Sudden Civility: The Final Presidential Debate
At the start of Thursday night’s debate its moderator, Kristen Welker of NBC News, delivered a polite but firm instruction: The matchup should not be a repeat of the chaos of last month’s debate. It w...
23 Okt 202037min
A Peculiar Way to Pick a President
The winner-take-all system used by the Electoral College in the United States appears nowhere in the Constitution. It awards all of a state’s electors to the candidate with the most votes, no matter h...
22 Okt 202031min
A Misinformation Test for Social Media
Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have invested a significant amount of time and money trying to avoid the mistakes made during the 2016 election.A test of those new policies came last week, when The New ...
21 Okt 202024min
A Pivotal Senate Race in North Carolina
In the struggle to control the U.S. Senate, one race in North Carolina — where the Republican incumbent, Thom Tillis, is trying to hold off his Democratic challenger, Cal Cunningham — could be crucial...
20 Okt 202026min
The Field: A Divided Latino Vote in Arizona
This episode contains strong language. In the last decade, elections have tightened in Arizona, a traditionally Republican stronghold, as Democrats gain ground.According to polls, Joe Biden is leading...
19 Okt 202039min
The Sunday Read: 'Jim Dwyer, About New York'
Jim Dwyer, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for The New York Times, died earlier this month. He was 63.Throughout his nearly 40-year career, Jim was drawn to stories about discrimination, wrongly c...
18 Okt 202021min
The Candidates: Joe Biden’s Plans
In the second of a two-part examination of the presidential candidates’ policies, we turn to Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s agenda and how he plans to govern a nation wracked by a public health and economic cr...
16 Okt 202029min
The Candidates: Donald Trump’s Promises
In a two-part examination of the policies of the president and of the man seeking to replace him, Joe Biden, we first take a look at what Donald Trump said he would do four years ago — and what he’s a...
15 Okt 202036min
