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Rabbi Greg Kanter
Maureen McKinney
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NPR Illinois
"Nothing dangerous has, thank God, happened here, but we hear about it on an almost daily basis, happening around the world,” Rabbi Greg Kanter of Temple B’rith Sholom in Springfield.
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Blagojevich was convicted on corruption charges for trying to sell a Senate seat once held by President Obama. Trump commuted his sentence in 2020.
Adrian Dennis
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Cesar Luis de Luca
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Nancy Cole
Nancy Cole is an actor who has performed on several stages in Central Illinois, but she’s also made appearances in commercials, independent films and in the backgrounds of several TV series. She spoke to Community Voices about the behind-the-scenes of background acting and her experience on the set of the HBO Max series “Somebody Somewhere.”
Louai Beshara
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Palestinians fled the 1948 Mideast War and took refuge in neighboring Syria. After 77 years, they're still waiting to go back. They are telling Palestinians in Gaza to stay put.
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Stephen Paley
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Hulu
In SLY LIVES!, Questlove documents the genius of a funk trailblazer — and the pressure Sly felt as a Black artist. "Sly will be ... the first domino in a long list of people that will self-sabotage."
Kevin Winter
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