Why Lynching Is Still Not A Federal Crime
Experts say the current fight over anti-lynching legislation reflects America’s racist history.
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Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle On Budget, Police Reform
Cook County is facing the largest budget deficit in nearly a decade, according to Board President Toni Preckwinkle.
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Tough, Kind, Creative: Beloved Editor Cate Cahan Leaves WBEZ After 20 Years
Cate Cahan wasn’t just an editor. She was a mentor, a leader, a public radio doyenne – and even officiated WBEZ reporters’ weddings.
Trump’s Disapproval Climbs Alongside US Coronavirus Cases
Amid a renewed spike in coronavirus cases, the number of voters disapproving of the job President Trump is doing is at an all-time high, a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds. Joe Biden is using the pandemic to attack the president. And despite a narrow loss in the Kentucky Senate primary, the progressive wing of the Democratic party is amassing power in the halls of Congress.This episode: White House correspondent Ayesha Rascoe, congressional correspondent Susan Davis, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station.
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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi On Police Reform, COVID-19
Fresh off a 60 Minutes appearance on the problems with antibody testing, the Democrat from Illinois talks police reform, COVID-19 and more.
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‘We Are Burying Our Future’: Chicago Mayor Mourns Kids’ Deaths From Weekend Shootings
A one-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl were among the dead. “This can’t be who we are as a city,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Monday.
Supreme Court Overturns Restrictions On Abortion Access
Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court’s four liberals, citing the Supreme Court’s adherence to precedent, to invalidate a Louisiana law that required doctors at clinics that perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. Plus, lawmakers in both parties are asking for more information after press reports suggested that Russian operatives have paid Afghan insurgents to target U.S. forces. This episode: congressional correspondent Kelsey Snell correspondent Sarah McCammon, national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson, election security editor Phil Ewing, and White House correspondent Tamara Keith.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station.
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Supreme Court Hands Abortion-Rights A Victory In Louisiana Case
Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court’s four liberals, citing the court’s adherence to precedent, to invalidate a law that required abortion providers to have hospital admitting.
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WBEZ’s Chicago And Illinois News Roundup: June 26, 2020
CPD speaks out about the violence from over the weekend, CPS votes to keep police in schools, and the region moves to Phase 4 of reopening.
