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Charisse Davis
Elections
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Social Justice

‘If not now, when?’: Black women seize political spotlight

Black women have long been the Democratic Party’s most reliable and loyal voters. Now, they are mobilized and demanding an overdue return on their investment.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump
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Citing election delay tweet, influential Trump ally now demands his re-impeachment

President Trump’s suggestion that the November election be delayed spurs Federalist Society co-founder Steven Calabresi to call for his removal from office.

5 years ago

TikTok has been under fire in Washington. The Trump administration and some Democrats in Congress have been raising national security concerns about the Chinese-owned app.
(Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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Business
Technology

Microsoft in talks to buy TikTok as Trump threatens a ban

The president’s announcement comes as Microsoft is in talks to acquire the app, which is owned by ByteDance, a Chinese company.

5 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, July 28, 2020. IAndrew Harnik/AP Photo)
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Economy
Race & Ethnicity

Biden wants the Fed to help close racial economic gaps. How would that work?

The central bank has blunt instruments at its disposal, which are not tailored to economics of racial groups. Biden wants the Fed to more explicitly factor in POC outcomes.

5 years ago

In this June 13, 2019 file photo, an Investigator with the Office of the City Commissioners, demonstrates the ExpressVote XL voting machine at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Elections
International

Foreign threats loom ahead of US presidential election

As the Nov. 3 presidential vote nears, there are fresh signs that the United States' electoral system is again under attack from foreign adversaries.

5 years ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., gives Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., an elbow bump as Schumer leaves following a meeting at the Capitol with White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on a COVID-19 relief bill, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
National
Public Health

Negotiators report progress in COVID-19 aid talks

“This was the longest meeting we had and it was more productive than the other meetings,” said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

5 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden smiles as he takes a question from a reporter at a campaign event at the William
Elections
National

Joe Biden nears final decision on running mate

As Joe Biden nears the announcement of his vice presidential choice, the top contenders and their advocates are making final appeals.

5 years ago

Voters cast their ballots at a polling place at Cromie Elementary School in Warren, Mich., in March. Warren is in Macomb County, considered a critical suburb in the presidential election. (Elaine Cromie/Getty Images)
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Elections
National

Fueled by suburbs, Democrats are poised for gains in key states, analysis finds

A new report finds that Democrats are on track to win the suburbs in five of six key states they lost in the 2016 presidential election.

5 years ago

Mail-in ballot
Elections
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania to cover cost of stamps for ballots in election

Wolf's top elections official, Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar, said paying for the postage is a way to make voting more accessible, safer and easier during the pandemic.

5 years ago

(Dan Gleiter/PennLive for Spotlight PA)
Business
Race & Ethnicity
Spotlight PA

Minority-owned small businesses were largely shut out of Pa.’s first coronavirus loan program

State officials are trying again, this time with a grant program targeted at the smallest and most vulnerable operations.

5 years ago

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, adjusts his face mask during a House Subcommittee on the Coronavirus crisis hearing, Friday, July 31, 2020 on 
Capitol Hill in Washington.  (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP)
National
Public Health

Fauci optimistic COVID-19 vaccine will be widely available

Fauci's public message in recent days has been that Americans can't afford a devil-may-care attitude toward COVID-19 and need to double down on basic measures.

5 years ago

New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton.
Elections
New Jersey

N.J. voters will decide on constitutional amendment to delay redistricting

Results from the 2020 census might be delayed, which could complicate efforts to redraw district boundaries in time for N.J.’s 2021 state legislative elections.

5 years ago

NPR
National
Race & Ethnicity

Obama calls for abolishing filibuster if it stands in way of stronger voting rights

"Naming it the John Lewis Voting Rights Act — that is a fine tribute," former President Barack Obama said. "But John wouldn't want us to stop there."

5 years ago

Vice President Mike Pence speaks  at a “Cops for Trump” campaign event at the police station Thursday, July 30, 2020, in Greensburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Pennsylvania
Policing

‘You won’t be safe,’ Pence warns in Pennsylvania campaign

Vowing to bring “peace and security to cities across America," Mike Pence on Thursday carried the Trump campaign's message of law and order to exurban Pennsylvania.

5 years ago

State Rep. Russ Diamond (R-Lebanon) speaks during a House Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee meeting
Housing
Income Inequality
Pennsylvania

Pa. coronavirus recovery: Gov. Wolf seeks censure against lawmaker for ‘misinformation’ 

“There are no words that adequately describe my disdain for the antics Rep. Diamond displayed in his latest missive,” said Governor Wolf.

5 years ago

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