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Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports  – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.
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Sports in America

Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.

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Politics & Policy

Mehmet Oz, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, speaks at House of Glory Philly CDC in Philadelphia, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Oz releases health records to spotlight Fetterman’s stroke

The release of the health records comes as Oz is trying to close a gap in the polls and is increasingly making Fetterman's fitness to serve a central theme in his campaign.

4 years ago

FILE - Migrants wait to be processed by the Border Patrol after illegally crossing the Rio Grande River from Mexico into the United States at Eagle Pass, Texas, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. Venezuelans have surpassed Guatemalans and Hondurans to become the second-largest nationality stopped at the U.S. border in August 2022 after Mexicans. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
Radio Times
Immigration

The politics of immigration reform

Record numbers of migrants are arriving at the southern border. Republican lawmakers are relocating some to Democratic states. Today - the politics of immigration.

Air Date: September 23, 2022 10:00 am

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A classrooms inside the new Camden High School
Government
K-12
New Jersey

New Jersey lawmakers move to create ‘community schools’

The General Assembly Education Committee approved several measures Thursday that would address student mental health and academic equity.

4 years ago

Democratic politicians and political activists kickstarted the ''Defend The Future'' campaign at Love Park in Philadelphia on Sept. 22, 2022. (Cory Sharber/WHYY)
Elections
Government
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

City leaders and political activists join to ‘Defend The Future’ in Philadelphia

The Defend the Future voting campaign kick-started its six-state tour in Philadelphia Thursday.

4 years ago

Attorney General Josh Shapiro (left) and Sen. Doug Mastriano.
Elections
Government
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Elecciones Pa. 2022: Su guía completa de los candidatos a gobernador

Cinco candidatos a gobernador estarán en la papeleta del 8 de noviembre, junto al candidato de su partido a vicegobernador.

4 years ago

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

Pa. election 2022: A basic guide to vetting candidates for U.S. Senate, governor, and more

All eyes will be on Pennsylvania this November election as a number of contentious races on the ballot will determine the state’s political future.

4 years ago

A woman in a red dress talks to another person outside of a brick building.
Elections
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Politics
Billy Penn

María Quiñones Sánchez nunca tuvo el apoyo del Partido Demócrata. Aquí le decimos como su probable reemplazo, Quetcy Lozada, ganó ese apoyo clave

Con los líderes del distrito apoyándola en el asiento del Concejo Municipal del 7º distrito, Lozada ve las elecciones especiales de noviembre como solo el comienzo.

4 years ago

A woman in a red dress talks to another person outside of a brick building.
Elections
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Politics
Billy Penn

Maria Quiñones Sánchez never had Democratic party backing. How her likely replacement, Quetcy Lozada, won that key support

With ward leaders backing her the 7th district City Council seat, Lozada sees November’s special election as just the start.

4 years ago

Offshore wind turbines are visible stretching into the distance with blue sky in the background.
Energy
Environment
Government
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

N.J. Gov. Murphy orders big jump in offshore wind

Governor boosts goal for green power, key to carbon-free target.

4 years ago

File photo: Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, arrives to watch Amy Coney Barrett take the Constitutional Oath on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Government Accountability
National

Virginia Thomas agrees to interview with Jan. 6 panel

Attorney Mark Paoletta says Thomas is “eager to answer the committee’s questions to clear up any misconceptions about her work relating to the 2020 election.”

4 years ago

Climate activists with the Earth Quaker Action Team protest Vanguard's fossil fuel investments at their headquarters in Malvern. Eight people who sought to meet with an executive were arrested after refusing to leave and charged with misdemeanor defiant trespass. (Courtesy of Earth Quaker Action Team)
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
Protests

8 climate activists arrested at Vanguard headquarters in Malvern

Activists say the company should be using its economic muscle to force companies to de-carbonize. But instead, they say it has increased its investments in fossil fuels.

4 years ago

A closeup of City Hall
Elections
Government
Philadelphia

Philadelphia City Council returns to in-person weekly meetings

Council members will be back in person for meetings, but there are still some lingering limits on how things will operate due to the pandemic.

4 years ago

NPR
Elections
Government
Government Accountability

The House just passed a bill that would make it harder to overthrow an election

The House on Wednesday passed a set of electoral reforms aimed at shoring up ambiguities and archaic language in the presidential certification process.

4 years ago

(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Elections
Government
Pennsylvania

Mail ballot fight persists in Pa. and other key states, sure to slow count

Former President Donald Trump and his allies seized on the drawn-out vote processing and counting in Pennsylvania during the 2020 election.

4 years ago

New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton.
Government
New Jersey
Transportation

New Jersey lawmakers move to create mobile service for seniors

Offering services like help completing applications, providing food and transportation to those in need, and assisting with technology.

4 years ago

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