Racial-Bias Issues Plague Justice Department Early-Release Program
Civil rights advocates say an algorithm at the heart the First Step Act, the 2018 bipartisan criminal justice reform law, should be overhauled or scrapped. Also: Kenneth Polite, a Black man who lost a...
2 Feb 202214min
Democratic Activists Say Biden Has Failed To Deliver On Immigration Promises
Activists say the president has made little substantive progress on overhauling the U.S. immigration system despite pledging as a candidate to work toward a more humane and open immigration system. Th...
31 Jan 202214min
Biden Says He'll Make His Supreme Court Pick By The End Of February
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says Democrats will move to confirm Biden's choice as quickly as possible. And Trump allies are under investigation for an electoral college gambit — but experts s...
28 Jan 202227min
Both Parties Vie For Latino Voters To Boost Midterms Hopes
A new congressional district in Colorado that is forty percent could be the site of one of the country's closest House races in November. Democratic organizers in Colorado and across the country are w...
27 Jan 202213min
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer To Retire
Breyer's retirement gives President Biden his first opportunity to name a new justice to the court. During the presidential campaign, he pledged to name an African American woman if he got the chance....
26 Jan 202213min
Here's How Voting Is Different In Georgia and Texas This Year
After Democrats failed to pass federal voting rights legislation, changes to election processes enacted by Republican-controlled state legislatures will reshape how voters cast a ballot in 2022 and be...
25 Jan 202214min
As Putin Threatens Ukraine, Biden Weighs Increasing Military Presence In Europe
8,500 U.S. troops are on heightened alert for deployment to Europe after Russia stationed more than 100,000 military personnel on its border with Ukraine. Europe's considerable economic links to Russi...
24 Jan 202213min
Weekly Roundup: January 21st
Kamala Harris made history when she became the first woman and the first woman of color to serve as vice president. But in an often thankless job, and tasked with a portfolio of politically thorny iss...
21 Jan 202226min
