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Ruqayya Ali of Center City peruses Philly Counts census literature during the Philly Counts 2020 summit at South Philadelphia High School.
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Community

White and Black people to get more room on 2020 census to explain their origins

For the first time, the U.S. Census Bureau is giving people in the country’s two largest racial categories space to give more details about their origins.

6 years ago

Banned books in prisons. (Sally Deng for NPR)
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Community

Who should decide what books are allowed in prison?

Michael Tafolla says the books he read in prison helped him understand how he had landed there in the first place.

6 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., waves with his wife, Jane, after his speech at a campaign event in Tacoma, Wash., on Feb. 17. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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Politics & Policy

After the Nevada caucuses, Bernie Sanders is the man to beat

The 2020 Democratic nomination is now Sen. Bernie Sanders' to lose.

6 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., with his wife, Jane O'Meara Sanders. (David Zalubowski/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Sanders wins Nevada caucuses, takes national Democratic lead

Bernie Sanders has scored a resounding victory in Nevada’s presidential caucuses.

6 years ago

Volunteers for various campaigns talk to voters as they enter a presidential caucus site at Mendive Middle School in Sparks, Nevada on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. (Scott Sonner/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Voting underway as Nevada Democrats weigh in on 2020 fight

Voting is underway across Nevada as the most diverse state so far has its say in the Democrats' nomination fight.

6 years ago

This Nov. 29, 2018, photo shows a Wells Fargo bank location in Philadelphia. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Money

Wells Fargo to pay $3B to resolve probes into fake accounts

Since the fake-accounts scandal came to light in 2016, Wells has paid out billions in fines to state and federal regulators.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Friday, June 28, 2019. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

2016 again? Trump rejects intel reports of Russian meddling

Intelligence officials told lawmakers in a classified briefing last week that Russia is meddling with the hope of getting Trump reelected.

6 years ago

Roger Stone accompanied by his wife Nydia Stone, second from left, arrives at federal court in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Trump ally Roger Stone sentenced to 40 months in prison

Roger Stone, a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, has been sentenced to 40 months in prison on his convictions for witness tampering and lying to Congress.

6 years ago

Democratic Presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg speaks at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Rivals take pre-debate shots as Bloomberg faces major test

The attacks underscore how seriously Democrats are taking the former New York mayor’s campaign, now that he’s rocketed to double-digit support in national polls.

6 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg speaks at a campaign event in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. (Gerald Herbert/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Bloomberg to go face to face against rivals after ad blitz

For Mike Bloomberg, the one-way conversation with Democratic voters is about to end.

6 years ago

FILE - In this March 14, 2012, file photo, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich speaks to the media outside his home in Chicago as his wife, Patti, wipes away tears a day before reporting to prison after his conviction on corruption charges. President Donald Trump is expected to commute the 14-year prison sentence of Blagojevich. The 63-year-old Democrat is expected to walk out of prison later Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
Courts & Law

Trump commutes former Illinois Gov. Blagojevich’s sentence

Blagojevich was convicted of political corruption just months after he appeared on Trump’s reality TV show, “Celebrity Apprentice."

6 years ago

In this Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020, photo, Rabbi Jacqueline Mates-Muchin removes a Torah scroll from the ark, a cabinet that houses scrolls of the Hebrew Bible, while preparing for Shabbat morning service at Temple Sinai in Oakland, Calif. (Noah Berger/AP Photo)
Community

Stresses multiply for many U.S. clergy: ‘We need help too’

These are daunting times for U.S. clergy of many faiths as the age-old challenges of their ministries are compounded by newly evolving stresses.

6 years ago

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced Monday he would spend $10 billion of his own fortune to launch a global initiative to fight climate change. (Arif Hudaverdi Yaman/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Money

Jeff Bezos pledges $10 billion to fight climate change, planet’s ‘biggest threat’

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced Monday he is committing $10 billion to fight climate change, which he calls "the biggest threat to our planet."

6 years ago

President Trump has congratulated Attorney General William Barr for
NPR
Politics & Policy

1,100 former DOJ employees call on Barr to resign after intervening in Stone Case

1,100 former Department of Justice officials are calling on Attorney General Barr to resign after his department lowered the prison sentence recommendation for Roger Stone.

6 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden, greets supporters at a campaign event in Columbia, S.C. (Gerald Herbert/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

For first time, Biden calls Obama deportations ‘big mistake’

Going further than he ever has in expressing regret over Obama administration immigration policy, presidential candidate Joe Biden called it a “big mistake.”

6 years ago

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