Politics May 11 Why the Democrats’ sweeping election reform bill faces an uphill Senate battle In the six months since the 2020 election, voting access and election security have been hot topics in state legislatures and the U.S. Congress. The For The People Act is Democrats' voting rights and campaign reform bill. Already through the…
Politics May 06 Exploring the ‘unprecedented,’ secretive efforts to review millions of ballots in Arizona Though the 2020 presidential election is six months behind us, a review of nearly 2.1 million ballots in Arizona's largest county is currently underway, ordered by the state's Republican-led Senate. Stephanie Sy explores the growing controversy and what it means…
Politics May 04 Stacey Abrams: Voting rights not a question of partisanship, but of ‘peopleship’ There is a growing fight over voting access in the U.S. and Georgia is at the center of the conflict, with Democrat Stacey Abrams as a driving force behind change in the state. On Tuesday, Abrams was honored at the…
Politics May 04 Looking back at a year of Supreme Court cases tried over the phone Few institutions are as tradition-laden as the U.S. Supreme Court, but the pandemic brought changes. Justices dialed in to hear their final oral argument of the term Tuesday- a case about sentencing reductions for low-level crack-cocaine offenses. Their final call…
Politics Apr 29 Biden’s 100 days: Where the president stands on his campaign promises 100 days into his presidency, President Joe Biden has already faced historic challenges. In his televised first address to a joint session of Congress Wednesday night, he laid out his plans to prepare the country for the future by strengthening…
Nation Apr 28 Student free speech makes it to the Supreme Court in former high school cheerleader’s case The social media platform Snapchat, the "F-word," and cheerleading made its way to the Supreme Court Wednesday, in a battle over student free speech. The Supreme Court ruled in 1969 that public schools could punish disruptive student speech in school,…
Politics Apr 15 A picture of disorganization: Analyzing Capitol Police’s failures on January 6 Lawmakers Thursday continued to assemble their picture of what went wrong on January 6. An internal watchdog testified about his ongoing review of U.S. Capitol Police, and shared his initial conclusions about why their defense failed that day after a…
Politics Mar 31 Are college athletes employees? Supreme Court mulls compensation for student players College basketball’s “March Madness,” which reaches its crescendo this weekend, reminds us that big-time college athletics can look like big business. As John Yang reports, it was a fitting backdrop Wednesday for a well-timed Supreme Court argument over compensation for…
Politics Mar 02 Supreme Court hears challenges to two Arizona election laws State legislatures across the country are trying to rewrite election laws after the contentious 2020 election. And as John Yang reports, a U.S. Supreme Court case argued Tuesday will determine how courts will assess those new laws.
Politics Oct 26 What addition of Barrett could mean for upcoming Supreme Court cases Amy Coney Barrett is poised to become the third Supreme Court justice chosen by President Trump, ensuring a judicial legacy that will be felt for years to come. And after her confirmation, Barrett will quickly have a chance to make…