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Politics & Policy

Odell Griffin places his mail-in ballot in a box outside City Hall.
Elections
Philadelphia

Philadelphia accepts $10M grant for ambitious election plan

Accepting the grant comes as President Donald Trump's campaign is suing to outlaw drop boxes — used in the primary in the heavily Democratic city of Philadelphia.

6 years ago

Jacob Blake protests in Kenosha, Wis.
Elections
Policing
Race & Ethnicity

Biden: Trump sees Wisconsin unrest as ‘political benefit’

Joe Biden said Thursday that President Donald Trump is “rooting for more violence" amid racially charged unrest in Wisconsin.

6 years ago

Vice President Pence speaks on the third day of the Republican National Convention
NPR
Elections

Fact-checking six claims Pence made about Biden’s record in his RNC speech

Pence deployed several inaccurate or questionable claims. Here are a few of them.

6 years ago

Vice President Pence speaks on the third day of the Republican National Convention
NPR
Elections
National

Pence takes center stage at RNC: Takeaways from day 3

Vice President Pence stressed a law and order message as protests over racism and policing continue. Republicans also worked to shore up support from suburban women.

6 years ago

President Trump arrives at the Rose Garden of the White House during the Republican National Convention on Tuesday. (Michael Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
Elections

There’s no evidence supporting Trump’s mail ballot warnings, FBI says

The FBI undercut repeated claims by President Trump and his camp about what they've called security problems.

6 years ago

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway tapes her speech for the third day of the Republican National Convention from the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Elections

GOP convention defends police as racial tension rises anew

Key speakers for Night 3 of the Republican National Convention: Vice President Mike Pence, Kellyanne Conway, second lady Karen Pence.

6 years ago

Nannie Helen Burroughs holds a banner reading,
NPR
Elections
Gender
History
Race & Ethnicity

Yes, women could vote after the 19th Amendment — but not all women. Or men

The 19th amendment secured all women the right to vote, but in practice, many women of color were excluded. This continues to resonate today due to voter suppression.

6 years ago

President Trump delivered lengthy remarks to delegates gathered in Charlotte, N.C., on the first day of the Republican National Convention. (Jessica Koscielniak/Pool/Getty Images)
NPR
Elections

Today’s GOP ‘is Donald Trump’s party’

Trump's takeover comes absent any deeply held ideology.

6 years ago

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

Democrats challenge Wilmington mayor over crime and development in debate

First-term Mayor Mike Purzycki took on a tag-team challenge from City Treasurer Velda Jones-Potter and former City Councilman Justen Wright.

6 years ago

FILE - In this June 28, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin walk to participate in a group photo at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Radio Times
Elections
International

Russia meddling, misinformation, poison and protests

We discuss the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on Russian 2016 election interference, their current misinformation efforts and the Belarus election protests.

Air Date: August 26, 2020 10:00 am

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First lady Melania Trump
NPR
Elections
National

4 takeaways from night 2 of the Republican National Convention

A series of speakers tapped into many of the culture war issues that the Trump campaign hammered on four years ago, in an effort to rally his loyal supporters to the polls.

6 years ago

'The 19th Amendment: How women won the Vote,' opens at the National Constitution Center after a long delay caused by the COVID-19 epidemic. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Gender
History

At the Constitution Center, who made the 19th Amendment, and who was left out

The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia opens its exhibition on women and voting on the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment.

6 years ago

Listen 1:51
Chambersburg, Pa. (Jeffrey Stockbridge for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Pennsylvania
Social Justice

Republican DA who supported George Floyd protesters censured by local GOP

In a letter to Franklin County’s Republican DA, the county GOP committee said the party was formally withdrawing support for future elections.

6 years ago

First lady Melania Trump speaks on the second day of the Republican National Convention from the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Elections

Day 2 at GOP convention: a first lady, a pardon, Pompeo

The people closest to President Donald Trump — his family — were starring on the second night of the Republican National Convention.

6 years ago

The exterior of The Pennsylvania Capitol
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Thwarted at every turn, Pa. GOP lawmakers hatch new plan to undermine Wolf’s emergency powers

Republicans in the legislature unhappy with Gov. Tom Wolf’s response to the coronavirus pandemic are plotting two new efforts to curtail his emergency powers.

6 years ago

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