University is a Winnie-the-Pooh scholar, and he will be delivering a lecture on the character at Illinois State University.