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What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.
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No Small Endeavor

What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi leaves a news conference on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. (Susan Walsh/AP)
NPR
National

Pelosi: Democrats ‘have a responsibility to seek common ground’

Democrats plan to act as a check on Trump and his administration, starting with votes on campaign finance reform and government oversight legislation.

8 years ago

Democrat Jennifer O'Mara is met with joyous celebration after winning a Statehouse race Philadelphia's suburbs. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Surge in Philly suburbs brings Democrats gains in Harrisburg, but GOP holds General Assembly

The wake of the blue wave that swept Democrats into control of the U.S. House of Representatives trickled down to Pennsylvania state legi ...

8 years ago

Poll workers carry umbrellas as they greet voters headed in to a polling place at Glasgow High School on Tuesday, Nov. 6. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware
Elections
History

Delaware midterm turnout highest since 1994

More than 360,000 Delawareans voted in Tuesday’s midterm elections. That translates to a turnout rate of 52 percent.

8 years ago

Attorney General Jeff Sessions (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
Law
National

Jeff Sessions out as U.S. attorney general

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has resigned as the country's chief law enforcement officer.

8 years ago

Volunteers with Make the Road Action in Pa. celebrate Democratic wins at the organization's office in Reading on November 6, 2018. (Rachel McDevitt/WITF)
Elections
Immigration
Pennsylvania

Pa. immigrant rights group claims victory in midterm

An advocacy group for Latino and immigrant rights in Pennsylvania is claiming victory in Tuesday's midterm elections.

8 years ago

President Donald Trump applauds during a rally at Show Me Center, Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, in Cape Girardeau, Mo. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
Elections
National

WATCH LIVE: President Trump to hold post-election news conference

Coverage begins at 11:30 a.m.

8 years ago

Tom Wolf delivers a brief speech at his election night event after declaring victory. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Wolf wins re-election, says it’s time to ‘get back to work’

When Gov. Tom Wolf took the stage to make his victory speech in York Tuesday night, he seemed like a man who hadn't been sweating the win.

8 years ago

The Capitol is seen on the morning after Election Day as Democrats took back the House with a surge of fresh new candidates and an outpouring of voter enthusiasm ending eight years of Republican control, in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
National Interest

Blue wave meets red wall: Split decision for a divided nation

Beginning in January, when Democrats take control of the House, the Trump-Republican agenda will be officially dead.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Elections
National

The 2018 midterms

Guests: Kevin Robillard, Jill Colvin, Marc Lamont Hill, Chris Potter The high-stakes midterm elections took place ...

Air Date: November 7, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:05
Incumbent Democrats Tom Carper and Lisa Blunt Rochester during a watch party Tuesday, Nov. 06, 2018, at the Doubletree Hotel in Wilmington, Delaware. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Delaware
Elections

Delaware Dems Carper, Blunt Rochester win big

Tom Carper secured his fourth term in the Senate with 60 percent of the vote, and Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester took 64 percent.

8 years ago

Headquarters for N.J. Rep. Tom MacArthur on election night 2018. (Miguel Martinez for WHYY)
New Jersey
Politics

MacArthur leads Kim in N.J., but it’s too close to call

After Democrats flipped three GOP seats from New Jersey, they'll have to wait to find out if they unseated U.S. Rep Tom MacArthur.

8 years ago

Frankie Franceschini, Linda McCarthy, Bonnie Shuman, and Sandy McCarthy (left to right) react as results come in for the 2018 midterm elections November 6th 2018 in Swarthmore, PA. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
The Why
Elections
Gender
History
National
Pennsylvania
Politics

Ladies Night

Pennsylvania will send a record-setting four women to Congress next year, up from the current total of zero. Is the "Year of the Woman" here again?

Air Date: November 7, 2018

Listen 12:08
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., gives a victory speech during his election night party in Scranton, Pa., on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (Jake Danna Stevens/The Times-Tribune via AP)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Elections
Pennsylvania

Analysis: Democrats roar in Pennsylvania

Stung by a demoralizing loss in 2016, Pennsylvania Democrats made a comeback in Tuesday’s midterm elections.

8 years ago

(From left) Mary Gay Scanlon, Madeleine Dean, Chrissy Houlahan, and Susan Wild, all Pennsylvania women who won their congressional bids during the 2018-midterm elections (Emily Cohen for WHYY; Matt Rourke/AP Photo; Matt Rourke/AP Photo; Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Gender
Pennsylvania

All boys club no more: Four women to represent Pa. in Congress

Pennsylvania didn't have a single woman representing the state in Washington. After this Election Day, four will head to Congress.

8 years ago

Listen 4:32
Supporters cheer for Tom Malinowski, during his election night party Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Berkeley Heights, N.J. (Noah K. Murray/AP Photo)
Elections
New Jersey

New Jersey Dems flip 3 GOP seats, one too close to call

Democrats will retake control of the U.S. House of Representatives, but the national results were not the blue wave some people were hopi ...

8 years ago

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