The Girl Who Doesn't Exist
In today’s episode, we meet a young woman from Texas, born and raised, who can’t prove that she exists.Alecia Faith Pennington was born at home, homeschooled, and never visited a dentist or a hospital....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Appeals court sympathetic to challenge over voter rules
Judges are hearing arguments in a case on voting rights in Kansas, Georgia and Alabama. Photo via Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Thursday seemed likely to side with voting rights...
View ArticleClik here to view.
More than 800 immigrants mistakenly granted citizenship, Homeland report says
The logo of the Department of Homeland Security is seen at US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Washington, DC. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images.WASHINGTON — The U.S. government has mistakenly...
View ArticleVPs Debate; SCOTUS Session Preview; Youth and Gun Violence; Fat-Shaming
Coming up on today's show:Jamil Smith, senior national correspondent for MTV News, previews the vice presidential debate and discusses the latest developments in the presidential campaign.Elie Mystal,...
View ArticleListener Calls
If the record TV viewership of the Clinton-Trump presidential debates is any guide, voter turnout for the November election could reach levels not seen since the Gilded Age. It’s easy to be nostalgic...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Introducing America's Newest Citizens
For the twenty kids who gathered at a museum in Brooklyn, the morning started with an oath to renounce all allegiance to any foreign prince, potentate or sovereignty, and ended with gingerbread fortune...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A glance at birthright citizenship regulations across Europe
A Swiss flag is pictured in front of the Federal Palace (Bundeshaus) is pictured in Bern, Switzerland, January 16, 2017. Photo by Denis Balibouse/ReutersBERLIN — As voters in Switzerland are deciding...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A case about citizenship draws laughter and lively banter at the Supreme Court
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: But first: The U.S. Supreme Court’s final case this term was expected to be a highly technical argument on immigration law, but it wound up pulling back...
View ArticleCUNY Hotline for Immigrants Adds More Volunteers to Meet Demand
The volunteers started taking their first calls Monday morning at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Midtown. They filled two classrooms, sitting in rows wearing headsets and flipping the pages of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Deported Veterans Hope to Return to the Nation They Fought For
Signs of American military life are everywhere in the cramped Tijuana apartment: a U.S. flag hung on the wall, Army patches covered a camouflaged backpack, photos of uniformed men lined a shelf."It was...
View ArticleNew Americans Celebrate Citizenship, and Nation's Independence Day
Cameras flashed and tiny American flags waved as the nation's newest citizens pledged to support and defend the Constitution during a naturalization ceremony at the New York Public Library on Friday,...
View ArticleThe Citizenship of Native Americans
Native Americans have been recognized as citizens since 1924. As we explore the U.S. Constitution and whose interests it serves, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, scholar and activist, author of An Indigenous...
View ArticleWant to Become a U.S. Citizen? Prepare to Wait Longer
Last December, a 60 year-old Dominican immigrant named Carlos Gomez applied to become a U.S. citizen. His attorney, Angela Fernandez, expected it to go quickly because he's lived here for 17 years and...
View ArticleControversy Over The 2020 Census
Joseph Salvo, director of the population division at the New York City Planning Department, and Jami Floyd host of WNYC's All Things Considered and legal analyst, talks about the controversy over the...
View ArticleAsian Americans May Lose Out in Trump Administration's Census
On Monday night, the Commerce Department formally announced that it will comply with a Trump administration request to include a citizenship question on the 2020 decennial census.The news sparked...
View ArticleAmerican Samoans Sue for Birthright Citizenship
Residents of the U.S. territory of American Samoa have brought a new lawsuit against former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and the State Department, alleging that their lack of automatic citizenship...
View ArticleHow (Not) to Count Everyone in the 2020 Census
In two years, the U.S. Census Bureau will undertake the herculean task of counting every person living in the United States. To iron out wrinkles prior to 2020, the Bureau is conducting a “dress...
View ArticleCase in Point: Gray Areas of Citizenship
For almost a year, 42-year-old Manuel Herrera has been held at an immigration detention center in New Jersey. The United States is his home. He’s spent nearly his entire life in this country after...
View ArticleNaturalizing New Yorkers
New York State Secretary of State Rossana Rosado, former publisher and C.E.O. of El Diario La Prensa, talks about a New York State program called Naturalize NY, which pays for the cost of applying for...
View ArticleAs Some New Yorkers Apply For Citizenship, Others Pitch In To Help
New Yorkers are pitching in to help out those who want to become American citizens. Over the weekend, CUNY’s Citizenship Now held its annual Citizenship Day application fair at the John Jay School of...
View ArticleQuestionable Addition to the 2020 Census
Ever since 1790, the United States has been collecting census data every ten years. Millions of people are surveyed about their age, race, work status, and more. However, a question of citizenship...
View ArticleHow World Cup Players get Paired with Teams
The 2018 World Cup has 736 players from around the world with many playing on teams that are not from their country of origin. Though this makes for diverse teams, the fans don’t always agree,...
View ArticleRape at Rikers, The World Cup Teams, Monetizing The Poor
John H. Tucker talks about his recent investigation which looks into how women housed at Rikers’ are being sexually victimized by staff. He is joined with Darcell Marshall, who is featured in the piece...
View ArticleKnock, Knock
With the midterms approaching, Democrats and Republicans are fighting to control the national conversation. This week, On the Media looks at how to assess the predictions about a blue or red wave this...
View ArticleYour Papers, Please
As thousands of people approach the US border from Central America seeking refuge, they encounter a tangle of borders and cages, with the possibility of getting stuck behind either at every step of the...
View ArticleCensus 2020: Lawsuit Over Citizenship Question Casts Continuing Doubt
The Department of Justice had been trying to stall a pending lawsuit, challenging a new question added to the upcoming 2020 census, regarding a person's citizenship. But next Monday, November 5th, the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tracy K. Smith — love is a language / Few practice, but all, or near all speak
The U.S. Poet Laureate. “There’s this whole other narrative unfolding.” How history “which once felt so remote, feels closer and active and unresolved.” Listening for the spaces that are...
View ArticleMike Birbiglia's 'The New One,' Comedians on Birthright Citizenship, 'Believed'
Mike Birbiglia joins us to discuss his new Broadway show, “The New One.” It opens on November 11 at the Cort Theatre 138 W. 48th St. Writer, director, and host of the Earwolf podcast “Fake the Nation,”...
View ArticleMike Birbiglia, Birthright Citizenship, NYC & Anti-Semitism, This Weekend's...
Mike Birbiglia talks about his new Broadway show, “The New One.” Negin Farsad, Maeve Higgins, and Jordan Carlos discuss President Trump's proposed ending of birthright citizenship. Lindsey Smith...
View ArticleFederal Judge Strikes Down Census Citizenship Question
A federal judge in the Southern District of New York ruled today that the Trump administration cannot add the controversial question to the upcoming census. The question asks, "Is this person a citizen...
View ArticleClik here to view.
[Unedited] Tracy K. Smith with Krista Tippett
The U.S. Poet Laureate. “There’s this whole other narrative unfolding.” How history “which once felt so remote, feels closer and active and unresolved.” Listening for the spaces that are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Citizenship Application Backlog Persists
Underneath President Trump’s portrait at the federal courthouse in Islip, Long Island, a line forms. Dozens of new citizens have just taken the Oath of Allegiance and are now waiting to have their...
View ArticleDivide Over Israel Remains After House Passes Generic "Anti-Hate" Measure
Divide Over Israel Remains After House Passes Generic "Anti-Hate" MeasureAfter initial plans to condemn anti-Semitism more specifically were scrapped, the U.S. House of Representatives' Democratic...
View ArticleDivide Over Israel Remains After House Passes Generic "Anti-Hate" Measure
Divide Over Israel Remains After House Passes Generic "Anti-Hate" MeasureAfter initial plans to condemn anti-Semitism more specifically were scrapped, the U.S. House of Representatives' Democratic...
View ArticleCitizenship Question Defies Purpose of the Census, Says CA Sec. of State
A federal judge in California has issued a court order to block the Trump administration's plan to include a question on citizenship in the upcoming 2020 census, calling it illegal. The decision...
View ArticleFor Whom the Cowbell Tolls
When Nancy Holten was 8 years old her mom put her in a moving van. She fell asleep, woke up in Switzerland, and she's been there ever since. Nancy is big into animal rights, crystals, and various forms...
View ArticleAmericanish
In 1903 the US Supreme Court refused to say that Isabel González was a citizen of the United States. Then again, they said, she wasn’t a exactly an immigrant either. And they said that the US territory...
View ArticleUS Census in Crisis: As Supreme Court Weighs Citizenship Question, New Study...
The constitutionally-mandated 2020 Census is stuck in a state of uncertainty, and now there are concerns that not all Americans will be counted. A new study from the Urban Institute estimates that...
View ArticleSCOTUS Wrap-Up with Jami Floyd: No Citizenship Question on the Census, for Now
Jami Floyd, WNYC's host of All Things Considered and legal analyst, reviews the opinions released on the final day of the Supreme Court term, including the partisan gerrymandering decisions and the...
View ArticleInternal Scream
Puerto Ricans packed the streets night after night this week to call for Governor Ricardo Rosselló’s resignation. On this week’s On the Media, what happens when a leader’s mockery becomes too much for...
View ArticleSCOTUS on 'Public Charges'
In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration's effort to screen green-card applicants who may need government aid, making it harder for them to achieve permanent residency....
View ArticleTrump Suspends Some Foreign Worker Visas Through January
Anu Joshi, vice president of policy at the New York Immigration Coalition, talks about the latest immigration news, including President Trump's suspension of new work visas until the end of the year.
View ArticleThe Laws of Soil and Blood
Being Black in Italy means you’re likely NOT born a citizen. Until the Civil War, the same was true for Black people in the United States. Citizenship was reserved for white people only. These...
View ArticleHoliday Party: Citizenship Tests for Citizens, and Hannukah for Jew'ish' People
Today on the radio, we held a Holiday Party on the air. Hear two selections: Can citizens pass the citizenship test, and some secular Hanukah laughs.On Today's Show:Andy Borowitz, author, comedian, and...
View ArticleWhat is Citizenship?
This weekend, a far-right rally was held in Washington, D.C. in support of the January 6th insurrectionists and the legal consequences that some involved in the Capitol riots are facing. While many...
View ArticleAn Ode to The Core Curriculum
Roosevelt Montás, senior lecturer in American Studies and English at Columbia University’s Center for American Studies and director of its Freedom and Citizenship Programs, and author of Rescuing...
View ArticleFossil Fuels in the EU; Noncitizen Voting in NYC; Moving Abroad; SCOTUS Update
Coming up on today's show:Bill McKibben, educator, environmentalist, and co-founder of 350.org, and author of several books including Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? (Henry Holt...
View ArticleArrests in Turkey over shoddy construction
Deaths from the Feb. 6 earthquakes in Turkey have climbed to more than 35,000. The country’s vice president said on Sunday that arrest warrants have been issued for over 100 people said to be involved...
View ArticleAmericanish
Given reporter Julia Longoria’s long love affair with the Supreme Court, it’s no surprise she’s become the new host of More Perfect (https://zpr.io/4R9fMg9gJ96k), a show all about how the Supreme Court...
View ArticleShould Citizens Have A 'Bill Of Obligations' Alongside Their Rights?
The former head of the Council on Foreign Relations argues that domestic threats, related to civic participation, are more dangerous to American democracy than global threats.On Today's Show:Richard...
View Article
