217 Today: A dialogue on maternal healthcare in the Black community

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Friday, July 26, 2024

Today’s headlines:

  • A Champaign group is teaching families how to cope with their loved ones’ sentences and what to do when they come home after being incarcerated. 
  • Following seven months of negotiations, food and building workers at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign have voted to allow a strike.
  • Illinois’ new quantum research campus will be built on the southeast side of Chicago on the site of a former steel mill.
  • Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton says Governor J.B. Pritzker should be in the running for Vice President.

In today’s deep dive, we’ll listen to a conversation with a doctor from the Carle College of Medicine about maternal healthcare in the Black community. 

217 Today is produced by Stephanie Mosqueda. Reporting today contributed by Anulika Ochuba, Emily Hays, Alex Degman, Tessa Weinberg and Kennedy Vincent.

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Stephanie Mosqueda

Stephanie Mosqueda is a senior majoring in journalism at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with minors in Spanish and public relations. She is the 217 Today producer and a reporter for the Illinois Student Newsroom.