Nation Nov 14 Jewish Americans share views on conflict as Israel-Hamas war continues Tuesday in Washington, tens of thousands of people marched near the Capitol in support of Israel as its war with Hamas enters a second month. But some Jewish Americans are torn over how the Israeli government is conducting the war…
Nation Oct 30 Biden signs order establishing standards to manage artificial intelligence risks President Biden signed the government’s first executive order to establish new standards and rules for the use of artificial intelligence. It’s a wide-ranging set of rules and recommendations to address concerns about national security, privacy, equity and the labor market.
Nation Oct 20 Michael Lewis on his controversial book documenting the rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fried The man at the center of a major fraud trial in New York right now, Sam Bankman-Fried, is also the subject of a new book by the best-selling author Michael Lewis. Economics correspondent Paul Solman talked with him about “Going…
Nation Oct 06 Nobel laureate Maria Ressa on defending truth and the danger of A.I. in the wrong hands Veteran journalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa has a dire warning about the defense of truth in the digital age. She says we risk losing the information war to adversarial artificial intelligence and to authoritarian governments who can…
Nation Oct 02 Child care centers face funding gap as pandemic-era grants expire Key funding for child care centers dating back to the pandemic ended on Saturday. More than 220,000 centers counted on those grants to help pay the bills and raise wages. With the loss of funding, one progressive think tank projects…
World Sep 28 Sports tribunal to hear evidence in Olympic figure skating doping scandal Nineteen months after the Winter Olympics ended in Beijing, one medal ceremony for the U.S. figure skating team has still not been held. It all goes back to a doping scandal involving Russian Kamila Valieva that erupted during the 2022…
Nation Sep 25 Family of Black teen suspended from school for his hairstyle sues Texas leaders The family of Darryl George, a Black student in Texas suspended over his dreadlocks, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton. They allege Abbott and Paxton are not enforcing the Crown…
Politics Sep 22 What you need to know about the new federal gun violence prevention office President Joe Biden on Friday announced the creation of the first-ever federal office of gun violence prevention, which will be overseen by Vice President Kamala Harris and aimed at curbing the national epidemic of firearm violence. William Brangham talks to…
Nation Sep 20 How rising mortgage rates are increasing the cost of living for millions of Americans The Federal Reserve did not hike interest rates Wednesday, but many Americans are still struggling with the burden of the higher costs of borrowing. The Fed’s series of hikes over more than a year has triggered a big jump in…
Nation Sep 15 United Auto Workers strike after deadline expires between the union and automakers The United Auto Workers launched a strike Friday, the first time it began a strike by picketing against the three big automakers simultaneously. The union, under new leadership, has also changed its traditional approach to a walkout by starting with…