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The January 6, 2021 siege on the US Capitol left five people dead and a country reeling in its wake. To talk more about some of the Illinoisans who have been arrested in relation to the Capitol seige, The 21st spoke to a federal courts reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times.
A February 9 Facebook Live discussion followed an Illinois Newsroom series by Education reporter Lee Gaines about calls to defund the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign police department, arrest rates of Black people by the department and views of officers about the abolition movement.
Bar owners hoped closures due to COVID-19 would quickly come to end and customers would return. But as dining mitigations continue, breweries are shifting how to reach their customers. The 21st spoke to three Illinois brewery owners.
Many scientists worry that the Earth is on a collision course with climate change which will have irreversible, and deadly consequences.The author of How to Prepare for Climate Change: A Practical Guide to Surviving the Chaos, joined us to talk about adapting.
The 21st discusses some of the challenges the pandemic has presented for Illinoisans who are deaf, and some of the ways we can make life more accessible through technology.
