Politics & Policy
Trump’s base is shrinking as whites without a college degree continue to decline
Whites without a college degree have gone from 45% of eligible voters in 2016 to 41%. Meanwhile, whites with a degree and Latinos are on the rise.
6 years ago
The threat and appeal of fascism
Yale professor Jason Stanley says global fascism is on the rise, and that America is not a fascist state but the President employs traditionally fascist tactics.
Air Date: September 3, 2020
Listen 48:59Wilmington mayor’s primary election foes share ‘people over property’ slogan
Mike Purzycki emerged from a field of seven Democratic candidates in 2016 to become mayor. His two challengers in 2020 say he hasn’t done enough for neighborhoods.
6 years ago
Listen 3:18House subpoenas embattled Postal Service leader over delays
Democrats are pushing for increased oversight of the Postal Service following DeJoy's operational changes and Trump's claims that mail-in voting will lead to voter fraud.
6 years ago
Biden, Democrats shatter fundraising record with $364.5 million in August
More than 50% of the month's haul, over $205 million, came from online small-dollar donations, and more than 1.5 million Americans contributed for the first time in August.
6 years ago
Latest Pa. GOP attempt to strip Gov. Tom Wolf of his coronavirus emergency powers fails
GOP lawmakers in the state House did not garner enough Democratic support to end the state’s coronavirus disaster declaration.
6 years ago
‘Do you know anywhere I can go?’: Evictions continue even as city, CDC tries to halt wave
Many Philly tenants will fall through the cracks of a Centers for Disease Control halt on coronavirus-related evictions, housing attorneys say. Lucille Davis is one of them.
6 years ago
Leak reveals warnings inside Census that shortened schedule risks ‘serious errors’
"serious errors discovered in the data may not be fixed — due to lack of time to research and understand the root cause or to re-run and re-review one or multiple state files.
6 years ago
Biden: Trump ignores pandemic, stokes unrest, solves neither
Biden is calling the struggle to reopen U.S. schools amid the coronavirus a “national emergency” and accusing Trump of turning his back to instead stoke passions about unrest
6 years ago
Fox, C-SPAN, NBC moderators for upcoming Trump-Biden debates
Trump's team has tried to pressure the commission to move up the debates, citing increased use of early and absentee voting because of the coronavirus.
6 years ago
Community solar proposal getting bipartisan support in legislature
Energy issues in Pa. can be fiercely partisan, but a measure in the state legislature to encourage clean energy development is gaining support on both sides of the aisle.
6 years ago
N.J. coronavirus recovery: Most schools starting with mix of online and in-person
With schools across the state set to begin classes next week, the focus shifts to making sure reopening plans are in place.
6 years ago
Trump administration seeking to expand collection of biometric data from immigrants
The proposed policy, which DHS called "imminent" on Tuesday, would allow the government to demand more personal data from more people as part of the immigration process.
6 years ago
30 years after “America: What Went Wrong?”
Investigative reporters James Steel and Donald Bartlett have just updated their 1992 book "America: What Went Wrong," adding with the new subtitle, "The Crisis Deepens."
Air Date: September 2, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 49:43Former DHS official: White House failed to take far-right extremism seriously
Elizabeth Neumann, a former assistant secretary at DHS says the Trump administration is creating the conditions for domestic extremism to flourish in the U.S.
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