Conservatives are warning about noncitizens voting. It's a myth with a long history
The false notion that undocumented immigrants affect federal elections has a long history. But this year, due in part to rising migration at the U.S. southern border, the idea could have new potency.
https://www.npr.org/2024/03/13/1238102501/noncitizen-voting-immigration-conspiracy-theory
Hackers threaten to release Trump documents from Georgia case if they don't get a ransom by Thursday
The group that hacked the Atlanta-area government websites claims it has Trump documents that could affect the 2024 presidential election. #politics
In Arizona, abortion politics are already playing out on the Senate campaign trail
Abortion proved to be a major issue in the 2022 midterms and again in 2023. This year, the presidential race puts extra attention on the ballot. In Arizona, that means the issue is front and center.
Alabama justice's ties with far-right Christian movement raise concern
In the days after Alabama's Supreme Court deemed frozen embryos to be "extrauterine children," the chief justice's ties to a movement that experts call "Christian extremist" have come to light.
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/27/1233968467/alabama-supreme-court-ivf-treatment-christian-nationalist
What Tucker Carlson's interview with Vladimir Putin shows, and what it hides
Tucker Carlson did not ask Putin about how so many of his opponents wind up imprisoned and murdered, or the warrant the International Criminal Court has out for his arrest for war crimes in Ukraine.
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/23/1233424762/tucker-carlson-putin-interview-analysis
Trump faces some half a billion dollars in legal penalties. How will he pay them?
Donald Trump owes legal penalties totaling hundreds of millions of dollars in two civil cases recently decided in New York, raising questions about how he'll pay the amount. #politics
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/20/1232688266/trump-afford-legal-penalties-civil-cases
Wisconsin Picks New Legislative Maps That Would End Years of GOP Gerrymandering
Under legal pressure to address Wisconsin’s “Swiss cheese” and oddly shaped districts, the Legislature approved redrawn maps that promise to create a new dynamic in a state known for its pivotal role in national politics. #politics
https://www.propublica.org/article/new-wisconsin-district-map-gop-gerrymander-elections
Under legal pressure to address Wisconsin’s “Swiss cheese” and oddly shaped districts, the Legislature approved redrawn maps that promise to create a new dynamic in a state known for its pivotal role in national politics.
In historians' Presidents Day survey, Biden vs. Trump is not a close call
A survey of historians and presidential experts ranks President Biden in 14th place all-time, just ahead of Woodrow Wilson and Ronald Reagan. Former President Donald Trump came in last. #politics
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/19/1232447088/historians-presidents-survey-trump-last-biden-14th
How far can cities go to clear homeless camps? The U.S. Supreme Court will decide
Lower courts have said it's unconstitutional to punish people for sleeping outside if no shelter is available. Cities say these rulings have paralyzed their efforts to manage growing tent encampments. #politics
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/20/1230140189/supreme-court-homeless-camps-grants-pass-case-housing
Reduce, reuse, redirect outrage: How plastic makers used recycling as a fig leaf
Recycling "does not solve the solid waste problem," the head of a plastics trade group said in 1989, around the time the industry was launching its recycling campaign.
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/15/1231690415/plastic-recycling-waste-oil-fossil-fuels-climate-change
