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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham
Radio Times
Elections
National

Election update: voter suppression, and Senate races to watch

Marty talks with Mother Jone's Ari Berman about the ways access to voting is being suppressed, then we hear about the pivotal Senate races.

Air Date: October 14, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
Sussex County criminal defense attorney Julianne Murray (Murray for Delaware) and Delaware Gov. John Carney (Office of Gov. John Carney)
Delaware
Elections

Carney’s GOP challenger says Delaware COVID-19 shutdown based on fear

Republican Julianne Murray said Delaware needs to step back from coronavirus fear in her challenge to incumbent Gov. John Carney.

5 years ago

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Katie O’Regan sits for a portrait outside her home in Lititz, Lancaster County. O’Regan decided to vote in person after running into a problem with her mail-in ballot application. She says official-looking mail from outside groups is confusing voters. (Kate Landis/WITF)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Ballot applications from outside groups confuse some voters as deadline looms

While some of those groups have checked with the state to ensure accuracy of their mail-in applications, others have not, and it is not required that they do so.

5 years ago

(Tim Tai/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Housing
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

To jumpstart relief program, Wolf gives landlords more flexibility to collect unpaid rent

Landlords will no longer be required to forgive all payments owed in return for accepting state aid, which is capped at $750, much lower than average rent in many areas.

5 years ago

Ken Smukler outside the federal courthouse in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Billy Penn

Bob Brady’s convicted political guru is out of prison — and lurking on the election sidelines

Ken Smukler’s appearance on a recent Zoom call with Philly political bosses turned heads.

5 years ago

Supreme Court justice nominee Amy Coney Barrett testifies on the second day of her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing
Elections
Law

Amy Coney Barrett faces Democrats’ tough questions

She declined to say whether she would recuse herself from any election-related cases involving President Donald Trump.

5 years ago

Sen. Pat Toomey (left) sits beside President Donald Trump during a meeting with lawmakers about trade policy in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
The Why
Addiction
Aging

Toomey, Trump and the future of Pa.’s Republicans

U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey won't run for political office again. Here's why the pick to fill Toomey's shoes could depend on how Pennsylvania swings in 2020.

Air Date: October 13, 2020

Listen 14:42
A sign outside a polling location in Philadelphia in 2016.
Business
Elections
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Election Day off work? Not at most big Philly companies

Some employers are closing early, offering extra PTO hours, or banning meetings on Nov. 3.

5 years ago

An Ace Hardware store on Fairmount Avenue
Income Inequality
Pennsylvania
Technology
Billy Penn

With unemployment hotline overloaded and stimulus on hold, Pa. boosts chatbot 90x

If Congress approves a new package, benefits would be retroactive through September.

5 years ago

Former first lady Michelle Obama speaks at the University of Akron as NBA star LeBron James listens
Elections
National
Politics

Michelle Obama, LeBron James team to help boost early voting

Obama's When We All Vote and James' More Than A Vote are teaming to provide transportation, food, music, PPE and other support at at early voting sites around the country.

5 years ago

Radio Times
Books
Elections
Race & Ethnicity

The 25th Amendment; Cole Brown and finding Blackness in a white world

Author Cole Brown joins to discuss Blackness and his experience being tokenized in his wealthy, predominantly white upbringing.

Air Date: October 13, 2020

Listen 49:45
Sara Gideon, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks at a
Elections
National

Senate Democrats’ fundraising success puts GOP on defensive

Democratic Senate candidates are mounting a push in Republican states that few would have thought possible just a few months ago.

5 years ago

Poll worker Chuck Kellander interacts with voters through a plexiglass screen at Belmont Hill Elementary School in Bensalem, Bucks County. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Elections
Philadelphia
Broke in Philly

Want to be a poll worker? Philly says it’s responding to ‘unprecedented’ number of applicants

If you applied to be a Philly poll worker and haven’t gotten a response, the city says it’s busy working through an “unprecedented” number of applications.

5 years ago

Dozens of Trump supporters packed into a cramped conference room to hear Rudy Giuliani's Columbus Day remarks in Philadelphia. (Katie Meyer / WHYY)
Elections
National
Philadelphia
Politics

Giuliani rallies Italians for Trump in cramped Philly conference room

Rudy Giuliani swung through Philly Monday to stump for Trump — and Christopher Columbus — in a cramped, indoor event.

5 years ago

Briheem Douglas, a union maintenance worker at Lincoln Financial Field, knocks on doors in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood to encourage people to make a plan to vote as soon as possible. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Economy
Elections
Philadelphia

Hospitality workers canvass for Biden, hoping to boost Black and Latino vote in Philly

The union has launched door-knocking efforts in Pa., Nevada, Arizona and Florida, battleground states where they have large numbers.

5 years ago

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