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Politics & Policy

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
K-12
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.

7 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.

7 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."

7 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.

7 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?

7 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.

7 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.

7 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.

7 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.”

7 years ago

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, right, follows the UAE Youth Minister, Shamma Al Mazrim as they take the stage at the opening ceremony of the United Nations climate change summit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, June 30, 2019. (Kamran Jebreili/AP Photo)
Environment
International

UN chief warns Paris climate goals still not enough

In remarks at a summit in Abu Dhabi, he painted a grim picture of how rapidly climate change is advancing, saying it is outpacing efforts to address it.

7 years ago

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un walks with President Trump north of the Military Demarcation Line that divides North and South Korea, in the Joint Security Area (JSA) of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized zone (DMZ) on Sunday. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
International

Trump meets North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and says nuclear negotiations will resume

President Trump briefly stepped over into North Korea, a first for a sitting U.S. president.

7 years ago

(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
Home & Family
Kids
New Jersey

N.J. looks at allowing spending campaign dollars on child care

A bill in New Jersey would allow political candidates and elected officials to use campaign money to pay for child care.

7 years ago

Demonstrators rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in April to protest the Trump administration's plan to add a citizenship question to forms for the 2020 census.
NPR
Government Accountability
National

How the fight over the census citizenship question could rage on

Hours after the Supreme Court ruled to keep a citizenship question off 2020 census forms for now, President Trump threatened to delay next year's national head count.

7 years ago

President Trump speaks during a news conference following the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on Saturday. Trump said the U.S. and China would resume trade talks.
NPR
Economy
International

Trump holds off on more China tariffs; 2 sides agree to restart trade talks

The U.S. and China have agreed to restart trade talks, and the Trump administration will hold off for now adding new and costly tariffs on some $300 billion in Chinese imports

7 years ago

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