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Biden's Morehouse College Speech, Alabama Autoworkers Union Vote, Daniel Perry Pardon

Biden's Morehouse College Speech, Alabama Autoworkers Union Vote, Daniel Perry Pardon

FromUp First


Biden's Morehouse College Speech, Alabama Autoworkers Union Vote, Daniel Perry Pardon

FromUp First

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Length:
13 minutes
Released:
May 17, 2024
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Podcast episode

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President Biden meets leaders of Black sororities and fraternities ahead of delivering the commencement address at Morehouse College as campus protests continue. Autoworkers in Alabama will vote on whether or not to unionize a Mercedes-Benz plant. And Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, has pardoned Daniel Perry, who was convicted of murdering Garrett Foster at a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020.Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter.Today's episode of Up First was edited by Roberta Rampton, Julia Redpath, Eric Westervelt, Lisa Thomson and Alice Woelfle. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Ben Abrams and Kaity Kline. We get engineering support from James Willetts. And our technical director is Zac Coleman. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Released:
May 17, 2024
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