Survivor Talks About Highland Park Parade Shooting
Police say a gunman who attacked an Independence Day parade in Highland Park fired more than 70 rounds with an AR-15-style gun that killed at least six people.
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Best Of: Thomas Geoghegan on democracy, economic inequality, and more.
Our guest for the second half of the show has represented workers going up against their employers, argued before the US Supreme Court, and is the author of half a dozen or so books on American politics, law, and labor — including his latest, The History of Democracy Has Yet to be Written: How we Have to Learn to Govern All Over Again. It’s about his long-shot campaign for Congress in the Obama era, and his ideas for fixing what’s wrong with American democracy.
Youth Organizers Guide the Conversation on Reproductive Justice
With young people entering a time in which they have fewer reproductive health choices than their parents — and maybe even their grandparents — many want to fight back. The 21st spoke to two youth organizers doing that work.
Primary Recap: Trumpian Republicans win
JB Pritzker (D) will face Darren Bailey (R) in the gubernatorial race. Rep. Mary Miller defeated Rep. Rodney Davis, showing Illinois Republicans shift to the Trump wing of the party.
Best Of: Jill Ellis on soccer, Illinois and winning
Two-time World Cup Championship coach Jill Ellis returns to the University of Illinois in May 2022 as commencement speaker.