Nearly two years after the big blackout in Texas, how big of an issue is the power grid in the 2022 race for governor?
We talk with Julian Aguilar, a reporter for the Texas Newsroom.
The Disconnect Season 2 is a project of The Texas Newsroom, the collaboration among NPR and the public radio stations in the state. It received support from FRONTLINE’s Local Journalism Initiative, which is funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
The Supreme Court takes up affirmative action in college admission. Republicans lead in the battle to control Congress. Mounting grief in Seoul. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
It was the worst economic depression that the United States had ever seen.
The stock market crashed. Thousands of businesses went bankrupt. The unemployment rate hit 20% There were soup lines and an army of homeless scattered throughout the country.
It was not the Great Depression.
Learn more about the Panic of 1893, the forgotten depression which realigned American politics, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
What to know about the attack against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband: from what’s known about the suspect to several lawmakers’ reactions.
Also, we’ll tell you about the two countries each dealing with their own deadly disasters, including a crowd surge at a Halloween party.
Plus: what new data shows about America’s flu season this year, Elon Musk revealed one new plan for Twitter after he took over, and did you notice anything different when you bought Halloween candy this year? How the price and size of those sweet treats have changed…
Abraham Lincoln made history in 1863 when he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, effectively freeing enslaved people across the U.S. But he expected it to cost him reelection. In his new book, And There Was Light, Pulitzer prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham dives into how Lincoln's moral vision allowed him to stand his ground, even in the face of great criticism. Meacham tells NPR's Steve Inskeep that Lincoln's views on God and morality can teach us a thing or two in today's political climate.