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President Trump
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Elections
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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

Neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other alt-right factions scuffled with counter-demonstrators near Emancipation Park (Formerly
Radio Times
History
Politics

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

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ormer City Councilman Justen Wright, Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki and Treasurer Velda Jones-Potter participate in a virtual mayoral debate
Delaware
Elections
Politics

Wilmington 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

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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, left, talks with Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C., before a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service on Capitol Hill, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Washington. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP)
Elections
National

House 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

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, seen here on Aug. 31 in West Mifflin, Pa., set a monthly record for presidential fundraising. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
NPR
Elections

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

Pennsylvania State Capitol building
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Spotlight PA

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

United States Postal Service carrier Henrietta Dixon walks her route to deliver mail in Philadelphia, Wednesday, May 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
PlanPhilly
Housing
Philadelphia

‘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

A U.S. Census Bureau worker carries a briefcase while knocking on the door of a home in August in Winter Park, Fla. (John Raoux/AP)
NPR
Government Accountability
National

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

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Del., Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, about school reopenings. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Elections

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

President Donald Trump speaks during an event at the Whirlpool Corporation facility in Clyde, Ohio, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Elections
Media

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

Solar-powered farm
Energy
Environment
Sustainability
StateImpact Pennsylvania

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

Desks are spaced out 6-feet apart in a classroom.
Government Accountability
New Jersey
Public Health

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

An attendee holds an American flag at a U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services naturalization ceremony
NPR
Immigration
National

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

Courtesy of Mission Point Press
Radio Times
History
Politics

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

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Elizabeth Neumann
NPR
National
Politics

Former 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.

6 years ago

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