Weekly Roundup: August 13th
The unexpected announcement from the Pentagon comes as the Taliban is rapidly increasing their control over the country. And new census data out this week shows that the share of Americans who identif...
13 Aug 202125min
The Docket: Vaccine Mandates
In the latest installment of the Docket, our series on legal issues, NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben and Carrie Johnson talk about vaccine mandates with Lindsay F. Wiley, a law professor at American Univers...
12 Aug 202118min
What's Next For New York After Cuomo's Resignation?
Once talked about as a future presidential candidate, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) will leave politics in disgrace after the release of a report detailing multiple allegations of sexual harassment. Som...
11 Aug 202114min
Biden's Next Infrastructure Challenge: Democrats
President Biden's infrastructure deal passed the Senate with 19 Republican votes, bolstering his claim that he can secure deals in today's Washington. But now he has to contend with competing prioriti...
10 Aug 202114min
Biden's Climate Plans Are Historic. But Are They Enough?
President Biden said that the United States will cut its greenhouse gas emissions to half of 2005 levels by the end of this decade. The Senate is on track to approve billions for climate resiliency pr...
9 Aug 202114min
Weekly Roundup: August 8th
The unemployment rate dropped to 5.4% in July — a low for the pandemic. Nearly a million new jobs were added to the economy — although restaurants and factories are still hurting for workers. Covid ca...
6 Aug 202125min
Prices Are Rising. Who's To Blame?
People agree: prices are up on everything from gasoline to used cars. But both experts and voters disagree on the cause and whether inflation is here to stay. That uncertainty makes the economy a pote...
5 Aug 202114min
Biden Said He Couldn't Stop Evictions. Then He Did.
Gene Sperling oversees the White House's rollout of COVID relief. On Monday, he told reporters that President Biden had "quadruple-checked" whether he had the legal grounds to extend the eviction mora...
4 Aug 202113min
