Politics

Democratic presidential candidate Lawrence Lessig speaks at WIRED BizCon in New York City in 2014.

'Fanciful'? Meet Lawrence Lessig, The Candidate With A Single Issue

6:34pm October 19, 2015

by Laura Sydell

Lessig is a passionate advocate for campaign finance reform. If he wins, he says, he will pass the Citizen Equality Act of 2017 to provide voters with vouchers to fund the campaign of their choice.

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Hillary Clinton reacts to host Jon Stewart on The Daily Show in 2014. According to a new survey, Bernie Sanders' supporters are more likely to watch the show than are Clinton's supporters.

Whose Supporters Like Cheap Flights, 'The Daily Show' And Fracking?

4:46pm October 19, 2015

by Scott Detrow

Online marketers know an awful lot about the shopping preferences of supporters of various Democratic presidential hopefuls.

Eritrean Dies After Israeli Security Mistakes Him For Assailant In Bus Station Attack

4:38pm October 19, 2015

by Emily Harris

With tensions rising over Arab attacks on Israeli Jews, an Eritrean asylum seeker was mistaken for an assailant and killed — shot by a security guard and beaten by a mob.

Bureaucracy Slows Process Of Welcoming Refugees To The U.S.

4:38pm October 19, 2015

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Larry Yungk, who coordinates refugee resettlement programs with the U.S., and Allentown, Penn., Mayor Ed Pawlowski about his appeal for more refugees in his city.

The Key To 'Accountability' — And Why You'll Be Hearing It A Lot This Week

2:07pm October 19, 2015

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with reporter Michael Schmidt about accountability — a word that's likely to come up often next week, as Hillary Clinton faces the House Select Committee on Benghazi.

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Liberal Party candidate Justin Trudeau speaks at a campaign event Frobisher Bay in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada.

Canadians Go To The Polls In Tight National Election

12:59pm October 19, 2015

by Alexandra Starr

Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper could be ousted by liberal Justin Trudeau, son of the iconic late Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.

Politics & Government

Congress Is Back. Now What?

5:14am October 19, 2015

Congress returns this week and Republicans will take up the unresolved matter Speaker John Boehner's successor. And Hillary Clinton will go before the House Benghazi Committee. Cokie Roberts explains.

Carly Fiorina speaks to reporters after voting in the June 2010 Republican primary. She went on to lose her bid for Senate to Barbara Boxer.

'Fierce Determination' Fueled Fiorina In 2010 Bid, As It Does Now

7:48pm October 18, 2015

by Ben Adler

Carly Fiorina lost out on going to the Senate five years ago but, as a former adviser said, "she gave Barbara Boxer a huge run for her money." Her rise in this year's race is reminiscent of that run.

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Lessons From A Fight To Fix Flint's Water Supply

6:50pm October 18, 2015

Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha talks to NPR's Michel Martin about her fight to get politicians to fix the water supply in Flint, Mich., after kids started testing positive for higher levels of lead exposure.

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A woman walks in front of a business with the municipal flag painted on the entrance doors in Lares, Puerto Rico, on Sept. 2, 2015. Puerto Rico's economy has been struggling, and Puerto Ricans living on the U.S. mainland, who can vote, vow to be heard thi

Politics & Government

Puerto Ricans Vow To Have A Bigger Voice In 2016 Election

5:18pm October 18, 2015

by Greg Allen

Puerto Rican leaders gathered in Orlando, Fla., in an effort to begin building the political clout of the nation's second-largest Hispanic group.

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