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Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, gestures to the Utah House during a visit Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018, at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City. Utah's Legislature unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday honoring retiring Hatch. The resolution declared the day
National Interest
Politics & Policy

The GOP’s ‘hollow men’: Spineless in the face of crisis

Whenever I ponder the despicable impotence of the congressional Republicans — especially now, as we lurch toward a national crisis long ...

8 years ago

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg pauses while speaking as he testifies before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Politics & Policy

Watch: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony before House committee

Zuckerberg's second day of testimony begins at 10 a.m.

8 years ago

A federal court has sided with Aileen Rizo, who filed suit after realizing her male counterparts were being paid more. The ruling overrules a previous interpretation of the 1963 Equal Pay Act. Rizo is seen here with her daughters in a photo she provided to the AP in 2017. (Aileen Rizo/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Women can’t have prior salaries used against them, court says in equal pay case

Employers can't pay women less than men just because they made less at a previous job.

8 years ago

Mike Pompeo, who has received an award from an anti-Islamic group, has been tapped by President Donald Trump to be the next Secretary of State. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Pompeo, Bolton, and the question of hate groups

We shouldn’t have to wait for another Dylann Roof before our leaders denounce anti-Muslim hate groups, which are every bit as reprehensible as anti-black ones.

8 years ago

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 9, 2018
Politics & Policy

Factcheck: Facebook doesn’t sell data but profits off it

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified in front of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees Tuesday.

8 years ago

Attorney General Jeff Sessions at a roundtable meeting on sanctuary cities hosted by President Trump earlier this month.
(Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
Courts & Law

Sessions orders ‘zero tolerance’ policy for border crossers

His one-page order lacks specifics on how the policy will be carried out.

8 years ago

Physical therapist Ingrid Peele coaches Kim Brown through strengthening exercises to help her with her chronic pain, at the OSF Central Illinois Pain Center in Peoria. (Kyle Travers/WFYI)
NPR
Health

For chronic pain, a change in habits can beat opioids for relief

8 years ago

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is facing investigations into his use of taxpayer funds for security and travel along with scrutiny of his ties to industry lobbyists.
Money

AP reports EPA’s Pruitt spent millions on security, travel

The agency spent millions of dollars for a 20-member full-time detail.

8 years ago

Jacinta Morales learned she was pregnant after she was processed into ICE detention. (Liz Jones/KUOW)
NPR
Health

Pregnant and detained

Dozens of members of Congress have called for a thorough investigation.

8 years ago

(Rob Dobi for NPR)
NPR
Education

College waitlists often waste would-be students’ time

What should students do once they've been wait-listed?

8 years ago

Teacher hand writing grammar sentences on blackboard background
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

25 percent of U.S. teachers wish they’d chosen another profession

NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup's Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. opinion.

8 years ago

Listen 7:08
San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, (right), of Puerto Rico speaks on a panel at Carnegie Mellon University alongside Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto and CMU Interim Provost Laurie Weingart. (Amy Sisk/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Community

Mayor from Puerto Rico aims to rebuild a new, modern grid

Six months after Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico, 200,000 residents still lack electricity.

8 years ago

Anti-abortion-rights demonstrators stand outside the U.S. Supreme Court in 2014 after oral arguments over buffer zones around abortion clinics. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

What free speech has to do with skim milk, condoms and corporate political spending

Below are a few of the cases from the 21st century that highlight what the right to free speech has come to embody.

8 years ago

Protesters hold signs aloft as they attend the March for Our Lives rally in support of gun control in Washington, D.C., last month. (Cliff Owen/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

How the NRA worked to stifle gun violence research

The 1996 law only prohibits the CDC from advocating for gun control, but it does not block research altogether.

8 years ago

Surgeon General Jerome Adams is recommending that more Americans be prepared to save people from opioid overdoses.
(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Surgeon General urges more Americans to carry opioid antidote

The medicine is now available at retail pharmacies in most states without a prescription.

8 years ago

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