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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 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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State Rep. Brian Sims
Elections
Pennsylvania

Brian Sims, state lawmaker from Philly, announces bid for Pa. lt. gov.

Sims was recently re-elected to a fifth term representing a portion of downtown Philadelphia.

5 years ago

A screenshot taken from a congress.gov webcast of the Senate voting in Trump's second impeachment trial
NPR
National
Politics

7 GOP Senators voted to convict Trump. Only 1 faces voters next year

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski will face voters in 2022 but her state's new primary and voting system likely means she'll be in less danger of losing her primary.

5 years ago

New Jersey attorney general Gurbir Grewal speaks during a news conference
New Jersey
Policing

New Jersey revitalizes panel to combat human trafficking

Grewal said his department would focus on enforcement and funding victims services to “prevent and combat” trafficking, while the commission works on policy and prevention.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump gestures to the crowd as he arrives to speak at a campaign rally
National
Politics

2 impeachment trials, 2 escape hatches for Donald Trump

The only president to be impeached twice has once again evaded consequences, though this time as an election loser shunted off the field of play to the jeering section.

5 years ago

In this Feb. 15, 2018 file photo, people comfort each other as they sit and mourn at one of seventeen crosses, after a candlelight vigil for the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla.  (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
Gun Violence
National

On Parkland anniversary, Biden calls for tougher gun laws

The president used the occasion to call on Congress to strengthen gun laws, including requiring background checks on all gun sales and banning assault weapons.

5 years ago

Lead House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) speaks at a press conference alongside the House impeachment managers at the U.S. Capitol
NPR
National
Politics

‘No regrets’: House managers defend their decision not to call witnesses

Democrats argue that moving forward with witnesses would have prolonged the Senate impeachment trial and wouldn't have convinced additional Republicans to vote to convict.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to the Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory at the National Institutes of Health
NPR
National
Politics

Biden on Trump acquittal: ‘The substance of the charge is not in dispute’

Until his comments on Saturday, Biden had remained mostly silent about his predecessor's impeachment.

5 years ago

Sen. Pat Toomey
Pennsylvania
Politics

Toomey on guilty vote: Trump urged mob to march on Capitol to prevent election certification

“As a result of President Trump’s actions, for the first time in American history, the transfer of presidential power was not peaceful,” Toomey said.

5 years ago

House impeachment managers led by Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., walk out of the Senate Chamber in the Capitol at the end of the fifth day of the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, in Washington. The Senate has acquitted Donald Trump of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, bringing his trial to a close and giving the former president a historic second victory in the court of impeachment. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
National
Politics

Trump acquitted, denounced in historic impeachment trial

Senators are poised to vote on whether Donald Trump will be held accountable for inciting the horrific attack at the Capitol after a speedy impeachment trial.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with a bipartisan group of mayors and governors to discuss a coronavirus relief package, in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Health Care
Income Inequality
Public Health

Biden administration to undo Medicaid work requirements

The Biden administration is moving to roll back Medicaid work requirements in its latest effort to undo a controversial Trump-era policy.

5 years ago

An activist holds up a sign
NPR
Elections
Government Accountability

6-month delay in census redistricting data could throw elections into chaos

The 2020 census data needed for the redrawing of voting districts around the country are extremely delayed and now expected by Sept. 30.

5 years ago

Tray Ragland, left, and Kim Hickerson of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union hold signs outside an Amazon facility where labor is trying to organize workers on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
Business
National

Amazon faces biggest union push in its history

Attempts by Amazon to delay the vote in Alabama have failed. So have the company's efforts to require in-person voting, which organizers argue would be unsafe during COVID.

5 years ago

(Alyssa Ledesma / UnSplash)
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. coronavirus update: Murphy order allows parents to attend sporting events

The rule change allows two parents or guardians per student to attend indoor and outdoor practices and competitions.

5 years ago

In this Aug. 30, 2019, file photo, migrants, many of whom were returned to Mexico under the Trump administration's
Immigration
National

Biden administration to allow 25,000 asylum-seekers into US

The move is a major step toward dismantling one of former President Donald Trump's most consequential policies to deter asylum-seekers from coming to the U.S.

5 years ago

State Sen. Kristin Phillips-Hill, R-York, (left) speaks in support of Senate Bill 60, also known as the “Buyer Beware Act,” during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Jan. 14, 2020. Also pictured, from left: state Rep. Paul Schemel, R-Franklin, Rep. Sheryl Delozier, R-Cumberland, Rep. Todd Stephens, R-Montgomery and Rep. Matt Dowling, R-Fayette/Somerset. (Courtesy of Phillips-Hill chief of staff Jon Hopcraft)
Elections

Dozens of GOP state lawmakers wanted Pa.’s electoral votes overturned. Two reflect on their decision.

Republican state lawmakers are mulling changes to Pa.'s election law this session. They say that effort is aimed at improving the process for the state’s upcoming contests.

5 years ago

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