Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch on abortion, the SAFE-T act, labor rights, and more.
IL House Speaker Chris Welch discussed cash bail's ending, the recently passed Workers' Rights Amendment, the state budget, and more.
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Best of: Are you ready for Universal Basic Income?
Illinois has several ongoing experiments with universal basic income, programs that give people money with no strings attached.
The pseudoscience spreading to police precincts around Illinois
The 21st was joined by a ProPublica reporter who dug into 911 phone call analysis and its use in the Decatur police case of a woman accused of killing her child.
Best of: Touring the Black on Black on Black on Black art exhibition
We talked with the artists who created works for the “Black on Black on Black on Black" at the Krannert Art Museum.
Best of: Anti-LGBTQ rhetoric is on the rise
For a conversation covering the history of rights for those marginalized within the U.S., the harassment of LGBTQ+ communities, and more, we were joined by representatives of organizations that fight for social justice and the founder of an Illinois LGBTQ newspaper.
