• How Muslim American candidates made history in the midterms

    How Muslim American candidates made history in the midterms

    Dec 02, 2022 11:40 PM EDT

    And so, for years now, these organizations have worked to build the infrastructure needed for campaigns like mine. Geoff Bennett: Is that what you think accounts for the historic number of Muslim Americans who are not just running for elected office, but, in this last election, won? Ruwa Romman: Absolutely ...

  • Where the candidates stand on criminal justice and policing

    Where the candidates stand on criminal justice and policing

    Oct 19, 2016 11:18 PM EDT

    ... s very much putting on the forefront of her campaign the idea of getting rid or cutting back on mass incarceration, and particularly on improving the relations between police and the communities they serve, particularly people of color. You heard her in the first debate talking about implicit bias. This ...

  • Watch Obama's full immigration speech

    Watch Obama's full immigration speech

    Nov 20, 2014 11:45 PM EDT

    ... authority to make our immigration system work better, or question the wisdom of me acting where Congress has failed, I have one answer: Pass a bill. I want to work with both parties to pass a more permanent legislative solution. And the day I sign that bill into law, the ...

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    State of the Union: President Obama Proposes Smarter, Not Bigger, Government

    Feb 12, 2013 05:00 AM EDT

    ... In other words, we know what needs to be done. And as we speak, bipartisan groups in both chambers are working diligently to draft a bill, and I applaud their efforts. So let’s get this done. Send me a comprehensive immigration reform bill in the next few months, and ...

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    For Romney, Leaked Video Creates Fresh Challenges

    Sep 18, 2012 01:31 PM EDT

    ... criticize, as well as giving Americans a better sense of what you would do in office. Balz, meanwhile, said the reports of internal grumbling inside the Romney campaign were not likely to have a major impact the outcome of the election. [C]ampaigns ultimately reflect the candidate. Strategists can do ...

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    Study Says Romney's Tax Plan Would Most Benefit Wealthy Americans

    Aug 02, 2012 10:16 PM EDT

    ... comes to who would better look out for the middle class. For a closer look at what exactly is in the Romney tax proposal at the heart of this political fight, we turn to Bill Gale of the Tax Policy Center. He is a co-author of the report in ...

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    President Obama Heads to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador

    Mar 18, 2011 12:34 PM EDT

    ... the next five days, Obama is to travel to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador in what the White House is casting as a mission to build job-creating opportunities for the United States and to address regional security concerns." As NPR's Ari Shapiro reports in his preview of the ...

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    House Moves to Avert Shutdown for Two Weeks, But Battles Remain

    Mar 02, 2011 01:01 AM EDT

    Judy Woodruff talks with Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Rep. Allen West, R-Fla.

  • When the hospital emergency room is inundated with knee-deep water

    When the hospital emergency room is inundated with knee-deep water

    Sep 28, 2021 09:14 PM EDT

    Experts predict that human-driven climate change will significantly increase the number of communities vulnerable to flooding and could undermine the health care systems that support cities and towns already in harm’s way.

  • Google Maps for bacteria? How NYC subway swab could change public health