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Gov. Kathy Hochul says there still aren’t details of a proposed pied-à-terre tax, which would tax second homes for wealthy New Yorkers.
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On the latest 51%, we speak with sociologist Gretchen Sisson about her book Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood. Sisson studies the relationship between abortion and adoption in the U.S., and is part of a team of researchers for "The Turnaway Study" at the University of California, San Francisco. In Relinquished, Sisson compiles a decade's worth of interviews with women who gave their newborns up for adoption through a private adoption agency. In unpacking how some agencies pressure (and rely on) struggling moms to relinquish their children, Sisson pushes back on the idea that adoption is an ethical alternative to abortion, and questions whether it's really a choice at all.Encore Episode.
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Congressman Tim Kennedy welcomed Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz to push three bills they say will transform cancer care.
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Lawmakers have long complained that governors put too much policy in the budget. But they’re not eager to pick a fight. -
Advocates estimate at least 2,800 people outside of New York City could benefit from the HIV Emergency Shelter Allowance program. -
“We're going to flood the zone. You're going to see more ICE agents than you've ever seen before,” border czar Tom Homan said.
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It's the biggest day for America's restaurants, and one of the biggest for flower sales. Despite anxieties over rising gas prices, people are ready to splurge to celebrate.
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President Trump's decision to leave NATO in the dark before launching strikes on Iran has inflamed tensions and is putting new urgency on rethinking the alliance. -
When Spirit Airlines stopped flying last weekend, it left more than 90 planes scattered across the country. Many will go back to the companies that own them, while Spirit tries to monetize the rest. -
The bulk of the president's social media posts don't make news. But taken together they show what's on his mind as he leads the nation through war and domestic turmoil.
