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Nurses from National Nurses United gathered in Washington, D.C. on April 29 and 30 for their annual Lobby Day. (Image by Jaclyn Higgs, National Nurses United, 2019)
The Pulse
Health

Why mandated nurse-to-patient ratios have become one of the most controversial ideas in health care

The issue has divided nurses, confounded voters, and prompted a multimillion-dollar backlash by the hospital industry. Even research on the impact of ratio laws has been split

6 years ago

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In this Nov. 26, 2019, file photo a UPS man delivers an Amazon package to a residence in North Andover, Mass. Amazon, Walmart and others are promising to deliver more of their goods in a day and this holiday season will be the first real test of whether they can make that happen. (Elise Amendola/AP Photo)
Money

Holiday stress: Amazon, others under gun for 1-day delivery

Amazon, Walmart and others have promised to deliver more of their orders within 24 hours.

6 years ago

A voter casting a ballot in Louisville, Ky. this month. Long-serving election officials around the country are retiring ahead of the 2020 election, which could be among the most challenging to administer in the country's history. (John Sommers II/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

As 2020 approaches, some experienced election officials head to the exits

A number of top election officials who oversaw voting in 2016 won't be around next year. Some are retiring after long careers, but others are feeling the strain.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump listens during an event to sign an executive order establishing the Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives, in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

House Judiciary Committee sets Dec. 4 impeachment hearing

The House Judiciary Committee is set to take over the impeachment probe of President Donald Trump next week, scheduling a Dec. 4 hearing.

6 years ago

Officials escort convicted killer Adnan Syed, subject of the Serial podcast, from a courthouse in Baltimore in February 2016. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear Adnan Syed’s appeal, keeping ‘Serial’ subject in prison

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it will not consider an appeal filed by convicted killer Adnan Syed.

6 years ago

U.S. Senator Bob Casey at WHYY studios. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Casey urges Democratic candidates to blast Trump, not one another, on health care

The Pennsylvania senator says Democrats can use the issue to win in 2020, but only if they remind voters that Republicans are taking health care away.

6 years ago

Tristan Vaught (left) and Nancy Dawson are the co-founders of clothing exchange Transform. A 17-year-old client Elliot Reed (far right) was the first customer when the space opened. (Ann Thompson/WVXU)
NPR
Community

Wardrobe update: Clothing exchange caters to transgender youth

A simple Facebook post brought Tristan Vaught and Nancy Dawson together. The post asked if gender reveal parties should be reserved for transgender kids when they come out.

6 years ago

Geriatric oncologist Supriya Gupta Mohile meets with patient Jim Mulcahy at Highland Hospital in Rochester, N.Y. 
NPR
Health

A cancer care approach tailored to the elderly may have better results

When Lorraine Griggs' father was diagnosed with prostate cancer, he was treated with 35 rounds of radiation, though he had a long list of other serious issues.

6 years ago

Fiona Hill, the National Security Council's former senior director for Europe and Russia, and David Holmes, an official from the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, testified in the House impeachment inquiry Thursday. (Matt McClain/Pool/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Democrats have wrapped their public case on impeachment. What comes next?

Members of Congress and the witnesses did not agree about whether they heard Trump make a request of Zelenskiy politely — or whether Trump twisted his arm.

6 years ago

Attorney General William Barr speaks with Myrna DuMontier (left) and Charmel Gillin (right), councilwomen with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes on the Flathead Reservation in Pablo, Mont. (Patrick Semansky/AP Photo)
NPR
Community

Barr announces plan to address crisis of missing and murdered Native Americans

U.S. Attorney General William Barr announced a national plan to increase the federal government's role in reducing the number of murdered or missing Native Americans.

6 years ago

Samples of Silestone, a countertop material made of quartz. Cutting the material releases dangerous silica dust that can damage people's lungs if the exposure to the dust is not properly controlled. (Catie Dull/NPR)
NPR
Health

‘It’s going to get worse’: how U.S. countertop workers started getting sick

Ublester Rodriguez could not have anticipated that his life would be profoundly changed by kitchen and bathroom countertops.

6 years ago

Former White House national security aide Fiona Hill, and David Holmes, a U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, right, testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, during a public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Former security official undercuts Trump impeachment defense

Fiona Hill’s comment followed a blistering back-and-forth during questioning from Republicans at the House hearing.

6 years ago

The Comcast Center in Center City.
The Why
Courts & Law

Comcast at the Supreme Court, with U.S. civil rights at stake

Media mogul Byron Allen says Comcast wouldn't carry his channels because he's black. How this Supreme Court case affect other civil rights cases in the future.

Air Date: November 19, 2019

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Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, is likely the most anticipated of the eight witnesses scheduled to testify in this week's public impeachment hearings. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Impeachment public hearings week 2 — who is testifying and what happens next

The House impeachment inquiry begins its second week of public hearings with the Intelligence Committee scheduled to hear testimony from eight more witnesses over three days.

6 years ago

Jerome Dillard poses in Milwaukee. Dillard, a former inmate who is now the state director of Milwaukee-based advocacy group Ex-incarcerated People Organizing, supports ending prison gerrymandering. (Morry Gash/AP Photo)
Community

Census counting of prisoners becomes partisan battleground

When the U.S. Census Bureau counts residents of Milwaukee’s poorest neighborhoods next year, a significant portion of their population will be missing: prisoners.

6 years ago

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