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Thousands of farmworkers are headed to Illinois to begin processing the food that arrives on your table. We talked about the challenges of getting them vaccinated against COVID-19 in a timely manner this year.
The 21st was joined by University of Illinois basketball great Deon Thomas to talk about growing up in Illinois, playing professional basketball in Israel and converting to Judaism.
Amid an increase in violence targeting Americans of Asian descent, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday issued a “call to action.” The 21st spoke to state Rep. Theresa Mah, the first Asian-American elected to the Illinois General Assembly, to hear more.
Illinois educators Lissette Jacobson and Maurice McDavid come from different backgrounds but are both dedicated to unifying the Black and Latino communities through the conversations on their podcast, Black, Brown, Bilingue.
To discuss the different legislative proposals moving around in the Illinois General Assembly and the likliehood of them materializing to laws, The 21st was joined by two Statehouse journalists who have been following the issues closely.
