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Shamar Betts witnessed horrific violence as a child. Years later, he went to prison for inciting a riot after George Floyd’s death. Today, he’s committed to turning his life around, hoping to be a positive role model for young people.
Poet Nikky Finney's writing reckons with what it means to be a woman and Black in America and in the South, in the past and today.
NPR's Aisha Harris joined The 21st to talk about the culture that shaped her, the intersection of her identities as a Black person and a critic, and more.
To talk about his "self-help book that won't help," how he thinks about the concept of mastery and more, The 21st Show was joined by author Adam Gopnik.
Today on The 21st, we spent the whole hour with Will Leitch, a writer who was born, raised, and educated here in central Illinois before making it big in the world of sports journalism in New York City as the creator of Deadspin.
