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Fauci Predicts Widespread Vaccine Availability By April. Are Americans Ready?
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Anthony Fauci said this week that it's likely that any healthy American who wants a coronavirus vaccine will be able to walk into a drugstore and ...
Millions In Crisis As Coronavirus Relief Set To Expire At Years' End
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lawmakers have been deadlocked for months on another coronavirus relief package. Now millions of Americans who have relied on emergency spending progr...
Why Our Brains Struggle To Make Sense Of COVID-19 Risks
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Millions of Americans traveled for Thanksgiving despite pleas not to do so from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Deborah Birx of th...
BONUS: The Badder, The Better
29 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Brooklyn rapper Bobby Shmurda blew up in 2014 off of his song "Hot N****" and the instantly viral Shmoney Dance. But just months after his breakout hi...
Student Debt Is Weighing Americans Down. Here's How Biden May Address It
27 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Student loans can crush an individual. And when a lot of people have more debt than they can handle, the effects ripple into the larger economy. Judit...
Play It Forward: A Musical Chain Of Gratitude
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What began as a Thanksgiving tradition five years ago for NPR host Ari Shapiro is now a recurring segment on All Things Considered. Play It Forward is...
A Feast For A Few: Rethinking The Traditional Thanksgiving Meal
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Thanksgiving is going to look different for many Americans this year. As the coronavirus pandemic rages, the Centers for Disease Control and Preventio...
As Biden Transition Picks Up Pace, Trump Lays Government Speedbumps
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After an unusually dramatic meeting of the Michigan Board of State Canvassers, the state voted to certify its election results, slamming the door on y...
Stunned By Congressional Losses, Democrats Debate The Future
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Democrats went into the election expecting to gain seats in the House. Instead, they lost at least eight of them. Virginia Rep. Abigail Spanberger spe...
BONUS: Biden And McConnell
22 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President-elect Joe Biden have a long working relationship. And if republicans retain a majority in the sen...
The Growing Backlash Against Trump's Efforts To Subvert The Election
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Election experts say there is no realistic legal path for President Trump to overturn the results of the 2020 election. But his determination to proce...
Vials, Cold Storage, Staggered Doses: The Challenges Of Vaccine Distribution
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Distribution of the first doses of a coronavirus vaccine could be mere months away. But how that distribution will work remains a massive logistical p...
America's Other Epidemic: The Opioid Crisis Is Worse Than 4 Years Ago
18 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
During President Trump's first year in office, 42,000 Americans died of drug overdoses linked to heroin, fentanyl and prescription opioids. After a mi...
Vaccine Trials Point To December Doses, 'Light At The End Of The Tunnel'
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Data from two leading COVID-19 vaccine trials indicate they may be between 90 and 95% effective. Dr. Moncef Slaoui, the chief scientist in charge of t...
Barack Obama On Trump's Defeat And Cooperation In A Divided America
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Former President Barack Obama talks with NPR's Michel Martin about his time in office, President Trump's pandemic response, the 2020 election and what...
Pandemic Fatigue Q & A: Mental Health, Processing The News, And Staying Occupied
15 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. is entering the worst of the pandemic. For many, pandemic fatigue set in months ago. Others are struggling anew with cases spiking dramatica...
'There's No Transition': Trump's Non-Existent National Security Handoff
13 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump's refusal to engage in any meaningful national security transition is dangerous, say two former national security officials. Kori Scha...
Hospitals Pushed To The Brink, Governors Warn Of Health Care Shortages
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The governors of North Dakota, Ohio and Utah all delivered the same message this week: hospital resources normally used for patients with heart attack...
The Consequences Of Election Denialism
11 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We know President Trump lost the election. What we don't know is what will happen between now and Inauguration Day if he refuses to accept the results...
As Senate Hinges On Georgia, GOP Mostly Silent On Biden's Victory
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump may be on his way out, but Republicans will have to rely on his voters to hold power in the Senate. If Democrats win two runoff electi...
Joe Biden Could Take Office During The Worst Of The Pandemic. What's His Plan?
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In 2008, then President-elect Obama and President Bush set up a join task force to help the incoming administration deal with the financial crisis the...
What We're Learning About The Electorate That Made 2020 So Close
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Early on election night, when it seemed clear that Joe Biden was underperforming with a specific group of Latino voters in the Miami-Dade County, a na...
Historic Turnout Leans Biden With Votes Still Being Counted
04 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Early data suggests 160 million people voted this year — which would be the highest turnout rate since 1900. With an unprecedented number of those v...
The Electoral College: Why Do We Do It This Way?
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The electoral college is a system unlike any other in American democracy. Why does it exist? Ramtin Arablouei and Rund Abdelfatah explored that questi...
An Unprecedented Election Season Ends The Way It Began: With Voters Locked In
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
NPR political correspondents Tamara Keith and Asma Khalid reflect on an election season shaped by unprecedented events: a global pandemic, President T...
Bonus: The Latinx Vote Comes Of Age
01 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today, a bonus episode from NPR's Code Switch. For the first time in election history, Latinos are projected to be the second-largest voting demograph...
What To Expect On Election Day — And In The Days After
30 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There is no reason to expect we will know the result of the Presidential election on Tuesday night. Wendy Weiser of the Brennan Center and David Scott...
Expectations Vs. Reality: Trump Supporters, Opponents On The Last 4 Years
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Four years after Donald Trump won, he turned out to be a better president than many of his supporters hoped — and worse one than many of his opponen...
Early Voting Points To Possible Record Turnout, With New States In Play
28 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
More than 74 million people have already voted. Michael McDonald of the Florida Elections Project tells NPR that could indicate the U.S. is headed for...
Coronavirus Cases Are Surging Past The Summer Peak — And Not Just In The U.S.
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. looks poised to exceed its summer peak, when the country averaged as many as 65,000 cases a day for a 10-day stretch in late July. The seven-...
As COVID-19 Cases Climb, How Safe Is It To Go Home For The Holidays?
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On Friday, the U.S. hit its highest number of daily coronavirus cases since the pandemic began. Holiday travel could lead to even more drastic and dea...
How Much Do You Really Know About Your Flood Or Wildfire Risk?
23 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Every year, millions of American renters and homebuyers make decisions about where to live. They have a lot of information to help them make a decisio...
Why More White Voters Aren't Supporting President Trump In 2020
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Polls show that Joe Biden has strong support among white voters with a college degree, especially white women, young voters, and those who live in cit...
From Air Travel to Hospital Treatment, We're Still Learning About The Virus
21 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, told NPR this week that he's "guardedly optimistic" about the prospects of a coronavir...
Election FAQs: Postmark Deadlines, Ballot Security And How To Track Your Vote
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With two weeks until election day and more than 35 million votes already cast, NPR's Miles Parks and Pam Fessler answer your questions about voting, b...
The Economy Is Driving Women Out Of The Workforce And Some May Not Return
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Women are dropping out of the workforce in much higher numbers than men. Valerie Wilson of the Economic Policy Institute explains that women are overr...
The Pandemic Bounceback Abroad: Concerts And Movies In Other Countries
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
While U.S. movie theaters continue to struggle, the picture is better for the international box office. NPR's Bob Mondello, who's reported on how dome...
Pandemic 'Halftime': U.S. Looks At Lessons Learned As Fall & Holidays Near
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As cases spike around the country, Utah is one state changing the way it's approaching the coronavirus. Republican Gov. Gary Herbert has a "new game p...
The Politics At Play In Judge Amy Coney Barrett's Confirmation Hearings
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With less than three weeks to go until Election Day, Republicans have the votes to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Her confirmation he...
The U.S. Pandemic Is Stuck In A Cycle Of Endless Ups And Downs
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Coronavirus cases fall, so people let their guard down. Cases rise, so they get more vigilant. That's the cycle the U.S. is stuck in. In most states a...
An NPR Investigation Into Lethal Injection: Why It Could Amount To Torture
12 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lethal injection is commonly thought of as the most painless method of execution. But now many lawyers and doctors are looking inside the bodies of ex...
The Michigan Kidnapping Plot And What's Fueling Right-Wing Extremism
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The FBI announced Thursday that it had thwarted a plan by far-right militia members to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, and charged six men in r...
Pandemic 'Profiteers': Why Billionaires Are Getting Richer During An Economic Crisis
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Excess" profits during wartime have been subject to tax at several points in American history. Writer Anand Giridharadas argues we are at similar poi...
Millions Of Americans Can't Afford Enough To Eat As Pandemic Relief Stalls In D.C.
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Two years ago, about 12% of American households reported they didn't have enough food. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, that number has nearly doubl...
President Trump's COVID-19 Treatment Reveals Unequal Burden Of The Disease
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump told the country Tuesday: "Don't be afraid of COVID. Don't let it dominate your life." This was in a video published after the preside...
The White House COVID-19 Crisis
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The president, first lady, and a growing list of White House staffers have tested positive for the coronavirus. Ever since President Trump left the Wh...
The President Has Coronavirus. What Happens If He Gets Sicker
02 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
News broke overnight that President Trump and the first lady tested positive for the coronavirus. The White House says they have mild symptoms. Ashish...
As Social Media Giants Plan For Disinformation, Critics Say It's Not Enough
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Facebook and Twitter have plans for an election season rife with disinformation on their platforms. Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg e...
Trump's Baseless Attacks On Election Integrity Bolstered By Disinformation Online
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump used Tuesday night's debate to attack the integrity of the upcoming election with false claims about voter fraud and mail-in ballots. ...
With 1 Million Dead Worldwide, The Latest On A Coronavirus Vaccine
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With 10 vaccine candidates now in phase three trials, one expert predicts another million people worldwide could die within three to six months.One of...
Ahead Of First Presidential Debate, Almost 1,000,000 Americans Have Already Voted
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will meet Tuesday night in Cleveland for the first of three presidential debates. Michael McDonald...
What's Next For Breonna Taylor's Family, And The Movement That Followed Her Death
25 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Kentucky attorney general said this week that police were "justified" in the shooting that killed Breonna Taylor during a botched narcotics raid, ...
How Countries Around The World Are Coping With New Surge In Coronavirus Cases
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
India is poised to overtake the U.S. as the country with the most COVID-19 cases. This week the Taj Mahal reopened to tourists for the first time in m...
What The SCOTUS Vacancy Means for Abortion — And The 2020 Election
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol. She'll be the first woman in history to do so. Ginsburg's death sparked r...
White Support For BLM Falls, And A Key Police Reform Effort Is Coming Up Short
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Prude died of asphyxia a week after his brother called 911 on March 23. His death was ruled a homicide. Joe Prude told NPR his brother was havi...
With Nearly 200,000 Dead, Health Care Workers Struggle To Endure
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The coronavirus has killed nearly 200,000 people in America — far more than in any other country, according to Johns Hopkins University. And experts...
Costs Of Climate Change Continue To Rise As Storms Become More Destructive
18 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There have been so many tropical storms this year that the National Hurricane Center has already made it through the alphabet to name the storms. The ...
This Election Season Is Shaping Up To Be The Most Litigated Ever
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
During the 2000 Presidential election season, it took 36 days and a Supreme Court decision before George W. Bush became the 43rd president of the Unit...
Who Was Breonna Taylor Before She Became The Face Of A Movement?
16 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Breonna Taylor was shot and killed by police in March. Her killing in Louisville, Ky., was part of the fuel for the nationwide protests against police...
Conspiracies Add Fuel To An Already Challenging Wildfire Season
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wildfires in Western states aren't slowing down and conspiracy theories about who started them are only making things harder for responders. Conrad Wi...
Journalist Bob Woodward Says Trump Is 'The Wrong Man For The Job'
14 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
If President Trump knew how contagious and potentially deadly the coronavirus was back in February, why didn't he express that to the American public?...
Wildfires Have Gone From Bad To Worse — And More Are Inevitable
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
More than 3 million acres have burned in California this wildfire season. The previous record in a single season was 1.7 million, two years ago. Towns...
Why Are So Many Americans Hesitant To Get A COVID-19 Vaccine?
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As trials continue for a coronavirus vaccine, some of the world's biggest drug companies have come together in an unusual way. This week, nine drugmak...
Gen Z Is Getting Ready To Vote. Are Political Parties Speaking To Them?
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Youth voter turnout exceeded expectations in 2018 and may do so again in 2020. Generation Z — those born after 1996 — is the most pro-government a...
School Is Off To A Slow Start, And It's Going To Be A Long Year
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With Labor Day weekend gone, summer is unofficially over — and millions of children head back to school this week, many virtually. Two teachers —...
What's Driving California's Biggest-Ever Wildfire Season
07 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
California set a new record high this week for the most acres burned in a single wildfire season. In an average season, 300,000 acres burn. This year ...
Banning Evictions Should Help The Economy. But Can The CDC Do That?
04 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jerome Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, told NPR today that keeping people in their houses and 'connected to the economy' will cost money now...
The President's New Advisor Is A Fan Of 'Herd Immunity' — And Scientists Are Worried
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As the Northern Hemisphere prepares for a flu season with COVID-19, there are lessons to be learned from the south. Countries like Australia and Argen...
President 'Heaping Fuel On The Fire' Of Unrest, Ex-Trump DHS Official Says
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump has stoked tensions and repeatedly failed to condemn acts of violence from racially — and ethnically — motivated attackers, says E...
Getting Back To School Isn't Easy For Anyone — But It's A Lot Harder For Some
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's September and millions of kids are going back to school this month. Millions more already have. And while some students are beginning the new yea...
Race, Hollywood, And The Rise Of Chadwick Boseman
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chadwick Boseman had raw talent, world-class training and the will to defy Hollywood gatekeepers. As a college student at Howard University, he had a ...
Scientists Fear The Trump Administration Is Putting Politics Before Public Health
28 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From therapeutics to testing to vaccine development, public health experts are increasingly worried the Trump administration is letting politics guide...
The Reaction To Kenosha, From Pro Sports To Washington, D.C.
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Professional athletes from several leagues said they would not play scheduled games Wednesday night in response to events in Kenosha, Wis.Basketball, ...
2016 On Loop: GOP Targets White Voters Amid Police Shootings, Protests
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump told the Republican National Convention: "The crime and violence that today afflicts our nation will soon — and I mean very soon — co...
Believers Of Internet Hoax 'QAnon' Could Be Headed To Congress
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The FBI has called it a potential domestic terror threat. The President says he doesn't know much. Now, congressional candidates who've signaled suppo...
Postmaster General Says 'No, I Will Not' Put Mail Sorting Machines Back
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Louis DeJoy testified in front of the House Oversight Committee today. He denied ordering the removal of mail sorting machines, but also said he would...
Voters React To A Virtual Convention Unlike Any Before
21 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For the first time in modern history, a major political party convention was not about the optics, the crowds, or arena-sized production value. The De...
What Would A Biden-Harris Administration Look Like?
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Former President Barack Obama reportedly changed the speaking order during Wednesday night's Democratic National Convention so that he would speak bef...
Chaos And Confusion: The President, The Postal Service, And Voting By Mail
19 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For months President Trump has tried to suggest voting by mail is not reliable, while 'absentee' voting is. There's no difference. NPR's Pam Fessler r...
Can College And COVID Co-Exist?
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill welcomed students back to campus, only to cancel all in-person classes a week later. Can any college c...
Why Are Testing Rates Going Down?
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Testing is down 40% in two of the hardest-hit states — Texas and Florida. Ashish Jha of Harvard's Global Health Institute explains what might be goi...
The 2020 Census Could Be The Least Accurate Ever — And It's Ending A Month Early
14 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Census Bureau has said it needs more time to complete their count of every person living in the country. But the Trump administration is ending th...
Congress Is Stuck On Coronavirus Aid. What's President Trump Doing?
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Democrats and Republicans have been unable to agree on a new coronavirus aid package. The president has his own plan — a handful of executive orders...
Former 'Top Cop' Kamala Harris And America's Reckoning With Police
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
No major political party has ever put a woman of color on a presidential ticket. Until now, when Senator Kamala Harris — a former district attorney ...
What's Changing At The Postal Service, And What It Could Mean For 2020
11 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
More Americans are expected to vote by mail this year than ever before. But President Trump has called the U.S. Postal Service "a joke," and now a maj...
5,000,000 Cases And Counting: The U.S. Is Still Failing To Contain The Virus
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A school district in Georgia learned firsthand last week that the virus is almost impossible to contain — especially without masks and social distan...
President Trump Wants To Ban TikTok. Is It Really A National Security Threat?
07 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The app doesn't seem to collect any more data than other social media platforms. But the Trump administration argues that data could fall into the han...
From Online Conventions To Teen Poll Workers, The Virus Is Transforming Election 2020
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
States are scrambling to replace older poll workers with younger ones. The two major political parties will hold their conventions mostly online. And ...
The Patchwork Pandemic Continues As New States Approach A 'Danger Point'
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
First New York, then the Sun Belt. Now, new states like Illinois and Mississippi are urging residents to wear masks and take the virus more seriously....
Americans Want To Go Back To Normal, But 'Normal' Is What Got Us Here
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After rising for weeks, the rate of daily COVID-19 cases in the U.S. has started to level off. But now, just as we saw in the spring, the country is f...
The Virus Is Out Of Control, And Kids Are Headed Back To School Anyway
03 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Millions of students are getting ready to head back to school. Some already have. NPR's Anya Kamentez reports on what happens when positive cases crop...
Slow Mail, Misinformation, And The Pandemic: What Could Go Wrong On Election Day 2020
31 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rosa Brooks, law professor at Georgetown University, recently helped organize an experiment to game out what might happen if the winner on election ni...
The U.S. Has Lost Control Of The Coronavirus. What Now?
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The spread of the virus exceeds our capacity to test, contact trace, and isolate those who test positive. Some public health experts say the only opti...
In The Pandemic, Big Tech Is Bigger Than Ever. Should Consumers Be Worried?
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google faced questions today from a House subcommittee. Some lawmakers believe those companies have too much ...
John Lewis Fought For Voting Rights His Entire Life. Why His Work Is Still Unfinished
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
John Lewis, the civil rights icon and late congressman from Georgia who represented Atlanta for more than three decades, spent his life fighting for e...
First Phase III Vaccine Trial Underway, Government Seeks Thousands Of Volunteers
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This morning in Savannah, Georgia, the first volunteer was injected in a phase-three vaccine trial administered by Moderna and the National Institutes...
Expanded Unemployment Set To Expire; Americans Face 'Utterly Preventable' Evictions
24 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
More than 25 million Americans have been receiving expanded federal unemployment benefits — $600 a week. Those benefits disappear in days.Congress i...
The Fight Over Confederate Statues, And How They Could Tell Another Story
23 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Monument Avenue is a large, tree-lined street in Richmond, Virginia that used to have several confederate statues and monuments. In the wake of protes...
Voting By Mail Will Increase Dramatically This Year — And It Could Get Messy
22 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Up to 70% of vote this November could be cast by mail. But not all states will allow it. And a recent NPR survey found that 65,000 absentee or mail-in...
Masks May Protect Those Wearing Them; Vaccines To Enter Large-Scale Trials
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Anthony Fauci tells NPR he's glad the President is promoting masks, and hopes more frequent White House briefings will be a source of clear and co...