A number of U.S. ‘sanctuary cities’ like Chicago and New York vow to protect undocumented immigrants in the wake of Donald Trump’s election as president. An online petition is seeking the same for the University of Illinois’ Urbana campus. It had just under 2-thousand signatures from students, faculty and others by late Wednesday afternoon.
On the 21st: We talked to baseball historian and African-American history professor Adrian Burgos, Jr., about the dwindling number of black players in baseball. Plus, we heard from author Luvvie Ajayi about her new book, "I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual."
The Donald's stance on immigration has kept him atop the polls, but it presents dangers for Republicans in a state with a growing Latino electorate
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