NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about the Baltimore Key Bridge which collapsed after being hit by a ship early Tuesday morning.
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Independent Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced attorney, tech entrepreneur and philanthropist Nicole Shanahan to the Kennedy campaign as his vice presidential running mate during an event in Oakland, …
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Politics chat: Zelenskyy appeals for aid; Robert F. Kennedy Jr names running mate
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesUkrainian Pres. Volodymyr Zelenskyy is again appealing for U.S. aid, and Congress seems more receptive now than it has been recently.
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Trans Day of Visibility began 15 years ago. The founder is still moved by its success
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesRachel Crandall-Crocker is a psychotherapist and the executive director of the advocacy group Transgender Michigan. She also runs the Transgender Michigan help line. Transgender Michigan hide caption toggle caption Transgender …
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California fast-food workers will get $20 minimum wage, starting Monday
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesA McDonald’s worker hands food to a customer at a drive-thru window in Los Angeles, on Sept. 28. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption toggle caption Damian Dovarganes/AP A McDonald’s worker hands …
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Week in politics: Republicans’ House majority dwindles; Sen. Joe Liberman dies
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe Republican majority in the House narrows, making it harder for the party to accomplish the agenda and more likely to compromise with Democrats. Also, remembering the late Sen. Joe …
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NBC hires, then immediately fires, former Republican party chair as commentator
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesScott Simon talks with Jonah Goldberg, editor-in-chief of the conservative website The Dispatch, about former Republican party chair Ronna McDaniel very brief stint at NBC.
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Justice Breyer warns of the perils of conservatives’ judicial philosophy
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesNPR’s Scott Detrow speaks with retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer about his new book, Reading the Constitution, Why I chose Pragmatism not Textualism. SCOTT DETROW, HOST: Earlier this week, …
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Harvard’s TikTok strategy; plus, Shirley Chisholm, the coalition diva
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesA hand holding a phone displaying the Tik Tok logo; U.S. Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm Dan Kitwood/Getty Images/Ed Tilly/The State Media Company hide caption toggle caption Dan Kitwood/Getty Images/Ed Tilly/The State …
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Israeli soldiers are seen near the Gaza Strip border in southern Israel, Monday, March 4, 2024. Ohad Zwigenberg/AP There’s been a lot of disagreement in Congress and in the country …