Weekly Roundup: May 28th
The country's reckoning with policing, racial equity, and representation have reshaped the contest to run the largest city in the U.S. And, Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has pushed for eight year...
28 Touko 202127min
Pandemic Likely Began With Animals, But US Intel Agencies Will Investigate
The U.S. government and scientists remain uncertain about the exact origins of the coronavirus outbreak: transmission from animals or research lab escape? Either option has lessons for how society can...
27 Touko 202114min
The Docket: The Law Defers To Police During Traffic Stops
The Docket is a new ongoing series from The NPR Politics Podcast where we examine the backstory of the laws that impact our daily life. Traffic stops are a routine police practice, but with the rise i...
26 Touko 202116min
Biden Misses His Own Police Reform Deadline
During his first address to Congress, President Biden pushed for his party's police reform and racial justice package to be passed by May 25th, the first anniversary of George Floyd's murder by police...
25 Touko 202114min
After A $500B Haircut, WH Infrastructure Plan Isn't Attracting More Republicans
The White House dropped half a trillion dollars in spending from Biden's infrastructure and stimulus proposal in an ongoing show of "bipartisanship," but the cuts weren't to the levels or areas that w...
24 Touko 202114min
The Winners And Losers Of America's Economic Transformation
Alec MacGillis' book Fulfillment tells the story of America's three-decade long economic transformation through the lens of Amazon's rise to corporate dominance. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben interviews t...
22 Touko 202116min
Weekly Roundup: May 21st
The left flank of the Democratic party has exerted a lot of influence over the Biden administration on issues like climate change and economic strain. Will progressive sway Biden on Israel, too? And c...
21 Touko 202129min
Are Expanded Unemployment Benefits Keeping People From Returning To Work?
Twenty-two Republican led states are planning to roll back expanded unemployment benefits, because they say the benefits are keeping people from returning to work. Progressives argue employers need to...
20 Touko 202114min
