Politics & Government

Politics & Government

Legal challenges to the Voting Rights Act continue into the new year

8:55am December 24, 2023

by Hansi Lo Wang

The landmark Voting Rights Act has had a wild year in the courts. In 2024, ongoing legal challenges are threatening to make it harder to protect the voting rights of people of color.

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U.S. declines to vote on UN resolution to send aid to Gaza

8:55am December 24, 2023

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Matt Duss, vice president at the Center for International Policy, about the latest UN resolution on aid to Gaza.

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Politics chat: Influx of migrants at southern border; Gaza aid; economic hope

8:01am December 24, 2023

by Asma Khalid

Migrants at the southern border are an immediate political challenge for the White House while the economy is an increasingly bright spot.

From left to right: Brayan Vazquez, Karen Perez and Adam Modzelewski recently became U.S. citizens at a naturalization ceremony in Phoenix.

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In their own words, new U.S. citizens look to voting in 2024

5:00am December 24, 2023

by Elena Moore

For some newly naturalized U.S. citizens in Arizona, they see voting in next year's elections as an important responsibility.

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This week in Trump's trials

5:38pm December 23, 2023

by Carrie Johnson

The Supreme Court refused to take up Special Counsel Jack Smith's request to decide whether former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution for alleged crimes committed while in office.

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Week in politics: Trump's language around immigration, Colorado Supreme Court ruling

8:19am December 23, 2023

We look at former President Donald Trumps characterization of immigrants as well as the Colorado Supreme Court's decision on whether he can participate in the state's presidential primary.

Martin Luther King Jr. waves to supporters on August 28, 1963, during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on the Mall in Washington, D.C. Activists marked 60 years since the march in 2023.

2023 was a year of big anniversaries

6:00am December 23, 2023

by James Doubek

In 2023, we marked 20 years since the Iraq War, 50 years since the birth of hip-hop, and 60 years since the JFK assassination. Here's a roundup of historical events we wrote about over the past year.

State abortion initiatives have proved to be major voter mobilizers since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion in 2022.

A next big ballot fight over abortion could come to Arizona

5:00am December 23, 2023

by Ximena Bustillo

Abortion access advocates are collecting signatures needed to put a measure on Arizona's 2024 ballot. Democrats hope the initiative could drive turnout in the swing state.

Misinformation is becoming more sophisticated in Taiwan

6:27pm December 22, 2023

by Emily Feng

Disinformation efforts are becoming more sophisticated in Taiwan, and often it's domestic platforms spreading false information.

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U.S. ambassador to the UN talks about why the U.S. obtained from new Gaza resolution

6:04pm December 22, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with U.S. Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas Greenfield about the situation in Gaza and the UN resolution

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