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House Democrats voted last year to cut a business tax break. Now they're being asked to expand it in a special session.

Efforts to punish the prosecutor who charged Donald Trump and 18 others with election interference have amplified a divide among his supporters and the rest of the state GOP.

When Mauricio Hernández met Arnold Schwarzenegger, the then-governor of California had just vetoed a 2004 bill that would have allowed undocumented immigrants like him to get driver’s licenses. At the time, Hernández worked for a well-known body shop in Los Angeles called West Coast Customs, where Hollywood celebrities like Sylvester Stallone, Snoop Dogg and Paris … Continue reading Pimping His Ride: How Mauricio Hernández Followed His Dreams on Two Sides of the Border →

Two participants of a training and planning session for demonstrations at next month's Democratic National Convention tell us about their experience. Lester and Summer are teenagers who attended the Youth Organizing Communities protest camp and attended workshops on imperialism, street theatre and politics. We hear their audio diary produced by Youth Radio.

Last night, Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore was on MTV. He took part in a political special co-sponsored by Time Magazine and the MTV youth vote campaign, "Choose or Lose." All Things Considered Host Linda Wertheimer talked to students who participated in the session.

Lawmakers were hoping to end this session of Congress before Friday, but slow-moving spending bills may keep them from achieving that goal. NPR's Brian Naylor reports on the status of several of those bills, and on the increasing amount of money Congress plans to allocate for the budget. (

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports that Israel's parliament, the Knesset resumes its session today as Prime Minister Ehud Barak fights for his political survival. Barak has the support of only 30 percent of the 120 member Knesset and is trying to save his government by forming an alliance with opposition leader Ariel Sharon.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports on what's at stake for President Bush tonight as he prepares to make his case for his tax-cut proposals to a joint session of Congress -- as well as the American people. Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, lawmakers are already battling over the president's plan.

The Oregon Legislature ended its 2020 session this week in a complete failure after Republicans walked out.

A queer skateboarding collective called Unity is changing the sport's homophobic culture -- one skate session at a time.