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1335 episodes transcribedTrump is preparing an executive order that will suspend the issuing of green cards for 60 days. We speak to Ali Noorani, executive director of the Nat...
As Congress continues to negotiate their next relief bill, Democrats are pushing for a requirement that the administration develop a national testing...
Congress is nearing a deal on a new round of funding for small businesses, hospitals and to ramp up testing — which experts say is still in too short...
The Trump administration is now saying what everyone else knew all along: it’s up to the states to determine how and when they begin easing out of loc...
Over 80 million Americans should have seen their coronavirus stimulus payments deposited in their bank accounts yesterday. For the rest of us, we'll h...
After suggesting that he had “total authority” to determine when states reopen their economies, Trump now says the states can decide. Governors are ma...
We interview Congresswoman Ilhan Omar about what progressives want from presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and what steps Congress...
States are trying different approaches to address coronavirus racial disparities, from forming a task force in Louisiana to opening new testing center...
Another 6.6 million people filed for unemployment benefits last week, meaning that more than 16 million jobs have been lost in the last three weeks. T...
Senator Bernie Sanders has dropped out of the 2020 presidential race, but his ideas may live on. Vice President Joe Biden is now the presumptive democ...
Lawmakers are considering a second relief package to provide assistance to people who were left out of the last bill. Some also want to add a rent mor...
Wisconsin will be moving forward with in-person voting today, despite efforts to postpone the election for the sake of public health. We check in on w...
We interview Keri Blakinger, a reporter at The Marshall Project who covers prisons, on how jails and detention centers are managing release of inmates...
We interview Dr. Shaoli Chaudhuri, a resident at Columbia Medical Center in Manhattan, about what she’s seeing in the Covid-19 epicenter as doctors tr...
We talk to acting President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Alexis McGill Johnson about the state of reproductive rights during the pandemic, and the ef...
We interview New York Times reporter Caitlin Dickerson about the far-reaching effects the pandemic is having on people in our immigration system: asyl...
Efforts to bring unhoused people inside have been growing as the coronavirus outbreak takes hold, but advocates say there’s more to be done. We talk t...
Mutual-aid networks, which allow neighbors and community members to pool resources, have blossomed during the coronavirus crisis. We interview Christi...
The United States now has the most known COVID-19 cases in the world. We discuss the areas that have been hit hardest and how they’re handling the out...
The senate approved a nearly $2 trillion relief package to respond to the coronavirus pandemic yesterday, after a day of delays and a lot of debate. W...
