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1392 episodes transcribedThis year’s socially-distanced DNC began last night, with speeches from former First Lady Michelle Obama, Senator Bernie Sanders, and more. Joe Biden...
The DNC was set to begin today in Wisconsin, but instead, it’s beginning in Zooms across America. We talked to Wisconsin Democrats Senator Tammy Baldw...
This was the first week since March that the number of new unemployment claims in the US fell below one million. Tens of millions remain jobless and...
The last time we spoke with Monise Seward, a 6th grade special education teacher in Georgia, it was April and schools had just begun to tackle remote...
Senator Kamala Harris was announced as Biden’s VP pick yesterday, which will make her the first black woman and first Asian American to be a on major...
Five states hold primaries today, including Minnesota, where Rep. Ilhan Omar is running to keep her seat in Congress. The elections come a week after...
Trump signed a bunch of executive orders and actions over the weekend that he presented as a fix to our economic problems. But the reality is much les...
Joe Biden is no longer traveling to Milwaukee for the DNC, and neither are other primetime speakers like President Barack Obama. A sized-down RNC will...
The Minneapolis City Council voted to disband the Minneapolis Police Department over a month ago, but achieving that goal requires getting a ballot in...
The school year is officially beginning in some states and there have already been disruptions due to students and staff testing positive for Covid-19...
Disruptions and delays to the postal service have prompted concern since so many people are planning to vote by mail this year. We break down what’s b...
The Biden campaign says they will announce his VP pick any day now. According to reports, over a dozen women are being vetted — some more seriously th...
Rent is due next week, but we still don’t have a new relief bill to extend federal unemployment assistance and eviction protections. Negotiations have...
The CEO’s of Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and Alphabet will testify before Congress today in hearings that will examine whether their companies hurt consu...
Pharmaceutical company Moderna entered phase three trials of its Covid-19 vaccine, and plans to test the efficacy of their drug on 30,000 healthy part...
Florida has now passed New York in total known coronavirus cases, making it the second worst-hit state behind California which is nearly twice its siz...
The federal eviction moratorium from the CARES Act expires today, leaving up to 12 million people vulnerable to eviction if they can’t pay rent. Trump...
NBA games start next week with just 22 qualifying teams finishing off the season that the pandemic put on hold back in March. We interview Tania Gangu...
Trump signed a memo yesterday that aims to omit undocumented immigrants from the census count. It seems like a way for Trump to side-step a Supreme Co...
