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Politics & Policy

A woman from Guatemala and her two daughters were apprehended upon crossing the U.S.-Mexico border between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, and immediately expelled back to Mexico in the early hours of April 2, at the Paso del Norte International Bridge in Juárez.
NPR
Immigration
National

‘End of asylum’: Using the pandemic to turn away migrants, children seeking refuge

Tens of thousands of migrants have been turned away at the border since March. Now the administration wants to restrict asylum permanently.

6 years ago

Chanceford Township
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pa.’s GOP-led legislature isn’t acting on climate change — even as scientists say the clock is ticking

Overall, most Pennsylvanians want lawmakers to do more, but the issue remains deeply partisan.

6 years ago

Election worker Khalid Battle reads a book as he waits for voters to cast their ballots in Pennsylvania primary election at Memorial Gospel Crusades Church in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Elections
Pennsylvania

The partisan conflict behind a quest to purge up to 800,000 voters from Pa.’s rolls

Judicial Watch is suing Pa. and three suburban counties to more aggressively purge “inactive” voters. Opponents say that could lead to disenfranchisement.

6 years ago

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The thumbs up Like logo is shown on a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Tuesday, April 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Media
Technology

Facebook, citing virus misinformation, deletes Trump post

The post in question featured a link to a Fox News video in which Trump says children are “virtually immune” to the virus.

6 years ago

Philadelphia NAACP President Rodney Muhammad (Tom MacDonald, WHYY)
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
The Philadelphia Tribune

NAACP national leadership backs Rodney Muhammad despite his anti-Semitic post

Ending weeks of media silence, NAACP leadership condemned Muhammad’s social media post but stopped short of calling for him to resign on Wednesday

6 years ago

U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon joins federal, state and local officials at Second and Spring Garden streets to call for emergency funding for the struggling U.S. Postal Service. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Government Accountability
National

Philly congressional reps call for increased Postal Service funding

Boyle, Evans and Scanlon joined union officials and the city commissioners in urging the help, citing an anticipated surge in mail-in ballots in November.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump
National
Public Health

Chasm grows between Trump and government coronavirus experts

The result has been a daily delivery of a mixed message to the public at a moment when coherence is most needed.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump
NPR

Trump criticizes late Rep. John Lewis for not attending inauguration

When asked in an interview, which aired Monday evening, how history would remember the Georgia lawmaker who died last month, Trump said: "I don't know. I really don't know."

6 years ago

Coronavirus patient samples
Aging
National
Public Health

Trump nursing home plan limits supply of free COVID-19 tests

Nursing home residents and staff represent a tiny share of the U.S. population but account for as many as 4 in 10 coronavirus deaths, according to some estimates.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump
National
Taxes

Prosecutor seeking Trump’s taxes cites probe of his business

A prosecutor told a judge that he was justified in demanding them, citing reports of “extensive and protracted criminal conduct at the Trump Organization."

6 years ago

An immigrant child looks out from a U.S. Border Patrol bus as protesters block the street outside the U.S. Border Patrol Central Processing Center Saturday, June 23, 2018, in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Radio Times
Immigration
Race & Ethnicity

Trump’s family separation policy

Jacob Soboroff talks about his book, "Separated: An American Tragedy" about the Trump administration's family separation policy and its impact on detained migrants.

Air Date: August 4, 2020 10:00 am

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Census worker Jennifer Pope
NPR
National

Census cuts all counting efforts short by a month

The bureau now has less than two months left to try to reach people of color, immigrants, renters, rural residents and other members of historically undercounted groups.

6 years ago

Voters wait in line outside a polling place in Philadelphia.
Elections
Pennsylvania

Review of Pa. primary prompts elections agency to seek changes

The review of the primary argues the Legislature should permit ballots to be counted as long as they arrive in county election offices by the Friday after the election.

6 years ago

Charisse Davis
Elections
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

‘If not now, when?’: Black women seize political spotlight

Black women have long been the Democratic Party’s most reliable and loyal voters. Now, they are mobilized and demanding an overdue return on their investment.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump
NPR
Elections
National

Citing election delay tweet, influential Trump ally now demands his re-impeachment

President Trump’s suggestion that the November election be delayed spurs Federalist Society co-founder Steven Calabresi to call for his removal from office.

6 years ago

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