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Presidential Campaign Songs

Do you have a favorite song associated with a presidential campaign? The 21st is joined by a senior editor at Inside Hook to dig into the long history of song picks on the campaign trail. 

Carol Moseley Braun
PBS

Interview: Ambassador And former US Senator Carol Moseley Braun

Ambassador and former US Senator Carol Moseley Braun talked with The 21st about her support of Joe Biden for president as well as their history together during her time in the Senate. She also talked about her fight against renewing a design patent for the United Daughters of the Confederacy because it contained the Confederate flag.

Interview: Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL)

US Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined The 21st to talk about the Democratic National Convention, attacks by President Donald Trump and controversy surrounding Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

DNC in 2008.
Richard Anderson

Democrats in Illinois Trump Country

Illinois is a reliably blue state. But when you look at a map, there’s a lot of red at the county by county level. The 21st is joined by a panel of guests to talk more about their reactions to the Democratic National Convention and what it is like to be a Democrat in Trump country. 

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