Devan Schwartz

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PNW for life. Writers' Assistant on Prison Break and public radio producer.

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Marco Rubio is interim national security adviser. Why?

4 days ago | vox.com | Devan Schwartz |Sean Rameswaram

Perhaps you’ve heard about wearing multiple hats at work, but four? It might be too many for most people, but not Marco Rubio. As the New York Times put it this month, he’s become the “secretary of everything” for the Trump administration: secretary of state, interim national security adviser, acting USAID administrator (albeit for a gutted agency), and acting archivist of the United States at the National Archives and Records Administration.
Florida public universities’ unprecedented collaboration with ICE, explained

3 weeks ago | vox.com | Devan Schwartz |Sean Rameswaram

Over the last few months, the Trump administration has intensified its attacks on elite, Ivy League institutions like Columbia and Harvard, enacting sweeping funding cuts and even threatening to revoke their tax-exempt status. But what’s happening on the campuses of state schools is much less covered. Take for example the public university system in Florida. For years, Gov.
Trump is losing court battles over DOGE and deportation. What’s next?

1 month ago | vox.com | Sean Rameswaram |Devan Schwartz

President Donald Trump isn’t a fan of judges who rule against him. During his first term, he famously attacked Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who sentenced his ally and adviser Roger Stone, by saying she was “totally biased” and had “hatred” for both Trump and Stone. Now, Trump has only ratcheted up the attacks on judges. This feud reached a new high-water mark after US District Court Judge James Boasberg ordered the Trump administration to stop deporting certain Venezuelan immigrants.
How Elon Musk’s alliance with Trump launched a Tesla boycott

2 months ago | vox.com | Devan Schwartz

Donald Trump turning the White House into a Tesla showroom aside, things are looking pretty grim for the electric car company right now. The stock has dropped tremendously. There have been reports of Tesla chargers being burned, people vandalizing cars, people flipping Tesla drivers off, breaking glass at Tesla showrooms.
The Tesla backlash is here

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Devan Schwartz

10 hours agoMusk plans to give Trump's political operation $100 millionElon Musk has told the White House he plans to give $100 million to President Trump's political operation, according to a person familiar with his …NowMusk Email Reaches Italian Workers. It Did Not Go Well. Employees at the Aviano Air Base who serve American forces got a familiar demand to list their achievements.
The first-ever detection of gravitational waves and the powwow that preceded it : Short Wave

Nov 7, 2024 | npr.org | Regina G. Barber |Devan Schwartz |Gabriel Spitzer

The first-ever detection of gravitational waves and the powwow that preceded itA pivotal week in Corey Gray's life began with a powwow in Alberta and culminated with a piece of history: the first-ever detection of gravitational waves from the collision of two neutron stars. Corey was on the graveyard shift at LIGO, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory in Hanford, Washington, when the historic signal came.
Why traditional plant knowledge is not a quick fix : Short Wave

Oct 14, 2024 | npr.org | Regina G. Barber |Margaret Cirino |Devan Schwartz |Gisele Grayson

Why traditional plant knowledge is not a quick fixHost Regina G. Barber talks with Rosalyn LaPier about ethnobotany--what it is and how traditional plant knowledge is frequently misunderstood in the era of COVID and psychedelics. And, how it's relevant and important for reproductive health today. (encore)Have a topic you want us to cover on a future episode? Email us at [email protected]!Listen to Short Wave on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Federal security officials warn local election offices to upgrade their websites : NPR

Apr 16, 2024 | topnews.media | Miles Parks |Devan Schwartz

Federal security officials warn local election offices to upgrade their websites : NPR Federal security officials warn local election offices to upgrade their websites To help ensure the integrity of the November elections, federal officials are advising local elections offices to upgrade websites — but many are not doing it. Source link
When loading dirty dishes into a dishwasher, there are a lot of things to consider

Apr 16, 2024 | keranews.org | Devan Schwartz

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:Sometimes, it feels like this nation is divided on everything from politics to sports teams. The list goes on. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST:Yeah. Wouldn't it be great if everyone could just sit down together and share a big meal? MARTIN: Of course, a big meal means a big pile of dishes... MARTÍNEZ: (Laughter). MARTIN: ...And that means somebody in the cleanup crew is going to give each one a good rinse and load up the dishwasher.
What's behind the calls for Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor to step down?

Apr 5, 2024 | npr.org | Devan Schwartz

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Kate Shaw, a constitutional law scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, about her thoughts on calls for Justice Sonia Sotomayor to step down. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Some commentators are calling for Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to step down. They say they're concerned about her health. Sotomayor is 69 years old and speaks openly about living with diabetes, but the justice hasn't given any indication she's looking to retire.