Trailing the popular vote by millions of votes and well short of an Electoral College victory, President Donald Trump continues to falsely claim that he actually won the presidential election. Despite what he tweets, the clock is running down on the Trump administration, with the Electoral College set to vote Dec. 14 and President-elect Joe […]

Last weekend, President-elect Joe Biden was called the winner of the race for the White House, dealing President Donald Trump a defeat he has not yet acknowledged. In the days since, RPI Professor Jim Hendler has been analyzing election data. He concludes that while 2016 was a strange presidential election outcome, 2020 was anything but. […]

After a fall semester marked by some campus shutdowns and other localized COVID-19 problems, the State University of New York system is establishing a system-wide return plan for the Spring 2021 semester. SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras says every student returning to campus will be tested, quarantined for a week, and required to wear masks at all times.

We listen back to the sounds of President Donald Trump's first term as heard on WAMC.

An interview with Libertarian candidate Jo Jorgensen, who says she’s the right option for voters who are upset about the state of politics in Washington.

SUNY says it will test about 140,000 students for COVID-19 before they’re allowed to go home for Thanksgiving. The 64-campus system announced the policy Tuesday, saying it’s a vital public health step before students travel across the country for the extended intersession period. We speak with SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras.

We speak with University of New Haven professor Dr. Alvin Tran about a new paper in the International Journal of Eating Disorders that examines unhealthy weight control behaviors among U.S. broadcast journalists.

We speak with a UMass researcher about the impacts of the first Vegas-style casino in Springfield. Two years ago, MGM Springfield boosted the local and state economy, provided job opportunities, and did not increase rates of problem gambling. These were the key findings of new research, part of an ongoing comprehensive investigation on the impact […]

We speak with Toni Bacon, the acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York

A longtime member of the Albany Common Council says he will not seek reelection next year. Democrat Richard Conti of the 6th Ward says he is making the announcement more than a year in advance so candidates who want to succeed him have enough time to get organized. Conti is an openly gay councilor who was […]