Staff (2024-11-06). Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor: Democrats Demobilized Their Base. A Movement Is Now Needed to Oppose Trump. democracynow.org Donald Trump's performance in the 2024 election surpassed expectations, with the candidate winning the key battleground states of Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia and picking up larger shares of more diverse segments of the electorate, including Black and Latino male voters. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, a professor of African American studies at Princeton University, says the blame lies squarely on the Harris campaign, which refused to differentiate itself from unpopular incumbent President Joe Biden. "The problem here is with the leadership of the Democratic Party," adds John Nichols, natio…

Staff (2024-11-06). 7 States Vote to Protect Abortion Rights in Busy Year for Ballot Initiatives. democracynow.org While Democratic candidates suffered major losses in this year's U.S. elections, elsewhere on the ballot voters supported liberal positions. In the wake of tightening federal and state restrictions on abortion, historic ballot measures enshrining the right to an abortion passed in seven states, while other initiatives to raise the minimum wage and codify marriage equality also won by wide majorities. We're joined by Chris Melody Fields Figueredo of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center to examine the role of ballot measures, a form of direct democracy, in elections, and why this "powerful tool&#…

Staff (2024-11-06). Headlines for November 6, 2024. democracynow.org Donald Trump Wins Presidency After Kamala Harris Underperforms in Swing States, Republicans Win Senate Majority for First Time Since 2020, House of Representatives Remains Up for Grabs as Vote Counting Continues, Voters in 7 States Approve Abortion Rights Measures; 3 Others Fail, Protests Erupt Across Israel After Netanyahu Fires War Chief Yoav Gallant, Palestinians Condemn Biden's Support for Israeli Military as Assault on Gaza Continues, Israeli Raids on Occupied West Bank Kill 8, Wound Child and Photojournalist, Israeli Strike on Residential Building Kills 20 in Beirut Suburb, NGOs Ask U.N. Human Rights…

Staff (2024-11-06). "The Confederacy Won": Why Donald Trump's Reelection Is a Win for White Supremacy, Xenophobia & Hate. democracynow.org Donald Trump has been reelected president of the United States. Ahead of Kamala Harris's expected concession speech, we speak to professors Carol Anderson and Michele Goodwin to discuss Harris's historic campaign — and historic loss. "The Confederacy won," says Anderson, a professor of African American studies at Emory University. "It paints a picture of what Americans are willing to embrace," says Goodwin, a professor of constitutional law at Georgetown and an expert on healthcare law, who warns of the public health dangers of a second Trump administration and discusses…

Marc Levy (2024-11-05). Casey and McCormick square off in Pa. race that could determine Senate control. whyy.org Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate race between three-term Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican challenger David McCormick will help determine control of the chamber Tuesday in a battleground state contest that is one of the nation's most expensive this year. | Casey, perhaps Pennsylvania's best-known politician and the son of a former two-term governor, is seeking a fourth term after facing what he has called his toughest reelection challenge yet. Casey, 64, is a stalwart of the state's Democratic Party, having won six statewide elections going back to 1996, including serving as the state's auditor general and treas…

United World International (2024-11-05). Argentina: The government reaches a year in office, attacking the people and surrendering sovereignty. uwidata.com By Oscar Rotundo, Buenos Aires / Argentina Many speculators announced the end of the government in at least six months, but as the days went by, what seemed to be crumbling, has been consolidated thanks to betrayal and corruption within the traditional political class. President Javier Milei stated at the event held for the 60th …

United World International (2024-11-05). Argentina: The government reaches a year in office, attacking the people and surrendering sovereignty. unitedworldint.com Essential policies of the Milei Government. By Oscar Rotundo, Buenos Aires / Argentina Many speculators announced the end of the government in at least six months, but as the days went by, what seemed to be crumbling, has been consolidated thanks to betrayal and corruption within the traditional political class. President Javier Milei stated at …

tvbrics (2024-11-05). Artificial intelligence and programming to become core subjects for first year high school students in Egypt. tvbrics.com Egypt's Education Minister is pushing new initiatives aimed at enhancing students' skills and improving the classroom environment…

Carmen Russell-Sluchansky (2024-11-05). Kamala Harris makes final pitch for White House in Philly to 30,000 on Rocky steps. whyy.org Tens of thousands of people stood in 50-degree weather as Vice President Kamala Harris made her closing argument of the presidential election in a near midnight speech on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, after another blitz around the state. | Black Eyed Peas member will.i.am performed " Harris called on the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection to come out strongly on Election Day, a bid for the mostly Democratic city to turn out and help her build an urban bulwark in…

Luis Andres Henao, Adriana Gomez Licon (2024-11-05). Harris campaign spends final hours reminding Pa. of a Trump ally's joke about Puerto Rico. whyy.org The day before Election Day, 17-year-old girl Carmen Hernandez held a cardboard sign with the Puerto Rican flag outside Trump's rally in Reading, Pennsylvania, a city that is two-thirds Hispanic. | "What you call trash is our treasure," the sign read. | While Trump's campaign had quickly distanced itself from a comic's slam on Puerto Rico as a "floating island of garbage," Kamala Harris' campaign and other Democrats spent the last hours of the 2024 campaign in the nation's largest battleground state linking him to the joke. | Harris devoted much of her final full day on the campaign trail to reaching Latino voter…

Jaclyn Diaz, NPR (2024-11-05). When will mail-in and absentee ballots be counted? whyy.org This story originally appeared on Election Day is this Tuesday, but for various reasons, we may not get the results that night. | One such hold-up is the work it takes to process and count mail-in ballots. | Because each state has different rules regarding the timel…

Johnny Perez-Gonzalez (2024-11-05). 'It's self-governed': Former Del. police barracks transformed into tent community to support people experiencing homelessness. whyy.org From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? In the shadows of a former state police barracks in southern Delaware, a new kind of community has quietly taken root. | Once known as Tent City, this pilot program from the group Code Purple offers shelter, essential hygiene services and case management for people without homes in southern Delaware's coastal communities. Now called "Tharros Village," after the Greek word for courage and determination, Code Purple site director Mike Agnew said the village is an experiment in…

Kenny Cooper (2024-11-05). In Bucks County, Pa. Sen. Bob Casey and N.J. Sen. Cory Booker make final election push. whyy.org What questions do you have about the 2024 elections? What major issues do you want candidates to address? On the eve of "I don't want to overstate this and I don't want to add even more pressure on your shoulders but — wow," Casey said, addressing a packed Bucks County firehouse. "When you look at some of the numbers in the…

Mark Scolforo (2024-11-05). Pa. Legislature majorities and new state attorney general are on the ballot. whyy.org

Randall Chase (2024-11-05). Democrat Matt Meyer and Republican Michael Ramone square off in Delaware's gubernatorial contest. whyy.org Democrats are hoping to extend their decades-long hold on the Delaware governor's office in Tuesday's election, while the Republican candidate is hoping for an upset that would offset Democratic control of the state Legislature by putting a member of the opposite party in the state's top executive office. | The contest pits Democrat Matt Meyer against the GOP's Michael Ramone. | Meyer currently serves as chief executive of New Castle County, Delaware's most populous county. Ramone is a businessman and entrepreneur who currently serves as House minority leader in the General Assembly. | Democrats control both cham…