[ad_1] <img src=' alt='Author Shahnaz Habib next to the cover of her new book, Airplane Mode.‘/> Summer is a time when many Americans are taking off from work and setting their sights on far-off vacation destinations: tropical beaches, fairy-tale cities, sun-drenched countrysides. But in her book Airplane Mode, the reluctant travel writer Shahnaz Habib warns […]

[ad_1] Vice President Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, arrive for a campaign rally in Philadelphia Tuesday. Joe Lamberti/AP hide caption toggle caption Joe Lamberti/AP For more on the 2024 race, head to the NPR Network’s elections updates page. At an energetic rally in Philadelphia, Democratic presidential nominee […]

[ad_1] John Fervier, chairman of the Georgia State Election Board, listens during a meeting at the Capitol in Atlanta, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. Matthew Pearson/AP/WABE hide caption toggle caption Matthew Pearson/AP/WABE ATLANTA — Georgia’s State Election Board voted Tuesday to require county election officials to make a “reasonable inquiry” before certifying election results to the […]

[ad_1] Former President Donald Trump questions Vice President Kamala Harris’ heritage; Harris closes in on a running mate; The Biden Administration pushes through a historic prisoner swap with Russia. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Vice President Kamala Harris joined a Democratic virtual event yesterday to say… (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS: I will officially […]

[ad_1] NPR’s Scott Simon talks to Rich Thau, who studies swing states, about some key voters this election: those who supported former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in primaries, and “double disapprovers.” SCOTT SIMON, HOST: One question come Election Day is how a couple of key groups might vote, or not – those who supported […]

[ad_1] Then-Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris (left) speaks during a debate Oct. 7, 2020, in Salt Lake City, and former President Donald Trump speaks during a debate June 27 in Atlanta. Trump said Friday that he’s pulling out of a scheduled debate with his likely Democratic opponent, Vice President Harris, and instead has agreed […]

[ad_1] With the Democratic National Convention returning to Chicago this month, media historian Michael Socolow warns against drawing parallels between 1968 and now. He talks with NPR’s Scott Simon. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: An assassination attempt, campus protests against a war, a president with discouraging polls who chooses not to run and protests set for a […]

[ad_1] Dr. Anthony Fauci, former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is sworn-in before testifying before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic at the Rayburn House Office Building on June 03, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Subcommittee is holding a hearing on the findings from […]

[ad_1] Politics / August 2, 2024 With her choice of vice president, the vice president can indicate a sharp change in future policy regarding Gaza. Ad Policy Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, left, and Vice President Kamala Harris shake hands during a meeting in the Vice President’s Ceremonial Office in Washington, DC, on July 25, […]

[ad_1] Politics / August 2, 2024 Mayor Karen Bass’s administration has failed to live up to its own affordable-housing ambitions. Ad Policy A homeless encampment under a bridge in downtown Los Angeles on July 26. (Photo by Apu Gomes / AFP) When Karen Bass was elected mayor of Los Angeles, it seemed that the city’s […]