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Politics & Policy

A child holds a U.S. flag at a naturalization ceremony at the Wyckoff House Museum in Brooklyn, on June 14, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Immigration

DOJ still looking to add census citizenship question, official tells court

Amid tweets by Trump that he still wants the 2020 census to ask about citizenship, an official says the Justice Department has been told to find a way to make it happen.

6 years ago

Wilmington City Councilman Bob Williams resigned this week, late in his second term, and now council will have to fill a vacancy for the second time since November. (City of Wilmington)
Delaware

Wilmington City Council must fill another vacancy after Williams resigns

Wilmington City Council meetings were fraught with acrimony and a law was changed before a vacancy was filled in March. Now another member has resigned.

6 years ago

Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., speaks during a panel discussion at Delaware County Community College, Friday, May 24, 2019, in Media, Pa. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)
Immigration

U.S. Rep. Dean recounts ‘chilling’ and ‘inhumane’ conditions at Texas, Fla. detention centers

WHYY Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn interviews U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean about her visit to America’s only privately-run detention facility for child migrants.

6 years ago

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Two Bradley Fighting Vehicles are parked nearby the Lincoln Memorial for President Donald Trump's 'Salute to America' event honoring service branches on Independence Day, Tuesday, July 2, 2019, in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
National Interest
National
National Interest

Fouling the Fourth: Tanks but no tanks, Trump

It takes a craven kind of genius to desecrate the Fourth of July, to turn a traditionally nonpartisan festival into a militarist MAGA rally with pseudo-Moscow trappings.

6 years ago

Lt. Gov. John Fetterman gavels in a joint session of the Pennsylvania House and Senate before Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf delivers his budget address for the 2019-20 fiscal year, Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania

Pa. GOP: Fetterman’s presiding powers in the Senate can be revoked

Republicans sent a letter to Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman Tuesday saying if he violates the chamber's rules again, they plan to try to remove him from presiding.

6 years ago

Buses arrive at South Boston High School, Jan. 8, 1975. Police were on hand to provide protection as black students arrived. (AP Photo)
Radio Times
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Law
Race & Ethnicity

The legacy of busing

We discuss Vice President Joe Biden's record on busing and desegregation in schools and whether the policy has achieved racial integration in schools across the country.

Air Date: July 3, 2019 10:00 am

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In this June 26, 2019 photo, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., speaks during a Democratic primary debate hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Art, in Miami.  (Wilfredo Lee/AP Photo)
Immigration

Booker unveils immigration plan relying on executive orders

Cory Booker has rolled out an immigration agenda composed of changes he could make without relying on Congress.

6 years ago

In this Sunday, June 30, 2019, photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands over the military demarcation line at the border village of Panmunjom in Demilitarized Zone. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads:
The Philadelphia Experiment
The Philadelphia Experiment

With every step Trump takes it takes us further from who America is

President Trump should be trying to end the horrible conditions in the migrant detention cams here instead of cozying up to dictators.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale hosted a public hearing on how the state is responding to climate change on Penn State's University Park campus on March 14, 2019. It's the first of three hearings DePasquale plans. (Min Xian/WPSU)
Elections
Pennsylvania
PA Post

Pa. Auditor General Eugene DePasquale is running for Congress, and here’s why

“I don’t think our country’s working right. And the challenge of trying to fix that is something I think I’m more up to now."

6 years ago

New Jersey has let expire two tax incentive programs that have helped attract companies to Camden and several other struggling towns. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
New Jersey
Taxes

Murphy lets ‘flawed’ N.J. tax break programs expire, vows to veto extension bill

New Jersey has let expire two tax incentive programs that have helped attract companies to Camden and several other struggling towns.

6 years ago

Election day voters voting booth
National Interest
National Interest

Election security: The dire issue the Democrats barely mentioned

How did 20 Democrats vying to appear on the 2020 ballot debate last week without ever assailing the Republicans' refusal to protect that ballot from Russian interference?

6 years ago

Delaware lawmakers worked into the overnight hours of July 1 to finish their legislative work for the year. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Delaware

Delaware Legislature ends session, and for once, it’s not in the wee hours

Last year Delaware lawmakers bickered until 8 a.m. before passing the final budget bill. This year they promised an earlier finish, and did it.

6 years ago

The U.S. Immigration and Enforcement processing center in Adelanto, Calif., is one of the detention facilities operated by GEO Group Inc. (Richard Vogel/AP Photo)
NPR
Immigration

Under siege and largely secret: Businesses that serve immigration detention

As more businesses face public scrutiny for making money off of the Trump administration's detention of migrants, many activists say the firms involved try to remain secret.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene A. DePasquale, speaks after he was sworn in for his second term at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017.
Pennsylvania

State auditor general Eugene DePasquale confirms that he’ll run for U.S. House

DePasquale made the announcement on social media Sunday. The Associated Press reported last week DePasquale had told Democratic Party figures that he planned to run.

6 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
New Jersey

Murphy signs N.J. budget, averting shutdown, but prolonging fight with Democrats

Murphy line-item vetoed some legislative spending that will likely raise the hackles of the lawmakers who resisted his push for a “millionaire’s tax.”

6 years ago

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