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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.

6 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.

6 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.

6 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.

6 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.

6 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.

6 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

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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.

6 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.

6 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.

6 years ago

In this Oct. 15, 2020, file photo U.S. Attorney General William Barr speaks during a roundtable discussion on Operation Legend in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Government Accountability

Trump says Barr resigning, will leave before Christmas

Barr is resigning amid lingering tension with the president over the president’s baseless claims of election fraud and the investigation into president-elect Joe Biden’s son.

6 years ago

A member of Iowa's Electoral College signs the Certificate of Vote of Electors for the State of Iowa, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Elections

Biden clears 270-vote mark as electors affirm his victory

Joe Biden has cleared the 270-electoral-vote mark to formalize his presidential victory with California’s 55 votes.

6 years ago

Elector Marla Blunt-Carter sits in front of a mic while wearing a mask
Delaware
Elections
Politics

Delaware electors beam with pride as they cast votes for Joe Biden

Even though the ballots signed Monday don’t play a deciding role in the outcome of the election, they are a point of pride for the three electors and voters in the state.

6 years ago

Jacqueline Strong waits in line to cast her vote at the C.T. Martin Natatorium and Recreation Center in Atlanta on the first day of early voting for the senate runoff Monday, Dec. 14, 2020.  (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
Elections

Early in-person voting begins in Georgia Senate runoffs

What could be the main event in Georgia's two U.S. Senate runoffs — early in-person voting — got underway Monday.

6 years ago

President-elect Joe Biden speaks Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, at The Queen theater
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
National
Politics

Pennsylvania casts 20 electoral college votes for Biden

Pennsylvania’s 20 electors have cast their votes for Joe Biden. This was expected — though some Republicans still want to circumvent the result.

6 years ago

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