Government

The Girls Of Atomic City

Virginia Prescott — Thu, 09 May 2013 15:26:38 +0000

The story of the development and deployment of the atomic bomb is generally told as a narrative driven by powerful men like Oppenheimer, Truman, and Stimson, operating at the highest levels of government. What few people know is how many women played a crucial role – albeit unknowingly – in one of the most significant turning points in history. Denise Kiernan interviewed several women who worked in Oak Ridge, Tennessee – a secret, government-built town created as part of the Manhattan Project. Their stories, combined with detailed reporting, come together in her new book called The Girls of Atomic City.

Adopt a Fire Hydrant, Fix a Pothole...There's an App for That

Virginia Prescott — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:51:19 +0000

The non-profit Code for America brings together coders, artists, and designers to create easy to use applications that address the specific needs of local communities. Mick Thompson, engineer in residence and 2012 fellow at Code for America joined us to talk about how code and collaboration leads to better lives for citizens.

The News That Got Buried Under The Fiscal Cliff

Virginia Prescott — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:29:59 +0000

The last few weeks of 2012 were dominated by media coverage of the fiscal cliff crisis. News outlets covered everything from the projected impact of the cliff to shouting matches between legislators. Lost in the mix throughout the crisis were important, but less sensational news stories. Joshua Keating is an associate editor at Foreign Policy and he joins us to talk about some of these backseat news items.

Rebranding Canada...As The New World Superpower?

Virginia Prescott — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:09:53 +0000

Canada, as the old Robin Williams joke goes…"is like a really huge loft apartment above a really great party.” Americans tend to think of Canada as a punch line…or the mystical country where healthcare is free and Justin Bieber came from.

Civics for Citizenship

Laura Knoy — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Nepotism Inquiry Yields Little

Todd Bookman — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:25:35 +0000

A nepotism inquiry by House Speaker Bill O’Brien has turned up little evidence of improper hiring in state government.

The probe comes in the wake of last month’s scandal at the Department of Employment Security. Two high ranking officials are accused of hiring their daughters, and then having them laid off by subordinates so that they could collect unemployment benefits.

Speaker O’Brien requested that all agency heads disclose any family members working within their respective departments.

Getting By, Getting Ahead: Voices of N.H.'s Economy

NHPR Staff — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:34:15 +0000

In this seven week series, NHPR’s StateImpact reporter Amanda Loder explores how N.H. residents feel about the state’s economy and the role state government should play in economic recovery.

Listen to series reports on-air Tuesday mornings through August 14, and any time online at StateImpact NH

Series stories

Jury Still Out on N.H. Court Overhaul

Todd Bookman — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:00:00 +0000

Let’s say your teenager gets caught shoplifting. Or maybe your Uncle Morty dies and you’ve got to settle his estate.

Enemies: A History of the FBI

Brady Carlson — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:54:22 +0000

Tim Weiner, a Pulitzer Prize winning author, speaks about his newest book “Enemies: A History of the FBI.”

The See All Sample

Virginia Prescott — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:36:51 +0000

How government agencies will soon be sampling DNA from anyone over the age of 14 and possibly even younger.

NH Welfare System Under Scrutiny

Laura Knoy — Thu, 03 May 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Proposed legislation could weed out welfare fraud, but opponents say it is a solution to a problem that doesn't exist.

It's a bird, it's a plane...it's a drone?

Virginia Prescott — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:10:28 +0000

Unmanned drones will soon be taking to the skies here in the U.S. What this means for our ever-eroding privacy.

Legislature vs Judiciary

Laura Knoy — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:00:00 +0000

Today we investigate the friction between the legislative and judicial branches of our state government.

From Cellphones To Cigarettes: The Long Arm Of The Chinese Government

David Kestenbaum and Jacob Goldstein — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:38:00 +0000

The streets of Beijing and Shanghai feel like an entrepreneurial free-for-all, full of mom-and-pop stores and street vendors selling snacks and cheap toys.

But when you pull back the curtain, you see a different picture: a country where the government still controls huge swaths of the economy.

When you're in China, there's a good chance you're doing business with the government every time you:

make a call on your cellphone (the government owns the country's biggest cellphone network)

buy gas for your car (the two biggest oil companies are owned by the governm

Socrates Exchange: What does government of, by and for the people really mean?

Laura Knoy — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Citizens have a role to elect their representatives in, but then what is the role of the representative? Where should federal power end and state power begin? And in the end, who is really in charge, the citizen, the representative or the courts? The country, the state, the town or the citizen?

Guest

Max Latona, Associate Professor of Philosophy at St. Anselm College