Politics

A Confederate flag that's part of a Civil War memorial on the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse flies during a Martin Luther King Day rally in 2008. The state is under fire for continuing to fly the flag.

S.C. State Legislator Hopes To Remove Confederate Flag This Summer

10:32pm June 22, 2015

by NPR Staff

NPR's Melissa Block speaks with South Carolina State Rep. Doug Brannon, who says he wants to fast-track a bill to remove the Confederate flag from the State House grounds.

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EPA Official: Decisions On Climate Change Will Affect Economic Future Of U.S.

10:32pm June 22, 2015

NPR's Melissa Block interviews Environmental Protection Agency administrator Gina McCarthy on the second anniversary of the president's Climate Action Plan.

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60 Million People Displaced By World Conflicts, U.N. Refugee Agency Says

7:17pm June 22, 2015

by Michele Kelemen

The United Nation's refugee agency says there is a record number of people uprooted by war, conflict and persecution: nearly 60 million.

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A sign warns against trespassing onto the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn. Sister Megan Rice and two other anti-war protesters cut through three fences and spray-painted slogans on the wall of a weapons-grade uranium facility in 2012.

Released From Prison, Nuclear Protest Nun Now Likely To Stay Free

3:29pm June 22, 2015

by Carrie Johnson

The Justice Department said it will not seek a rehearing after Sister Megan Rice's sabotage conviction was thrown out last month.

Rethinking The Presidential Debate

4:07pm June 21, 2015

NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Democratic and Republican communications strategists Anita Dunn and Beth Myers about proposals to change the way we organize presidential debates.

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President Obama pauses while speaking in the White House Briefing Room about the church shooting in Charleston, S.C.

Obama Mourns Charleston Victims, But Laments 'Politics' Of Gun Control

8:44pm June 20, 2015

by Domenico Montanaro

After a shooting at a Charleston, S.C., church left nine dead, President Obama noted, "Mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries," but tighter gun controls in the U.S. were unlikely.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks to members of the media after visiting the memorial site at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., where nine people were killed.

Predictably, Democrats, Republicans Don't Agree On Charleston Causes, Solutions

8:42pm June 20, 2015

by Don Gonyea

The shooting at a historically black church in Charleston briefly put a pause on the campaign. But eventually politics crept back in, and both sides, as usual, took different lessons from the tragedy.

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Vermonters crowd a farmers market in downtown Burlington, Vt.

Leaving Brooklyn, Bernie Sanders Found Home In Vermont

11:42am June 20, 2015

by Tamara Keith

Sanders grew up a city kid, dreaming of a life in the Green Mountain State. Now, a friend says, "I think he needs his fix of Vermont."

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Courted By Candidates, Faith Voters Say They Want To Hear More

8:50am June 20, 2015

by James Doubek

Attendees of the Faith & Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority conference say they want to hear the candidates talk about higher education, defense and gun rights.

The Rev. Sidney Davis leads mourners at Charleston's Second Presbyterian Church during a community prayer service for the nine victims of the shooting at the historic Emanuel AME Church.

Sen. Tim Scott: Charleston Shooting Was 'A Crime Of Hate'

7:35am June 20, 2015

by Michel Martin

Sen. Tim Scott, Republican of South Carolina, shares his thoughts on the shooting at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston.