We’ll tell you the issues many voters say are at the top of their list one week before Election Day, and what a judge just ruled about two of the largest book publishes joining forces.
Also: a significant issue is now in front of the Supreme Court: what justices are signaling about the cases involving affirmative action.
Plus: the latest changes that could be coming to Twitter, what Instagram is saying about a bizarre outage yesterday, and Taylor Swift broke yet another record with her newest album.
Those stories and more news to know in around 10 minutes!
“Strictly speaking, race does not exist,” Fe Bencosme says.
Bencosme, author of the new book “You Are Not Your Race: Embracing Our Shared Humanity in a Chaotic Age,” says she knows her writings on race will offend people, but the reality is “there's no black race, there's no white race, there's no yellow or red race. These are ideas that were literally created by some taxonomist a very long time ago.”
Bencosme joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to share her own story of struggling with the topic of race, and to explain why she thinks Americans have become so obsessed with it.
Elections are tight in many parts of the US these days. They certainly are in the battleground state of Wisconsin, where the last two presidential elections were decided by very thin margins. This year's midterms could be just as tight in the state.
For Democrats, who are hoping to pick up a US Senate seat in Wisconsin, a key factor will be turnout among young voters. NPR's Juana Summers talked to three Wisconsin voters under the age of 30 to find out what issues are driving them to the polls this year.
The Supreme Court hears arguments for a major case on affirmative action.
Former President Donald Trump asks the Supreme Court to block a House committee from gaining access to his tax returns.
The man accused of breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home and assaulting Paul Pelosi with a hammer is reported to have had a list of other targets.
Two Americans are confirmed dead in the Halloween celebration stampede that happened in Seoul, Korea over the weekend.
According to a new study reported on by The Federalist, Americans ages 11 to 18 spend an average of 10 hours a day staring at a screen.
The most valuable crypto stories for Monday, Oct. 31, 2022.
"The Hash" hosts discuss today's top stories including the reported plans for upcoming layoffs at Twitter, Vitalik Buterin's warning on pursuing large institutional capital before the crypto industry gets more mature and Huobi's delisting of its HUSD stablecoin.
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“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell and research by Scott Hill. Jared Schwartz is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. Music behind our sponsors today is “War” by Enoch Yang. Image credit: DNY59/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.
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.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a leftist former president, has won again. Even if President Jair Bolsonaro gracefully concedes, his followers and fellow party members will make Lula’s hard job harder. We ask why California’s green-tinged Democratic governor is against a progressive ballot initiative on electric vehicles. And our say on the bread of the day of the dead. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer
