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It’s been one year since a Sangamon County sheriff's deputy shot and killed Sonya Massey in her home just outside Springfield. The killing sparked protests locally and became national news anmd many called for better police accountability. So what’s changed since then, what hasn’t, and where do we go from here?
Over an extended Independence Day weekend, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law. The legislation has many components — making his 2017 tax cuts permanent while also aiming to cut federal spending on Medicaid and SNAP benefits.
Like every Democrat, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi voted against the "Big Beautiful Bill" Act and he joins the program to explain why.
The PBS documentary, “The American Buffalo" produced by Ken Burns traces the animal’s evolution, its significance to the Indigenous people, its near extinction, and the efforts to bring the magnificent mammals back from the brink. Indegenous writer and University of Illinois history professor Rosalyn LaPier was featured prominently in the film.
Climate change not only impacts our environment, but it also influences our brains, according to the author of "The Weight of Nature".
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