Politics

With midterms looming, voters don't feel good about Biden's handling of the economy

4:12pm February 08, 2022

by Asma Khalid

The economy looks good on paper but it doesn't feel good to voters. And that's a problem for President Biden and his party going into the midterms. We explore the disconnect with help from economists.

A nurse fills out a vaccine card at an L.A. Care Health Plan vaccination clinic at Los Angeles Mission College.

The Biden administration will pay community groups to help boost trust in vaccines

2:15pm February 08, 2022

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

The Health Resources and Services Administration is distributing $66.5 million to community groups working across 38 states and Washington, D.C. to help with local vaccine outreach.

How did the Republican Party become the party of Trump?

1:30pm February 08, 2022

by Terry Gross

New York Times reporter Jeremy Peters says the religious right and social conservatives "got basically everything that they wanted" from Trump's presidency. Peters' new book is Insurgency.

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Politics & Government

Biden will lean into his long tenure as a senator to fill Supreme Court vacancy

7:50am February 08, 2022

by Scott Detrow

President Biden said he's been told that voters don't want him to be the "President Senator." But in filling a vacancy on the Supreme Court, he's going out of his way to court old colleagues.

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Biden is promising crippling sanctions on Russia if it invades Ukraine

7:19am February 08, 2022

What exactly would those sanctions look like? NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Daleep Singh, deputy national security adviser for international economics, about what the U.S. can do.

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Fla. bill bans businesses and schools from making anyone feel guilt about race

6:59am February 08, 2022

by Greg Allen

Under a bill proposed by Florida's governor, schools and businesses would be banned from teaching courses and offering training that cause white people to feel "discomfort" on account of their race.

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News brief: Macron-Putin talks, Alabama voting map, opioid crisis deaths

6:51am February 08, 2022

Diplomatic talks continue in the Ukraine-Russia standoff. Another Supreme Court ruling deals a blow to the Voting Rights Act. Drug overdose deaths in America have hit record highs.

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12th October 1939: American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt addresses America.

Price Controls, Black Markets, And Skimpflation: The WWII Battle Against Inflation

6:30am February 08, 2022

by Greg Rosalsky

To control inflation during WWII, the U.S. government resorted to wide-ranging price controls. Their unintended consequences might explain why today's policymakers are reluctant to try it again.

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Civil rights leaders who met with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday called for the league to establish specific recruiting and hiring procedures for executive and coaching positions, with meaningful consequences for teams that do not abide by the r

Civil rights leaders call on the NFL to replace the Rooney Rule

10:31pm February 07, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The Rooney Rule, a policy that went into effect in 2003, requires NFL teams to interview candidates of color for head coaching and senior operation vacancies.

Eric Lander, director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, speaks on Jan. 16, 2021.

Top White House science adviser announces resignation after reports of bullying

10:04pm February 07, 2022

by Alana Wise

Eric Lander tendered his letter of resignation hours after a Politico article reported that the White House had found that he bullied and demeaned his subordinates.