Millions of Americans Lost Unemployment Insurance This Week
This past Monday — Labor Day — 7.5 million workers lost their COVID-era expanded unemployment benefits, even as the pandemic continues on. President Joe Biden decided not to extend the benefits before they were set to expire. For more on this, The Takeaway spoke to Heather Long, economics correspondent for the Washington Post, and Annelies Goger, Fellow at the Brookings Institution.
How Islamophobia Has Impacted Sikh Communities
Although there's no correct target for the hate and violence that occurred, misdirected Islamophobic violence against Sikh Americans has continued for two decades. The Takeaway spoke with activist and author Valarie Kaur about what the post 9/11 era has meant for Sikh Americans and her new documentary Divided We Fall: Americans In The Aftermath.
California Voters Will Decide Whether Gov. Gavin Newsom Stays or Goes
On Tuesday, California voters will decide whether Gov. Gavin Newsom will stay in office or be removed in a Republican-driven recall election. There are 46 candidates that are running to replace the Governor; however, recent polling shows support for the governor to stay in office. The Takeaway spoke with Libby Denkmann, senior politics reporter at KPCC in Southern California about how the recall election works and what the latest polling says.
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Freshman Conversation: Representative-Elect Cliff Bentz, OR-2
What Happens to Immigration and DACA Under the Biden Administration?
Freshman Conversation: Representative-Elect Nicole Malliotakis, NY-11
Making Sense of the Electoral College
How the Economic Downturn has Hurt Vulnerable Americans
Freshman Conversation: Representative-Elect Ritchie Torres, NY-15
What to Expect of the Relationship Between Joe Biden and the Press?
How the Media is Preparing to Cover the Biden Administration
What Really Happened to the Middle Class?
How a Biden White House will Approach Climate Change
Freshman Conversation: Representative-Elect Ashley Hinson, IA-01
A Presidential Transition Delayed
Joe Biden Wins Presidency
The Next President of the United States
Final Thoughts Before Election Day
What Early Voting Patterns Tell Us About Wisconsin
Democrats Gain Edge in Quest to Overtake the Senate
What A Year This Week Has Been
How the President's Coronavirus Diagnosis Alters the Race for the White House
What's Next for Amy Coney Barrett's SCOTUS Nomination?
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