Hurricane Katrina helped change New Orleans’ public defender system
In 2006, Ari Shapiro reported on how Hurricane Katrina made an already broken public defender system in New Orleans worse….
August 2025
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Your call to a local Social Security office may be picked up by someone who can’t help
Phone calls to local Social Security offices are currently being rerouted to other field offices — often to staff who…
The politics driving the push for gerrymandering
NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with David Wasserman of the Cook Political Report about the impact redistricting efforts will have on…
Fancy Farm, a Kentucky tradition, debates Sen. Mitch McConnell’s legacy
An annual picnic in Kentucky became a platform for GOP Senate candidates to show how closely they align with President…
White House envoy Witkoff meets with Putin as deadline looms for Russia to end war
White House envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow in a last-ditch effort to convince him to…