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Week In Politics: Marches Are Planned Across The Nation For Voting Rights

8:01am August 28, 2021

by Ron Elving

We look at the continued political fall out for the Biden Administration from Afghanistan, progress on the Infrastrucure Bill, as well today's Voting Rights marches, planned in several cities.

Politics & Government

Thousands To Gather In Washington And Cities Nationwide For Voting Rights

8:01am August 28, 2021

by Juana Summers

Thousands of activists are in Washington today for a march calling for federal action to protect voting rights. Bills in Congress are stalled as GOP-led states enact voting restrictions.

A Utah poll worker checks a voter ID during the 2016 presidential election. Eleven states have strict voter ID laws, while 24 have less stringent laws for an ID to vote. Democrats have begun to lower their resistance to the issue.

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Democrats Are Now Open To New Voter ID Rules. It Probably Won't Win Over The GOP

7:00am August 28, 2021

by Miles Parks

While Democrats have long opposed voter ID laws, their decade-long effort to convince voters hasn't budged public opinion. Large bipartisan majorities still favor showing an ID to vote.

Democrats Might Be More Open To Voter ID Laws, Which They've Long Opposed

5:50pm August 27, 2021

by Miles Parks

As Democrats try to pass voting rights legislation through Congress, some members of the party have expressed an openness to one GOP-backed policy they have long opposed: voter ID requirements.

What The Afghanistan Ambassador To U.N. Says He's Heard From Taliban Leadership

5:01pm August 27, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Ghulam Isaczai, Afghanistan's ambassador to the United Nations, about what he's heard from Taliban leadership since the attacks in Kabul on Thursday.

The Kabul Attack Took Attention Away From Biden And New Israeli Leader's Meeting

4:59pm August 27, 2021

by Daniel Estrin

President Biden met with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to try to reset U.S.-Israel relations after their predecessors' polarizing relationship.

Senior Policy Fellow Argues Terror Attack Should Not Lead To More War

4:31pm August 27, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Stephen Wertheim of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, who says that Biden's vow to hold attackers accountable shouldn't send the U.S. into a war on terror.

Pakistan Helped Create The Taliban. Here's What It Means For The Country Now

4:31pm August 27, 2021

by Jackie Northam

Pakistan helped create the Taliban in the 1990s — and was one of only three countries to recognize their government. Now the country is watching the situation in Afghanistan.

Bernie Sanders Is Off To The Midwest, Aiming To Win Voters Over On The Spending Plan

4:31pm August 27, 2021

by Kelsey Snell

Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders is off to Indiana and Iowa to sell voters on the $3.5 trillion spending plan. His goal is to convince them that big federal spending can improve their lives.

SCOTUS Ended The Eviction Ban. Now Millions Have To Figure Out Housing — Fast

4:31pm August 27, 2021

by Chris Arnold

More than 8 million people are behind on their rent. The supreme court has just struck down a federal eviction moratorium that was protecting many of them. Now it's a race against the clock.