Battles In Texas, Arizona Are Just The Beginning Of The Fight Over Voting Rights
In Texas this week, state Democrats blocked a number of Republican voting changes purportedly aimed at increasing election confidence. Arizona's continued recounts of 2020 ballots have helped to susta...
2 Jun 202114min
Biden Visits Tulsa On 100th Anniversary Of Racist Terror That Killed Hundreds
The White House announced a number of new orders aimed at tackling the racial wealth gap in connection with the visit. Centenarian survivors of the attack testified before Congress last month about th...
1 Jun 202114min
50 Years Of NPR's Political Coverage
This month NPR is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and to commemorate the moment we're looking back on the women who shaped how NPR has covered the biggest political stories. Linda Wertheimer, Nina T...
31 Mai 202128min
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 Mai 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 Mai 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 Mai 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 Mai 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 Mai 202114min
