Welcome to The 21st at the Capitol, where we take our weekday show from radio to television to talk about what Illinois lawmakers are doing and how it might affect you. This week, host Brian Mackey is interviewing two proponents of criminal justice reform. Join us at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 5.

Every year, thousands of victims of sexual assault treatment and care in emergency rooms in Illinois. As part of that process, police are called in to investigate and in some cases, sexual assault survivors can end up arrested themselves for completely unrelated reasons.

We trust doctors to keep us healthy. But what happens when a doctor betrays that trust? In recent years, dozens of people who were born decades ago with the help of fertility treatment are coping with the revelation that they weren’t conceived the way they were told. 

On The 21st: How America's Courts Undermine Discrimination Law, and the second season of the Suspect Convictions podcast focuses on a Bloomington murder. Plus, avoiding charity scams and celebrating the first Chicago Public School team to win a girls’ state tennis title.

On the 21st: We spoke with world-renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson about his new book. Plus, we discussed the latest in Illinois politics and learned what to do if you spot a baby bunny outside.