Jen Poyant appears in the following:
Veterans Day: Honoring vets of WWII, Iraq
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
John and Adaora talk with veterans of World War II and the war in Iraq about how they're spending Veterans Day and what it means to them.
losses in congress
Monday, November 03, 2008
In the last few days before the election, House and Senate Republicans, have been pushing hard to help incumbents facing tough re-election races keep their seats in Congress. The Sen...
Nov. 4, 2008, and the political legacies of Charlotta Bass and Shirley Chisholm
Monday, November 03, 2008
Tomorrow, for the first time in history, American will put either an African-American man in the White House or elect a woman as vice president. Today, we take a look at several Afri...
prison vote
Monday, November 03, 2008
Maine and Vermont are the only two states in the country that allow convicted felons to vote while in prison. But in Maine, prisons are one of the only places that the campaigns can'...
Harry Shearer
Friday, October 31, 2008
With just four days left until the election, early voting and new polling numbers are dominating the headlines. But comedian and satirist Harry Shearer doesn't want voters overlook t...
Affirmative Action
Thursday, October 30, 2008
The Takeaway continues its series on hot-button ballot initiatives that are making headlines around the country. In Nebraska, Initiative 424 could ban affirmative action in state gov...
syrian attack
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
U.S. officials are only speaking anonymously about why American military planes bombed the border of Syria on Sunday. Joshua Landis of the Center for Middle East Studies explains how...
8 days to Election
Monday, October 27, 2008
Eight days before the election, New York Times editor Marcus Mabry talks with The Takeaway about how far we've come since the primaries, and what to expect in the last week of campaigning.
World Series
Monday, October 27, 2008
The Philadelphia Phillies are now up three games to one over the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2008 World Series, but writer Jeff Beresford-Howe was hoping to see something he hasn't during the series: baseball.
iraq
Monday, October 27, 2008
By this week, the U.S. military in Iraq should have largely transferred responsibility for paying members of "the Sons of Iraq," Sunni Arab groups fighting al-Qaida to the Iraqi gover...
Economy Week
Monday, October 27, 2008
The latest economic news is a forecast for another rough week for Americans. American companies in the goods and services sector continue to cut jobs while analysts are looking to ne...
Absentee ballots
Friday, October 24, 2008
More voters are sending in absentee ballots in 2008 as a way to beat the lines on Election Day. But some absentee voters are worried that if their ballots are sent with the wrong post...
redrawing
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
This year, the blog FiveThirtyEight.com has become a political force. By analyzing daily polls, the blog is projecting that the Obama campaign's push in crucial swing states and red s...
Obama Visits New Jersey for Fundraiser
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
New York, NY —
Barack Obama dropped by the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark yesterday for a low-budget fundraiser. Students paid $15, others paid $25 to hear what the Illinois senator had to say. Jen Poyant reports.
Newarkers of all ages came out for to support the candidate ...
