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Politics & Policy

Protesters lay in the intersection of 15th and JFK
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Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Summer of protest: Chance for change, but obstacles exposed

The summer stretch has both galvanized broad public support for the racial justice movement and exposed the obstacles to turning that support into concrete political change.

6 years ago

In this June 5 photo, demonstrators in downtown Kansas City, Mo., hold signs during a rally to protest the death of George Floyd. President Trump has ordered the federal government to stop critical race theory trainings. (Charlie Riedel/AP Photo)
NPR
National
Race & Ethnicity

Trump tells agencies to end trainings on ‘white privilege’ and ‘critical race theory’

The director of the Office of Management and Budget told agency heads on Friday that such trainings were "divisive" and "anti-American."

6 years ago

In this Aug. 11, 2020, file photo, a voter casts a ballot at a drive-thru voting station in the Barre Civic Center in Vermont's statewide primary in Barre, Vt. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
Elections
National

Voting in person Nov. 3? Expect drive-thrus, sports arenas

States are turning to stadiums, drive-thrus and even movie theaters as safe options for in-person polling places amid the pandemic and fears about mail-in ballot concerns.

6 years ago

Stormy weather moves toward the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Elections
Race & Ethnicity

Racial tensions roiling US pose target for election meddling

The tensions coursing through the United States over racism and policing are likely targets for adversaries seeking to influence the election, lawmakers and experts warn.

6 years ago

President Trump vociferously denied a report by The Atlantic that he has privately denigrated people who serve in the U.S. military. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Elections
Military

Trump faces fallout from report he calls military ‘losers’ and ‘suckers’

The Military Times this week said a poll of service members in late July and early August showed support slipping for Trump.

6 years ago

Cheswick Generating Station in Springdale, Pa. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Energy
Environment
StateImpact Pennsylvania

For now, latest federal rollback of coal regs won’t affect PA plants

Environmental advocates said the move could open up the possibility that coal plants could seek to release higher levels of pollutants into the state’s rivers and streams.

6 years ago

Benjamin Graff and his son Jacob Graff drop off their mail-in ballots for the Pennsylvania primary election
Elections
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pa. campaigns weather uncertainty, keep election plans flexible as Nov. 3 approaches

From lawsuits to last-minute legislative changes, nobody really knows how Pa.’s election will work. Campaigns are figuring it out on the fly.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, in Latrobe, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Elections
National

Trump hones law and order message in Pennsylvania

The rally comes as Trump's campaign is claiming new signs of momentum, including in the longtime Democratic stronghold that Trump won by less than 45,000 votes in 2016.

6 years ago

For election night 2016, Gretchen Sisson had a sheet cake made for her friends, expecting to celebrate the election of the first woman president of the United States. Things didn't turn out as she expected. (Gretchen Sisson)
NPR
Elections
Gender

2020 is the year of the woman donor: Campaign contributions surge

This election cycle, the share of women giving money to political campaigns has already risen to 43.5% after never topping 28% in the 1990s.

6 years ago

President Trump walks with Melania Trump and National Parks and National Parks superintendent Stephen Clark through the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., on Tuesday.
Elections
Pennsylvania

Trump, Biden will both mark 9/11 anniversary in Shanksville

It's not immediately clear whether their visits to the 9/11 memorial will overlap. But it probably will be the closest that the candidates have been to one another in months.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump talks to a crowd of supporters after arriving at Wilmington International Airport, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, in Wilmington, N.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Elections

Trump faces pushback for urging people to vote twice as test

It’s a felony under North Carolina state law to vote twice.

6 years ago

President Trump
NPR
Elections
National

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

Listen 48:59
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

Listen 3:18
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

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