What Biden's Executive Order Means For DREAMers and Undocumented Spouses

In a speech she delivered on Wednesday in Pittsburgh, Kamala Harris laid out her economic pitch to voters. On Today's Show:Heather Long, Washington Post opinion columnist, discusses the plan, and whether she thinks it will attract enough of the voters she needs to win.

NYC's Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted on charges of bribery and fraud. On Today's Show:Brian reads excerpts from the federal indictment , and  Andrew Weissmann, professor of practice at NYU School of Law, lead prosecutor in Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel's Office and the co-author of The Trump Indictments: The Historic Charging Documents with Commentary (W. W. Norton & Company, 2024), reacts and shares his legal analysis.

With a little over a month until the 2024 presidential election season wraps up, we explore how undecided voters are thinking about their choice. On Today's Show:Ruth Igielnik, polling editor at the New York Times, discusses the trends and stories within polling of undecided voters as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump vie for their allegiances.

Some Trump-aligned Republicans in certain states are reportedly working to sow confusion over vote counting.On Today's Show:Ari Berman, voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones and author of Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People—and the Fight to Resist It (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024), talks about how efforts to undermine confidence in the electoral system could affect the outcome of the presidential election. 

The book Whose America? Culture Wars in the Public Schools (University of Chicago Press, September 2022), traces the history of the so-called "culture wars" in public education.On Today's Show: Jonathan Zimmerman, professor of history of education at the University of Pennsylvania discusses religion in schools, the controversies of today over critical race theory, and immigration curricula in history classrooms, as part of WNYC's Centennial series, "100 Years Of 100 Things"

A New Jersey lawmaker shares her thoughts and analysis on some of the key issues facing Congress. On Today's Show:Mikie Sherrill, U.S. Representative (D, NJ-11), talks about the latest national political news of the day, including the budget fight in Congress, legislation she's proposed on emergency abortion care, the SALT tax and more.

A new podcast, Master Plan, traces the roots of Project 2025.On Today's Show:David Sirota, founder and editor-in-chief of The Lever, host of the podcast Master Plan, an investigation into government corruption in the United States, co-creator of the movie Don't Look Up, and former presidential campaign speechwriter for Bernie Sanders, discusses the Heritage Foundation's controversial plan, and its possible impacts on political corruption of the Supreme Court among other crucial sectors of government.

Kamala Harris revealed in the recent presidential debate that she and her running mate are both gun owners, and there was another potential assassination attempt on Donald Trump this past weekend. On Today's Show:Jennifer Mascia, senior news writer and a founding staffer at The Trace, reports on how each campaign is handling gun policy. 

We continue to take a close look at the policy issues that matter most to voters in the 'swing states' for this year's presidential election. On Today's Show:Rusty Jacobs, politics reporter at WUNC, breaks down the latest in the presidential campaign as seen through swing state voters in North Carolina.

In Tuesday's debate, climate change didn't exactly get its own section, but was wrapped up in questions related to energy and manufacturing policy.On Today's Show:Ben Lefebvre, Politico energy reporter, and Alan Rappeport, economic policy reporter for The New York Times, follow up on the candidates' positions.