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Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.

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Politics & Policy

African Methodist Episcopal Church Bishop Reginald Jackson announces a boycott of Coca-Cola Co. products outside the Georgia Capitol on Thursday, March 25, 2021. Jackson says Coca-Cola and other large Georgia companies haven’t done enough to oppose restrictive voting bills that Georgia lawmakers were debating as Jackson spoke (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)


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Radio Times
Business
Elections

Should corporations take political positions?

Major League Baseball, Coca-cola, and Delta condemned Georgia's new voting law. Why do corporations weigh in on political issues and can they make a difference?

Air Date: April 13, 2021

Listen 49:31
Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., a House impeachment manager in the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, departs at the close of the first day of the proceeding, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. Trump was charged by the House with incitement of insurrection for his role in agitating a violent mob of his supporters that laid siege to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, sending members of Congress into hiding as the Electoral College met to validate President Joe Biden's victory. (J. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo)
Politics

Pa. man accused of leaving impeachment manager vulgar voicemails

Authorities have charged a man accused of leaving a series of vulgar voicemails at the Pennsylvania district office of U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean.

5 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf, wearing a face mask, speaks to the press from behind a podium
Government
Pennsylvania
Politics

Lawmakers seek long-term limit on governors’ emergency power

Next month, Pennsylvania voters will decide a pair of constitutional amendments to limit disaster emergency declarations to three weeks, rather than three months.

5 years ago

In this Tuesday, March 30, 2021 file photo, a banner encouraging workers to vote in labor balloting is shown at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala.
Business
Employment
National

After Amazon: Labor tries to regroup in wake of Alabama loss

Amazon and business groups celebrated the decision, saying warehouse workers got a chance to weigh the pros and cons of union membership — and voted to reject it.

5 years ago

Some 5,800 workers at Amazon's facility in Bessemer, Ala., held a historic vote on whether to form the company's first warehouse union. Bill Barrow/AP
NPR
Business
Employment
National

It’s a no: Amazon warehouse workers vote against unionizing in historic election

Amazon avoided the prospect of a first unionized warehouse in America, where it's the 2nd-largest private employer. The Alabama vote prompted new national interest in unions.

5 years ago

In this Oct. 27, 2019, file photo President Donald Trump, right, accompanied by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., left, arrive for Game 5 of the World Series baseball game between the Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Government Accountability
National

‘New strategy’: Politicians in crisis refuse calls to resign

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz joins a growing list of politicians from both parties — almost exclusively men — who are defying the traditional response to controversy.

5 years ago

Legislative Hall in Dover. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware

Delaware Democrats reject GOP calls to end virtual legislative session

Frustrated with technological restrictions that limited debate over gun control legislation, Republican lawmakers say it’s time to return to in-person meetings.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden, Vice President Harris and Attorney General Merrick Garland arrive at the White House Rose Garden to speak about gun violence prevention on Thursday. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Gun Violence
Public Safety

‘It has to stop’: Biden takes initial action on guns, calls on Congress to do more

Declaring U.S gun violence an "epidemic" and "an international embarrassment," President Biden outlined actions to regulate certain firearms and to try to prevent gun violence

5 years ago

Dr. Kevin Baumlin stands outside
Elections
Government
Pennsylvania

Philly ER doctor Kevin Baumlin declares candidacy for U.S. Senate as a Democrat

Although he hasn’t dabbled in politics before, Baumlin says he believes the skills he has developed in the health care sector are relevant.

5 years ago

op left to bottom right: Malcolm Kenyatta, John Fetterman, Jeff Bartos, Val Arkoosh)
Radio Times
Elections
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Senate race already underway; Philly D.A. election update

Chris Brennan of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Akela Lacy of The Intercept join Marty to talk about the already-crowded 2022 Senate race, and DA Krasner's election battle.

Air Date: April 8, 2021

Listen 49:30
In this Sept. 25, 2019, file photo Giffords Law Center Senior Policy Advisor David Chipman speaks at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on assault weapons on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Gun Violence
National
Public Safety

Biden to unveil actions on guns, including new ATF boss

Biden has faced increasing pressure to act on gun control after a spate of mass shootings across the U.S. in recent weeks.

5 years ago

U.S. Sen. Tom Carper (in blue) of Delaware talks with members U.S. Border Patrol near El Paso, Texas. (courtesy Carper's office)
Delaware
Immigration
Social Justice

‘We are complicit in their misery’ says Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware after border visit

Delaware’s senior U.S. Senator says the U.S. has an obligation to improve conditions in Central America so migrants have less need to try to escape to the U.S.

5 years ago

Closeup of the Pennsylvania Capitol
Law
Pennsylvania

Pa. House advances 2-year child sex abuse lawsuit window

The proposal was sent to the state Senate by a vote of 149 to 52, two weeks after both chambers finished the first round of approvals for the constitutional amendment.

5 years ago

Near the junction of the 400 to Buckhead, the 401 highway divides and splits during afternoon rush-hour traffic.
NPR
Explainers
History
Infrastructure

A brief history of how racism shaped interstate highways

Biden's infrastructure plan aims to promote racial equity. A professor says highway planners in the mid-20th century sometimes purposefully destroyed Black communities.

5 years ago

(Dylan B. Caleho/Resolve Philly)
Kids
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

A powerful new City Hall position to combat child welfare scandals is up for debate

The proposal pits Philly youth against the very office tasked with protecting them.

5 years ago

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