Seattle Now Seattle Now: Politics is in for young voters Years of youth-led protests over climate change, gun control and policing have ignited a new generation of voters. Now young people are turning up at the polls in record numbers.
Morning Edition The Senate Nears Confirming Trump's 3rd Supreme Court Justice Senators are scheduled to vote Monday — just days before Election Day — to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left open by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death.
Morning Edition The History Of How We Vote: From Drunken Parties To Private Booths As next month's elections near, the NPR podcast Throughline dives into the history of voting in the United States, and asks why the process went from a public affair to a private one.
KUOW Newsroom Should the King County sheriff be elected or appointed? That’s on the ballot Two proposed charter amendments on the ballot would make the King County sheriff’s office more like a big city police department.
All Things Considered What's At Stake In The U.S. Healthcare Debate NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kaiser Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner about where health care policy stands today.
In Waning Days Of 2020 Campaign, Trump Tries To Recapture 2016 Mojo The rallies, the crowd and the theatrics at each stop are straight out of Trump's 2016 playbook as the president casts himself as the upstart outsider fighting against the odds.
Senate Republicans Advance Barrett's Supreme Court Nomination The 51-48 cloture vote sets the stage for a final confirmation vote Monday evening — just over a week before the general election.
Weekend Edition Sunday Breaking Down Joe Biden's Plan To Make The U.S. Carbon Neutral Joe Biden wants to make America carbon neutral by 2050 and says there will still be room for some fossil fuels. We look at how realistic this is and what activists make of it.
Weekend Edition Sunday How Donald Trump's Presidency Has Changed The Media NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks CNN's chief media correspondent Brian Stelter how Donald Trump's presidency has affected the media and what another four years could bring.
Weekend Edition Sunday Newport, Kentucky Mural Honoring Slave Owner And City Founder Sparks Intense Debate Newport, Ky., is putting up murals to honor the city's 225th anniversary. One depicts city founder Gen. James Taylor, who was a slave owner. Residents are wrestling with what to do about the artwork.
