Weekly Roundup: Texas' 6-Week Abortion Ban Will Stand For Now
The Supreme Court is allowing a lawsuit challenging Texas's 6-week abortion ban to go forward, but keeping the law in place while the suit moves through the courts. The move will maintain the status q...
10 Des 202126min
No One Has Been Granted Clemency During Biden Administration
Joe Biden pledged ambitious criminal justice reforms as a candidate, but has taken few steps during his time in office to deliver them. And the FBI says diversifying its special agent ranks is a top p...
9 Des 202114min
What To Know About The U.S. Olympics Boycott
In response to China's human rights abuses, the United States will not send any government representatives to the 2022 Winter Olympics in the country. U.S. athletes will still compete. The move is exp...
8 Des 202113min
Why Women Seek Abortions After 15 Weeks
The Supreme Court could allow Mississippi's ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy to take effect. In the United States, many women end up getting abortions after that point because of clinic ba...
7 Des 202114min
The High Cost Of Vaccine Conspiracies
An NPR analysis finds that people living in counties which strongly supported Donald Trump in the 2020 election could be three times more likely to die of coronavirus than those in counties which stro...
6 Des 202115min
Weekly Roundup: December 3rd
Congress passed a short-term funding bill to avoid a government shutdown, but they only punted and they still have a long list of things to do before the end of the year. Plus, there's a lot of talk a...
3 Des 202124min
Why Two Experts Think The Supreme Court Is Prepared To Roll Back Roe V. Wade
The Supreme Court heard arguments for a case that challenges the foundation of Roe v. Wade, the decision that originally made abortion legal. In their questioning, the conservative justices seemed pri...
2 Des 202113min
The Big Consequences Of Small Changes To Congressional Maps
Congressional districts are redrawn every ten years by state legislatures. In theory it is so populations are accurately represented when voting, but partisan gerrymandering means when you look at the...
1 Des 202114min
