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Latino Vote: Dispatches from the Battleground

Rachel Garcia and Ariel Harmon-lede
Politics & Policy

‘Someone who is fighting for me’: Delaware’s LGBTQ community reacts to new political representation

Delaware’s LGBTQ community celebrates the election of the first transgender person, first openly gay man, and its second lesbian woman, in the General Assembly.

5 years ago

Listen 1:58
President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally
Politics & Policy

Message of Election 2020: Trump lost, but Trumpism did not

The election did little to suggest that the country was suddenly less polarized. Trump wrung out votes from areas where he already had a core of support.

5 years ago

Supporters listen as Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a drive-in campaign rally
Politics & Policy

Black leaders greet Biden win, pledge to push for equality

Biden now must shift toward action with the looming uncertainty created by the coronavirus pandemic’s disparate impact on Black Americans and people of color.

5 years ago

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks during the news conference in the parking lot of Four Seasons Total Landscaping.
Community
Billy Penn

Best Yelp reviews of Four Seasons Total Landscaping, which will sell t-shirts Monday

The garden service center is next door to an adult bookshop, across the street from a crematorium, and down the block from a city prison.

5 years ago

A Trump supporter stands outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center
Politics & Policy

Unmarked texts urging vote protests in Philly tied to group run by top Trump aide

The messages directed Trump fans to converge at a downtown intersection where hundreds of protesters from the opposing candidates’ camps faced off Thursday afternoon.

5 years ago

Dana Williams, 44, in Philadelphia.
Politics & Policy

‘Black Voters Matter’: Motorcade celebrates Biden-Harris win in Philly

Black voters who phone banked and door knocked to get out the vote for the Biden ticket are ready to hold him to the promises he made in his Wilmington victory speech.

5 years ago

Joe Biden speaks with a megaphone in hand while masked
NPR
Health

President-elect Biden has a plan to combat COVID-19. Here’s what’s in it

Coronavirus cases are surging around the country. How will Joe Biden manage the pandemic differently, once he takes office in January? Expect a more centralized U.S. response.

5 years ago

A worker processes mail-in ballots at the Cumberland County Bureau of Elections on Nov. 4, 2020.
Politics & Policy
WITF

Even with election called for Joe Biden, Pennsylvania’s presidential vote count goes on

Biden was up nearly 37,000 votes – a fraction of the number of ballots left to be processed – Saturday night.

5 years ago

An angry supporter of President Donald Trump shouts at crowds of celebrating demonstrators after the 2020 presidential election is called for President-elect Joe Biden, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Philadelphia.
Politics & Policy

Trump, who never admits defeat, mulls how to keep up fight

People close to Trump don't expect him to ever formally concede but do believe he will grudgingly vacate the White House at the end of his term.

5 years ago

President-elect Joe Biden's dog Champ stands during speeches at the vice president's residence in 2012
NPR
Politics & Policy

Major and Champ are major champs in this election: Dogs return to the White House

A long tradition of presidential pets will be revived in 2021. And a little history will be made, too: Joe Biden's younger dog will be the first rescue dog in the White House.

5 years ago

Ed Brown (center in group photo), 17, stands with friends and Sunrise members at the Count Every Vote rally Thursday (Miles Bryan / WHYY)
Science

Many eyes were on Philly this week. Don’t look away, environmental activists say

The ballot count brought a lot of attention this week. Post-election, there’s still work to be done, they say, and noticed — no matter the winner.

5 years ago

President-elect Joe Biden, right, on stage with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, left, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
Politics & Policy

Biden and Harris take center stage, calling for the end of the era of demonization

President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris made their first appearance in Wilmington since going over the 270 electoral college vote mark.

5 years ago

Philadelphians took to the streets after Biden's win was announced. (Solomon Jones for WHYY)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Politics & Policy
The Philadelphia Tribune

To heal the country’s gaping racial wounds, Biden and Harris will need help from us all

Those who engage in that daunting mission must look like those now dancing in the streets: Black and white, young and old, gay and straight.

5 years ago

Trump supporters  outside the Convention Center after Joe Biden is projected to be the winner of the 2020 presidential election. (Miguel Martinez for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

‘This isn’t over!’: Trump supporters refuse to accept defeat

Chanting “This isn’t over! and “Stop the steal,” supporters of President Donald Trump protested at state capitols across the country Saturday.

5 years ago

Fox News host Sean Hannity interviews President Trump in Las Vegas in 2018. Hannity, like Trump, has cast doubt on the 2020 election results without providing evidence. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

With Trump’s loss, Murdoch’s Fox News faces wrath and tough choices

There may be no media figure more important in preparing Republicans and President Trump himself for a post-Trump period than magnate Rupert Murdoch.

5 years ago

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