Politics & Government

'Not a badge of honor': how book bans affect Indigenous literature

3:00am July 31, 2024

For some authors, finding their book on a "banned" list can feel almost like an accolade, putting them right there with classics like The Bluest Eye and To Kill a Mockingbird. But the reality is, most banned books never get the kind of recognition or readership that the most famous ones do.

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Former comms director for Kamala Harris reflects on 'tough environment'

10:10pm July 30, 2024

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with journalist Gil Duran, who was communications director for Vice President Kamala Harris when she was California’s state attorney general.

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Kamala Harris’ campaign is reaching out to specific types of male voters

10:10pm July 30, 2024

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Campaigns don’t often reach out to male voters as men. At least on the Democratic side, that changed when Kamala Harris became the party’s likely nominee.

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J.D. Vance is unrecognizable to his former friend

10:10pm July 30, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Sofia Nelson, a former close friend of vice presidential hopeful J.D. Vance, about how he's changed from the person she knew for more than a decade.

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JD Vance is unrecognizable to his former friend, who shared their emails and texts

10:10pm July 30, 2024

Sofia Nelson — a former friend and law school classmate of JD Vance — has made public dozens of email and text exchanges with the vice presidential candidate.

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Harris tries to flip the script on Trump on the border during raucous Georgia speech

9:14pm July 30, 2024

by Asma Khalid

The issue of border security is one of Vice President Harris' biggest vulnerabilities in her campaign. On Tuesday, she tried to use his signature issue against former President Donald Trump.

Project 2025 Director Paul Dans Departs Heritage Foundation

Politics & Government

Project 2025's director steps down, but the think tank says work will go on

6:44pm July 30, 2024

by Franco Ordoñez

The Trump campaign, which has tried to disavow the project despite links to it, said in a statement that “reports of Project 2025’s demise would be greatly welcomed."

President Trump Holds A Press Conference At Trump Tower Day After Guilty Verdict

Trump's planned address to Black journalists convention sparks backlash

5:54pm July 30, 2024

by Alana Wise

Former President Donald Trump will address journalists at the NABJ convention in Chicago. Many, however, have questioned the decision to offer a platform to the Republican nominee.

Politics & Government

A childhood friend paints a picture of Kamala Harris' upbringing

5:16pm July 30, 2024

In her childhood in Berkeley, Calif., you can find the seeds of the political leader that Vice President Kamala Harris grew up to become.

Her childhood friend Carole Porter, who lived a few houses away, paints a picture of a working-class, multicultural neighborhood.

And she pointed to two women who had a huge effect on the vice president's life.

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We went to Pennsylvania to ask voters how they’re feeling. Here’s what we learned

5:02pm July 30, 2024

A Morning Edition team knocked on doors, canvassed parks and neighborhoods and even attended a weekly family dinner to hear how voters in the swing state are feeling.