Transforming Hip-Hop’s Cultural Currency Into Political Action
Leaders are convening a Hip-Hop Political Education Summit Tuesday to bring awareness to voter suppression ahead of the November election
Leaders are convening a Hip-Hop Political Education Summit Tuesday to bring awareness to voter suppression ahead of the November election
Justice Ginsburg, a fierce advocate for pursuing justice, died Friday night as American Jews were taking part in Rosh Hashanah services.
Supreme Court justice and pop-culture icon Ruth Bader Ginsberg died Friday at age 87.
“Most of them [the potential nominees] are young, and they’ve gone through the [nomination] process very recently,” Trump said. He noted that one person he is considering for the vacancy is 38 years old and could be on the court for 50 years. Stay Up To Date: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Live BlogThis episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, congressional correspondent Susan Davis, and national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Listen to our playlist The NPR Politics Daily Workout.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station.
President Trump says he will announce his pick to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg by the end of the week.
NPR’s Nina Totenberg first encountered law professor Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 1971. They became close friends after Ginsburg moved to Washington to serve on the federal appeals court.
As if 2020 couldn’t get any more politically contentious, a fight is underway over a Supreme Court vacancy — just 43 days until Election Day, and as Americans are already voting.
Under a 1983 state law, the Citizens Utility Board can’t accept power company money. But WBEZ has found it took in $11.5 million from ComEd-funded foundations.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren forcefully condemned the Senate Majority leader at the vigil: “What Mitch McConnell does not understand is this fight has just begun.“
U.S. tech company Oracle is joining hands with Walmart to become a technology partner with TikTok and arrangement that satisfies the White House’s concerns over the security.