2024 ElectionWBUR's coverage of the 2024 election.How is the American Israel Public Affairs Committee spending its money this election season?AIPAC wants to elect candidates who support Israel.ResumeHere & Now06:018 hours agoYour cheatsheet to the 2024 Mass. political calendarFrom the Massachusetts state primary and general election to important dates on Beacon Hill, here's a roadmap to the busy political season ahead.Local CoverageMay 20, 2024Quincy Republican Ian Cain joins Senate race to unseat WarrenIan Cain, a Quincy City Councilor and co-founder of a blockchain technology incubator company, announced his candidacy Tuesday in a video posted on social media. He joins Republican and crypto...Local CoverageApr 24, 2024What the Trump voters see is a calculated fictionTrump’s essential appeal to his base has little to do with his policy proposals, or his record in the White House, writes Steve Almond. It is bound up in his...CognoscentiApr 24, 2024What Pennsylvania's primary might say about November's general electionSeveral down ballot races could predict how November’s general election might play out in the Keystone State. ResumeHere & Now04:36Apr 23, 2024AdvertisementCollege students disillusioned over political choices, lean toward BidenA new Harvard Kennedy School poll found adults under 30 favoring President Biden, especially women. Leading concerns among young voters are the economy, abortion rights and the war in Gaza....ResumeLocal Coverage03:22Apr 18, 2024Biden scores endorsements from Kennedy family, looking to shore up support against Trump and RFK Jr.President Joe Biden will accept endorsements from at least 15 members of the Kennedy political family during a campaign stop in Philadelphia Thursday. The prominent Democratic family has been vocal...Local CoverageApr 18, 2024Wisconsin primary reveals weakness in support for Biden and TrumpNotable 'uninstructed' votes against President Biden came in, as well as a sizeable vote for Republican Nikki Haley instead of former President Donald Trump.ResumeHere & Now05:43Apr 3, 2024Abortion rights, recreational marijuana on Florida's 2024 ballotFlorida voters will decide in November whether to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution and if recreational marijuana should be legalized in the state.ResumeHere & Now05:14Apr 2, 2024Project 2025 tells us what a second Trump term could mean for climate policy. It isn’t prettyMuch of the voting public is disturbingly unaware of President Biden’s climate record and the assault that the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 would marshal against it, writes Frederick Hewett. But...CognoscentiMar 27, 2024What to know about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s longshot bid for presidentThe lack of excitement many Americans feel about a presidential rematch has heightened interest in alternatives to the major-party candidates — none more so than Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose...Local CoverageMar 18, 2024How Biden flipped the script on Trump during State of the UnionPrinceton historian Julian Zelizer explains why that strategy should be central to Biden's reelection campaign.ResumeHere & Now05:54Mar 12, 2024Republicans and Democrats in Georgia are divided over Trump, Biden on primary dayBiden and Trump are expected to lock in enough delegates to win their party’s nomination for president.ResumeHere & Now05:38Mar 12, 2024Biden in N.H. touts his budget planThe president traveled Monday to Manchester, where he called on Congress to apply his $2,000 cap on drug costs and $35 insulin to everyone, not just people who have Medicare....Local CoverageMar 11, 2024WATCH/READ: Biden delivers the State of the Union addressPresident Biden is expected to touch on a number of hot topics during his State of the Union speech Thursday night.Local CoverageMar 7, 2024Nearly half of Mass. primary voters cast an early ballotOf the more than 1.2 million Bay Staters voted in Tuesday's primary election, even if nearly half of them didn't walk into a polling station.Local CoverageMar 7, 2024Why is Joe Biden's age an indictment?There is zero evidence that Joe Biden’s age has compromised his ability to serve as president. But that hasn't stopped the media from obsessing over it, writes Steve Almond. In...CognoscentiMar 7, 2024Trump edges closer to winning GOP nomination after Super Tuesday votingPolitical strategists Bill Press and Alice Stewart parse results from Super Tuesday voting and what it means for the presidential candidates, as well as interesting races of note such as...ResumeHere & Now11:49Mar 6, 2024Nikki Haley officially suspends presidential campaignHaley didn't endorse the presumptive nominee, former President Donald Trump.ResumeHere & Now04:17Mar 6, 2024Touching down in states voting on Super Tuesday850 delegates are at stake on Super Tuesday, the largest primary voting day.ResumeHere & Now11:39Mar 5, 2024Next Page
How is the American Israel Public Affairs Committee spending its money this election season?AIPAC wants to elect candidates who support Israel.ResumeHere & Now06:018 hours ago
Your cheatsheet to the 2024 Mass. political calendarFrom the Massachusetts state primary and general election to important dates on Beacon Hill, here's a roadmap to the busy political season ahead.Local CoverageMay 20, 2024
Quincy Republican Ian Cain joins Senate race to unseat WarrenIan Cain, a Quincy City Councilor and co-founder of a blockchain technology incubator company, announced his candidacy Tuesday in a video posted on social media. He joins Republican and crypto...Local CoverageApr 24, 2024
What the Trump voters see is a calculated fictionTrump’s essential appeal to his base has little to do with his policy proposals, or his record in the White House, writes Steve Almond. It is bound up in his...CognoscentiApr 24, 2024
What Pennsylvania's primary might say about November's general electionSeveral down ballot races could predict how November’s general election might play out in the Keystone State. ResumeHere & Now04:36Apr 23, 2024
College students disillusioned over political choices, lean toward BidenA new Harvard Kennedy School poll found adults under 30 favoring President Biden, especially women. Leading concerns among young voters are the economy, abortion rights and the war in Gaza....ResumeLocal Coverage03:22Apr 18, 2024
Biden scores endorsements from Kennedy family, looking to shore up support against Trump and RFK Jr.President Joe Biden will accept endorsements from at least 15 members of the Kennedy political family during a campaign stop in Philadelphia Thursday. The prominent Democratic family has been vocal...Local CoverageApr 18, 2024
Wisconsin primary reveals weakness in support for Biden and TrumpNotable 'uninstructed' votes against President Biden came in, as well as a sizeable vote for Republican Nikki Haley instead of former President Donald Trump.ResumeHere & Now05:43Apr 3, 2024
Abortion rights, recreational marijuana on Florida's 2024 ballotFlorida voters will decide in November whether to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution and if recreational marijuana should be legalized in the state.ResumeHere & Now05:14Apr 2, 2024
Project 2025 tells us what a second Trump term could mean for climate policy. It isn’t prettyMuch of the voting public is disturbingly unaware of President Biden’s climate record and the assault that the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 would marshal against it, writes Frederick Hewett. But...CognoscentiMar 27, 2024
What to know about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s longshot bid for presidentThe lack of excitement many Americans feel about a presidential rematch has heightened interest in alternatives to the major-party candidates — none more so than Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose...Local CoverageMar 18, 2024
How Biden flipped the script on Trump during State of the UnionPrinceton historian Julian Zelizer explains why that strategy should be central to Biden's reelection campaign.ResumeHere & Now05:54Mar 12, 2024
Republicans and Democrats in Georgia are divided over Trump, Biden on primary dayBiden and Trump are expected to lock in enough delegates to win their party’s nomination for president.ResumeHere & Now05:38Mar 12, 2024
Biden in N.H. touts his budget planThe president traveled Monday to Manchester, where he called on Congress to apply his $2,000 cap on drug costs and $35 insulin to everyone, not just people who have Medicare....Local CoverageMar 11, 2024
WATCH/READ: Biden delivers the State of the Union addressPresident Biden is expected to touch on a number of hot topics during his State of the Union speech Thursday night.Local CoverageMar 7, 2024
Nearly half of Mass. primary voters cast an early ballotOf the more than 1.2 million Bay Staters voted in Tuesday's primary election, even if nearly half of them didn't walk into a polling station.Local CoverageMar 7, 2024
Why is Joe Biden's age an indictment?There is zero evidence that Joe Biden’s age has compromised his ability to serve as president. But that hasn't stopped the media from obsessing over it, writes Steve Almond. In...CognoscentiMar 7, 2024
Trump edges closer to winning GOP nomination after Super Tuesday votingPolitical strategists Bill Press and Alice Stewart parse results from Super Tuesday voting and what it means for the presidential candidates, as well as interesting races of note such as...ResumeHere & Now11:49Mar 6, 2024
Nikki Haley officially suspends presidential campaignHaley didn't endorse the presumptive nominee, former President Donald Trump.ResumeHere & Now04:17Mar 6, 2024
Touching down in states voting on Super Tuesday850 delegates are at stake on Super Tuesday, the largest primary voting day.ResumeHere & Now11:39Mar 5, 2024
