Biden's COVID Response Lags Behind The Crisis, Experts Say
As the president and his team promise more tests are coming, the omicron variant continues to drive cases to new records. While the latest wave is putting a smaller share of people into the hospital, ...
5 Jan 202214min
Capitol Police Are Still Dealing With The Aftermath Of January 6th
Chief Tom Manger says that he is dealing with low morale and high turnover as the force attempts to reinvent itself in the wake of last year's attack on the Capitol. There were more than 9000 threats ...
4 Jan 202214min
US Democracy Is At Risk Of Failing, According To 64% Of Americans
The sentiment is felt most acutely by Republicans, two-thirds of whom wrongly believe that "voter fraud helped Joe Biden win the 2020 election." That's according to a new NPR/Ipsos poll out Monday. A...
3 Jan 202214min
Our Favorite Political Music of 2021
Miles Parks, Juana Summers, and Ayesha Rascoe are joined by Stephen Thompson of NPR Music to discuss their favorite political music of the year.Connect:Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.orgJoin the NP...
31 Dec 202117min
Our Favorite Political TV Of 2021
Miles Parks, Kelsey Snell, and Barbara Sprunt are joined by Aisha Harris of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast to discuss the year in political television.Connect:Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.o...
30 Dec 202114min
What Does It Take To Combat Disinformation?
Whitney Phillips, assistant professor at Syracuse University, talks to NPR's Miles Parks about conspiracy, disinformation, and what it would take to improve civic literacy and rebuild trust in institu...
29 Dec 202112min
Why Was Marriage At The Center Of The Fight For LGBT Civil Rights?
In the latest NPR Politics Book Club, Danielle Kurtzleben talks with journalist Sasha Issenberg whose book The Engagement chronicles the path of marriage equality from a fringe issue to one of the nat...
28 Dec 202114min
Despite Early Warnings Of An Omicron Surge, Testing Remains A Problem Nationwide
Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said officials knew there would be a surge from the Omicron variant since early data became available from South Africa. ...
27 Dec 202114min
