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Politics & Policy

Then-mayoral candidate Eddie Moran gives a speech to supporters gathered at Jet Set Restaurant in Reading, Pennsylvania on Nov. 2, 2019. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity

This Pa. mayor’s trip to Puerto Rico during the pandemic drew criticism, attention to Latino health disparities

Trips like Mayor Eddie Moran’s are by no means prohibited by any law or mandate, but they cut against the new social norms brought about by the coronavirus.

5 years ago

Deb Haaland poses for a portrait Tuesday, June 5, 2018 in a Nob Hill Neighborhood in Albuquerque, N.M. Haaland is one of two Native American women who marked historic congressional victories as a record number of women were elected to the U.S. House following an election cycle that also saw a significant boost in Native American female candidates at the state and local level. (AP Photo/Juan Labreche)
NPR
Environment
Politics
Race & Ethnicity
Sustainability

In historic move, Biden to pick Native American Rep. Haaland as Interior Secretary

Rep. Deb Haaland would be the country's first Native American Cabinet secretary. She opposed many Trump environmental rollbacks on public lands.

5 years ago

A view of the Roundhouse building.
Policing
Public Safety
Billy Penn

Rocked by COVID outbreak, Philly 911 dispatchers say police department treats them like ‘collateral damage’

Union reps described understaffing, cardboard dividers and pressure to avoid complaints.

5 years ago

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks during her weekly news conference last week on Capitol Hill.
NPR
Income Inequality
National

Congressional leaders near deal on roughly $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill

The sudden rush towards agreement comes after months of public, partisan bickering and virtually no private negotiation on an aid package.

5 years ago

On Tuesday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., released testimony that Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson gave to the Senate Judiciary Committee. She released the material without coordinating with committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)
Radio Times
Aging
Politics

Is America a “gerontocracy?”

The U.S. government is significantly older than the American population. Why? And does this affect governing and policy?

Air Date: December 16, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:31
Protesters gathered in downtown Wilmington Tuesday afternoon to send a message to President-elect Biden about protecting immigrants and reforming the criminal justice system. (Facebook)
Delaware
Social Justice

Honking protesters in Wilmington demand Biden deliver on immigration, justice reform

Protesters gathered in downtown Wilmington Tuesday afternoon to urge President-elect Biden to take action on immigration and criminal justice reform.

5 years ago

Pete Buttigieg, seen in 2019, is expected to be named Joe Biden's transportation secretary. He's former mayor of South Bend, Ind., and Democratic presidential candidate. (Bebeto Matthews/AP Photo)
NPR
Infrastructure
Transportation

Biden expected to name former rival Buttigieg as Transportation Secretary

Buttigieg would be the first openly LGBTQ person nominated to a permanent Cabinet post.

5 years ago

The 'Million MAGA March' saw 10,000 to 15,000 supporters of President Trump, including members of far-right groups, such as the Proud Boys, Patriot Front and others, marching in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 14. (Zach D Roberts / NurPhoto via Getty Images)
NPR
Social Justice

Right-wing embrace of conspiracy is ‘mass radicalization,’ experts warn

This increases the risk of right-wing violence, veteran security officials and terrorism researchers warn.

5 years ago

Stuart Jeff Rabner, Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, swears in electors of state Electoral College.
Elections
New Jersey
Politics
NJ Spotlight

Problems with signatures, envelopes top reasons NJ ballots rejected

Activists are planning a push to improve laws regarding the "cure" process for ballot challenges.

5 years ago

A poll of nonvoters shows there is little that would encourage them to vote — even campaigns haven't heavily invested in motivating this group. (Caroline Amenabar/NPR; Eric Ray/Flickr)
NPR
Elections

Poll: Despite record turnout, 80 million Americans didn’t vote. Here’s why

More Americans voted in 2020 than in any other presidential election in 120 years. About 67% of eligible voters cast ballots this year, but that still means a third did not.

5 years ago

More than 3.1 million people in Pennsylvania applied to vote by mail in November, and the state’s 67 counties processed every request, according to the Department of State. (Matt Smith for Spotlight PA)
Elections
Pennsylvania
Politics
Spotlight PA

Mailed ballots, tight deadlines caused a crunch for Pa. elections officials. Now, comes the reckoning

Voters could request a mail ballot just seven days before the Nov. 3 election, making it difficult for county offices to send them out and receive them back by the deadline.

5 years ago

(photo credit, Jeremey P. Freeman)
Radio Times
Health Care
International

Fareed Zakaria’s “Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World”

The CNN host discusses how COVID-19 is rapidly changing the world and why the time is right to enact lasting reforms in politics, health care, the environment and the economy.

Air Date: December 15, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
Capitol in Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Politics
Public Health
Spotlight PA

As coronavirus hits home, Pa. GOP shifts messaging but still rejects mandates

Still, at least two Republican lawmakers said Gov. Tom Wolf’s COVID-19 diagnosis was proof masks and other mitigation efforts don’t work.

5 years ago

Marijuana buds are seen in a prescription bottle as they are sorted at Compassionate Care Foundation's grow house
Business
New Jersey

NJ Senators advance bill creating recreational cannabis market

The measure promises to commit 70% of sales tax proceeds and all money raised from a new excise tax to communities disproportionately affected by arrests on marijuana charges.

5 years ago

President-elect Joe Biden speaks about jobs at The Queen theater, Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Elections

‘Democracy prevailed’: Biden aims to unify divided nation

“If anyone didn’t know it before, we know it now. What beats deep in the hearts of the American people is this: Democracy,” Biden said.

5 years ago

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