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The global Latinx community is evolving and growing fast. Alt.Latino is here to celebrate it and all of its nuances through music. Each episode, NPR Music's Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre sit down with a different living legend or rising star to discuss Latinx culture, heritage, and the shared borders of our experiences. Let the chisme begin!
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The global Latinx community is evolving and growing fast. Alt.Latino is here to celebrate it and all of its nuances through music. Each episode, NPR Music's Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre sit down with a different living legend or rising star to discuss Latinx culture, heritage, and the shared borders of our experiences. Let the chisme begin!

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Watch as GOP assemblymen refuse to show vaccination records to state police

Some GOP members call the restrictions “tyranny.” Others comply. In the end all get down to business.

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Tipped workers and the fight for a livable wage

Tipped workers make a subminimum wage and during the pandemic tips have declined while harassment has increased. This hour, improving work and wages for tipped workers.

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File photo: China's Peng Shuai serves to Japan's Nao Hibino during their first round singles match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 21, 2020. The stand the women's professional tennis tour is taking in China over concern about Grand Slam doubles champion Peng Shuai's well-being could cost the WTA millions of dollars and end up being unique among sports bodies. The International Olympic Committee is preparing to host the Winter Games in Beijing in two months and has held calls with Peng to show she is doing well — but never raised the matter of the sexual assault allegations she made against a former Chinese government official
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WTA’s China stance over Peng Shuai could be unique, cost millions

No other governing body seems too eager to follow suit with the sorts of actions that would come with a real financial hit.

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives to update reporters on the must-pass priority of funding the government, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021.
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House approves a short-term funding bill to avoid a government shutdown

The measure now heads to the Senate, where prospects for quick passage are in doubt ahead of a Friday deadline.

4 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks during his 2021 budget address
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N.J. Gov. Murphy urges lawmakers to pass stricter gun control reform by Jan. 10

Though New Jersey has some of the strongest gun laws in the nation, Murphy said the state has more work to do in response to rising gun violence in cities.

4 years ago

Abortion rights advocates and anti-abortion protesters demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court
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The Supreme Court weighs the right to abortion

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Mississippi 15-week abortion ban case on Wednesday. We discuss the arguments, the questions and what's at stake.

Air Date: December 2, 2021 10:00 am

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President Biden speaks to members of the media before boarding Air Force One
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Biden’s new winter COVID plan will reimburse you for at-home tests

The White House wants more people to get vaccines, booster shots and COVID tests — especially with the new omicron variant here. A new plan will provide some new incentives.

4 years ago

Voting rights activist Stacey Abrams speaks during a get-out-the-vote rally for Democratic gubernatorial candidate, former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe at Ting Pavilion on October 24, 2021 in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Virginia gubernatorial election, pitting McAuliffe against Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin, is November 2.
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Stacey Abrams announces candidacy in Georgia governor’s race

Abrams narrowly lost in Georgia's 2018 governor's race. Her entrance into the contest sets up a potential rematch against Gov. Brian Kemp.

4 years ago

File photo: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, left, appears during a news conference about COVID-19 at the State Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Dec. 3, 2020, and his brother CNN anchor Chris Cuomo attends the 12th annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute at the American Museum of Natural History in New York on Dec. 9, 2018. CNN said Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, it was suspending Chris Cuomo indefinitely after details emerged about how he helped his brother, as he faced charges of sexual harassment
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CNN suspends Chris Cuomo for helping brother in scandal

The network said transcripts released by New York's attorney general revealed its anchor had a greater involvement in his brother's case than they knew.

4 years ago

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Berks County reports 35 late bilingual ballots, most due to late post office delivery

Voter advocates say more has to be done to ensure Spanish-speaking voters are protected.

4 years ago

Victor Martinez sits at a table with a microphone
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Pennsylvania Latinos work to turn huge population gains into political muscle, but still face barriers

Advocates are turning to the redistricting process to secure political power, but legal and systemic roadblocks pose a significant challenge.

4 years ago

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Pennsylvania

Dr. Oz, now a Pennsylvania Senate candidate, wants to ‘reignite our divine spark’

Oz, who lived in New Jersey until very recently, registered to vote as a Republican in Pennsylvania in early 2020 using his wife’s parents’ address.

4 years ago

Philadelphia City Commissioner Al Schmidt wears a mask while sitting at a table
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In 2020, Schmidt attracted vitriol from his own party when he defended Philly’s election process against baseless fraud allegations.

4 years ago

Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., speaks during a news conference outside the Capitol in August. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
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Reps. Boebert and Omar spoke after Boebert’s Islamophobic comments. It didn’t go well

The phone call was meant to defuse tensions after the Republican made Islamophobic comments about the Democrat.

4 years ago

Philadelphia district 7 Councilmember Maria Quiñones Sánchez called for reforms at a press conference and petition signing in reaction to Philadelphia Councilmember Bobby Henon and Local 98 manager John Dougherty were convicted on corruption charges, at the City Hall Courtyard on November 29, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Philadelphia

Philly Council to consider limiting outside employment after Bobby Henon’s bribery conviction

Philadelphia City Councilmember Maria Quiñones-Sánchez plans to introduce legislation that would limit outside employment options for city lawmakers.

4 years ago

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