After a boom in cash aid to tackle poverty, some states are now banning it
Four states so far have passed laws prohibiting the use of public money for no-strings cash aid. Advocates for basic…
May 2024
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Black lawmakers reintroduce federal CROWN Act legislation to ban hair discrimination
The bill which was previously passed in the House in 2019 and 2022, but blocked in the Senate, aims to…
Biden is giving the Medal of Freedom to a who’s who of Democrats (and Katie Ledecky)
President Biden is giving the nation’s highest civilian honor to 19 people, a list that includes civil rights leaders, trailblazers…
Jurors hear secret recording of Trump discussing payment to former Playboy model
For this episode of Trump’s Trials, All Things Considered host Juana Summers speaks with NPR’s Andrea Bernstein. Stormy Daniels’ former…
Biden denounced ‘chaos’ when speaking on student protests
President Biden broke his silence on student protests that have roiled college campuses, denouncing “chaos” and antisemitism and saying the…