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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The Kafkaesque Situation in Virginia
Are Americans Ready for Medicare For All?
Candidate Talk: Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
The United States and China, the Best of Frenemies
The Art of the Political Apology
Trump Confidant Roger Stone Indicted in Mueller Investigation
Immigration Impasse: Is Comprehensive Immigration Reform Impossible?
Impeachable Offense?
Playing Dirty or Just Plain Playing — The Game of Political Hardball
House Majority Leader on Border Wall Funding, and Freshman Rep.'s Call to 'Impeach the Motherf---er'
The People, Politics and Priorities of the 116th Congress
Escaping D.C.'s Real Life Political Drama With a Fictional One
Does the GOP Have a Woman Problem?
Putting Together the Pieces of Mueller's Investigation Puzzle
Pentagon's First-Ever Audit Exposes Massive Accounting Fraud
Has Trump Kept His Campaign Promises?
Stuck in the Middle With You: The Plight of the Political Moderate
As Distrust Grows, Who's Going to Lead?
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