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Hidden Brain helps curious people understand the world and themselves. Using science and storytelling, Hidden Brain reveals the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, and the biases that shape our choices.

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Elections
Media
Pennsylvania

Pa. GOP candidates are dodging the press and ditching debates. What does that mean for democracy?

An increasing number of Republican candidates across Pennsylvania are choosing to ignore the press and constituents. What does this mean for democracy?

3 years ago

L to R: Senate candidates John Fetterman (Democrat) and Mehmet Oz (Republican); Gubernatorial candidates Josh Shapiro (Democrat) and Doug Mastriano (Republican) AP PHOTO
Elections
Pennsylvania
Billy Penn

¿Cómo están alcanzando las campañas políticas más grandes de Pensilvania a los votantes latinos?

Los organizadores locales advierten a los políticos que no traten a los latinos como un monolito.

3 years ago

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Gun Violence
New Jersey
Public Safety

Full N.J. Assembly vote on concealed carry bill could come as early as this week, committee chair says

Under the proposal, retired officers are exempt from most gun-free zones except ultra-sensitive locations, like municipal buildings.

3 years ago

Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano speaks during a campaign stop in Erie, Pa., Thursday, September 29, 2022. (David Dermer/Associated Press)
Delaware
Elections
Immigration
Pennsylvania

Doug Mastriano wants to use Pa. state police to bus migrants to Delaware. Here’s why that breaks both federal and state law

If elected governor this November, Republican state senator Doug Mastriano said he’d transport undocumented immigrants in the commonwealth across state lines.

3 years ago

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (left) and Dr. Mehmet Oz. (AP Photos/Gene J. Puskar/Ryan Collerd)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Pa. election 2022: Fact-checking the Oz-Fetterman debate

Here are the facts from Pennsylvania’s first and only U.S. Senate debate, as it happened.

3 years ago

Pennsylvania House of Representatives at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa.
Elections
Pennsylvania
Politics

Race to watch: Brian Munroe wants to unseat Pa. state Rep. Todd Polinchock

Democrat Brian Munroe and Republican state Rep. Todd Polinchock face off over reproductive rights and fracking.

3 years ago

From top left clockwise: Doug Mastriano, Josh Shapiro, Mehmet Oz, John Fetterman (AP Photos)
Elections
Government
Pennsylvania

How are Pa.’s biggest political campaigns reaching Latino voters?

This is the time when campaigns start to engage Latino voters — usually in a last ditch effort to curry the favor of a group that often feels left out of the electoral process

3 years ago

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Elections
Media
National
Politics
Billy Penn

Hot Girls Vote is using a TikTok meme to get Gen Z registered for the November election

The campaign, which targets young voters of all genders, is named after a viral TikTok trend.

3 years ago

Temple students scan the QR code for Jared Goldberg's petition to cancel classes on Election Day to help get out the vote. Nearly 5,000 people signed, and the university will form a working group to explore the idea. (Temple Update)
Elections
Government
Higher Education
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Temple won’t cancel classes on Election Day this year, but is considering it for the future

The university will form a working group to explore the idea for next year and beyond, an administrator told supporters of a student petition.

3 years ago

A man gestures as people attend a protest against the Iranian regime, in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022, following the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the Islamic republic's notorious ''morality police.'' (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
International
Protests

Iran protests trigger solidarity rallies in Europe, U.S.

Tens of thousands rallied in Berlin and hundreds in Washington in solidarity with protesters facing a violent government crackdown in Iran.

3 years ago

China's President Xi Jinping (right) applauds beside Premier Li Keqiang (center) and Politburo Standing Committee member Wang Yang during the closing ceremony of the 20th Chinese Communist Party's Congress in Beijing on Saturday. (Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Government
International
Politics

China’s Communist Party moves to solidify Xi Jinping’s power in leadership shuffle

Two notable members were removed from the upper leadership ranks.

3 years ago

President Biden speaks about student debt relief at Delaware State University in Dover on Friday. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
NPR
Government
Higher Education
National
Personal Finance

Biden’s student debt relief plan is temporarily blocked. Here’s what you need to know

The Biden administration says it is continuing to accept and review applications during the temporary hold.

3 years ago

Italian President Sergio Mattarella is flanked by newly appointed Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni during the swearing in ceremony at Quirinal presidential palace in Rome, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022, as Italy's first far-right-led government since the end of World War II takes office. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Elections
Government
International

Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni sworn in as Italian premier

Giorgia Meloni has been sworn into office as Italy's premier, the first woman to hold that office.

3 years ago

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the NATO summit in Hertford, England, on Dec. 4, 2019. On Friday, he announced a national freeze on the sale, purchase, and transfer of handguns. (Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)
NPR
Government
Gun Violence
International

Trudeau orders an immediate freeze on the sale of handguns in Canada

It's also now forbidden to bring newly acquired handguns into the country. "We have seen too many examples of horrific tragedies involving firearms," the Canadian prime minist

3 years ago

File photo: Former President Donald Trump pauses while speaking at a rally at the Minden Tahoe Airport in Minden, Nev., on Oct. 8, 2022.  (AP Photo/José Luis Villegas, Pool, File)
Government
Government Accountability
National

Jan. 6 panel issues subpoena to Trump, demanding he testify

It remains unclear how Trump and his legal team will respond to the subpoena, if at all.

3 years ago

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