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A Tennessee school district has voted to ban a Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel about the Holocaust due to “inappropriate language” and an illustration of a nude woman. (wikimedia commons)
Education

Book about Holocaust banned in Tennessee school district

A Tennessee school district has voted to ban a Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel about the Holocaust due to “inappropriate language" and an illustration of a nude woman.

4 years ago

Thousands of people rally at Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles, part of the nationwide March for Science, taking place Saturday, April 22, 2017. They chanted
Science

Americans’ trust in science now deeply polarized, poll shows

Republicans' faith in science is falling as Democrats rely on it even more, with a trust gap in science and medicine widening substantially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

4 years ago

A closeup of Philadelphia City Hall.
Politics & Policy

Advocates demand transparency, different counting of prisoners at Philly redistricting hearing

Some who testified were dismayed that City Council isn’t doing more to address prison gerrymandering in the map plan it’s poised to pass.

4 years ago

State Rep. Gerald Brady smiles for a portrait
Politics & Policy

Delaware Rep. Brady resignation announcement followed shoplifting accusations

The lawmaker has been dogged for months by criticism for his racist, sexist comments about Asians in an email last summer. He cited PTSD in resignation announcement Friday.

4 years ago

Supporters of then-President Donald Trump gather outside the Michigan State Capitol in 2020. (Rey Del Rio/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Prosecutors in multiple states are investigating false Electoral College submissions

The efforts, which in many cases seem to have been coordinated by high-ranking members of Trump's campaign team, weren't successful.

4 years ago

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis poses for a photo at her Atlanta office last February. (John Bazemore/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

A special grand jury has been granted in Fulton County’s Trump investigation

A special grand jury is also devoted to just one case. In its response Monday, the court said the special grand jury would begin on May 2 and continue for up to 12 months.

4 years ago

A homeless camp on the edge of downtown Seattle.
Martin Kaste/Martin Kaste
NPR
Politics & Policy

Homeless camps are often blamed for crime but experts say it’s not so simple

4 years ago

President Donald Trump listens during an event on Operation Warp Speed
NPR
Politics & Policy

Jan. 6 panel is investigating a Trump administration plan to seize voting machines

Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi confirmed that an executive order was drafted for Trump to sign that would have used the military to seize machines in battleground states.

4 years ago

Georgian activists hold posters as they gather in support of Ukraine in front of the Ukrainian Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia on Sunday, Jan. 23. The British government on Saturday accused Russia of seeking to replace Ukraine's government with a pro-Moscow administration.
Shakh Aivazov/AP
NPR
Politics & Policy

Who is Yevheniy Murayev, the man the U.K. says Russia wants to install in Ukraine?

The Russian government is rejecting a British report alleging that it has a leader in mind for installation after a potential invasion of Ukraine.

4 years ago

Ethan Miller works on his taxes at home in Silver Spring, Md., Friday, Jan., 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Money

Taxpayers face overloaded IRS as filing season opens Monday

“The IRS right now has unacceptable backlogs and the customer service that people are receiving is not what the American public deserves.”

4 years ago

ICE Field Office Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations, David Marin and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Fugitive Operations team arrest a Mexican national at a home in Paramount, California, U.S., March 1, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
NPR
Politics & Policy

Biden’s limits on ICE offered hope. But immigrant advocates say he’s broken promises

4 years ago

Philadelphia City Councilmember Bobby Henon. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

How will Bobby Henon be replaced? There’ll be a special election, and ward leaders get to pick the nominees

The timing is up to Council President Clarke.

4 years ago

A closeup of Bobby Henon
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia City Councilmember Bobby Henon resigns, two months after bribery conviction

A jury found that Henon used his seat on City Council to do the bidding of powerful labor leader John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty.

4 years ago

In this Oct. 18, 2021 photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington
Courts & Law

Supreme Court allows Jan. 6 committee to get Trump documents

In a rebuff to former President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court is allowing the release of presidential documents sought by the congressional committee.

4 years ago

Andrew Silverman works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
NPR
Politics & Policy

A push to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks gains momentum

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., doesn't trade stocks, but thinks lawmakers should be able to pick individual stocks.

4 years ago

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