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George Robert Carruthers was an aerospace engineer and astrophysicist. To take a look back at his legacy, The 21st was joined by a Senior Curator in the History of Astronomy and the Space Sciences at the National Air and Space Museum and a professor of physics at Howard University.
The city council in Evanston will vote on a $10 million plan to use marijuana tax money to make amends for past racist housing practices. We brought on experts to talk about the Evanston plan and the overall debate about reparations in the United States.
Not yet graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, singer Sophia Byrd has already been nominated for two Grammy Awards, as part of an ensemble for her work in “Place,” a 2018 work by composer Ted Hearne and poet Saul Williams. Byrd also sang a selection from an upcoming album and talked about performing in a pandemic.
Two college best friends from Illinois are using TikTok to collect bras and period products to fight period poverty. The 21st spoke to both of them to hear more about about their efforts to combat period poverty.
According to the US Census, the Hispanic/Latino community is 17.5 percent of the Illinois' population. State Sen. Cristina Castro (D) is one of the co-chairs of the Latino Caucus and joined us.
