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Politics & Policy

Shoes and a teddy bear, brought by a group of U.S. mayors, are piled up outside a holding facility for immigrant children in Tornillo, Texas, near the Mexican border, Thursday, June 21, 2018.  Mayors from more than a dozen U.S. cities including New York and Los Angeles gathered near the holding facility to call for the immediate reunification of immigrant children with their families (Andres Leighton/AP Photo)
Immigration
National

Desert detention camp for migrant kids still growing

The facility has expanded into a detention camp holding thousands of teenagers — and it shows every sign of becoming more permanent.

8 years ago

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his business partner Rick Gates are facing more charges from Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
National

Report: Manafort met with Julian Assange ahead of 2016 leaks

Paul Manafort allegedly secretly met WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London within days or weeks of being brought aboard Donald Trump's campaign.

8 years ago

Harvey Milk, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, was the first openly gay elected official in California. Nov. 27, 2018 marks the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Milk and San Francisco Mayor George Moscone (AP Photo)
NPR
LGBTQ
National

40 years after the assassination of Harvey Milk, LGBTQ candidates find success

Voters across the country sent a record number of LGBT candidates to Congress 40 years after the assassination of Harvey Milk.

8 years ago

dpatop - 26 November 2018, Mexico, Tijuana: Migrants face security forces on the border with the USA. In the Mexican border town of Tijuana, numerous migrants have tried to illegally cross the border to the USA. Photo by: Omar Martinez/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images
Radio Times
Immigration

Asylum-seekers on the border

Guests: Sarah Kinosian, Jaya Ramji-Nogales

8 years ago

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dpatop - 26 November 2018, Mexico, Tijuana: Migrants face security forces on the border with the USA. In the Mexican border town of Tijuana, numerous migrants have tried to illegally cross the border to the USA. Photo by: Omar Martinez/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images
Radio Times
Immigration
Politics

Asylum-seekers on the border; Philly’s Rhodes Scholar

Guests: Sarah Kinosian, Jaya Ramji-Nogales, Anea B. Moore On Sunday, border patrol agents fired tear gas and rubb ...

Air Date: November 27, 2018 10:00 am

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Tear gas thrown by the U.S. Border Patrol is seen near the El Chaparral/San Ysidro border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, on Sunday
NPR
Immigration
International

Fact check: What’s happening on the U.S.-Mexico border?

The situation at the San Ysidro Land Port of Entry has been chaotic and confusing in recent days.

8 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney  (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
PlanPhilly

Five takeaways from Mayor Kenney’s Radio Times interview

On Monday morning, Mayor Jim Kenney stopped by WHYY for a wide-ranging conversation with RadioTimes host Marty Moss-Coane.

8 years ago

Marijuana plant. (BigStock)
New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

N.J. legislative committees vote to legalize marijuana

The Garden State has moved one step closer to legalizing the personal use of marijuana, following votes by two key legislative committees.

8 years ago

N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy is pressuring lawmakers to bring the state minimum wage up to $15 an hour. That would fulfill one of his campaign promises. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Income Inequality
New Jersey

Murphy pressures top N.J. Democrats to pass $15 minimum wage hike

A phased increase to the state's hourly wage would fulfill one of Murphy's major campaign promises.

8 years ago

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Down the Shore
Law
New Jersey
Politics
Transportation

Another Shore town proposes ‘no wake’ zone for flooded streets

A Cape May county municipality is seeking to adopt a "no wake" ordinance to protect homes during flooding.

8 years ago

President Trump visits U.S. Coast Guard personnel in Florida on Thanksgiving Day.
NPR
National

The political news didn’t stop over Thanksgiving. Here’s what you missed

Here's a quick primer on some of news you've missed since the holiday.

8 years ago

President Donald Trump watches as Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., speaks during a campaign rally at the Landers Center Arena, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, in Southaven, Miss. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
National Interest

The last midterm: Mississippi’s William Faulkner election

William Faulkner, the bard of segregated Mississippi, once wrote: "The past is never dead. It's not even past."

8 years ago

Radio Times
Philadelphia
Politics

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney

Guests: Jim Kenney Today Marty sits down with Philadelphia Mayor ...

Air Date: November 26, 2018 10:00 am

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(From left) Mary Gay Scanlon, Madeleine Dean, Chrissy Houlahan, and Susan Wild, all Pennsylvania women who won their congressional bids during the 2018-midterm elections (Emily Cohen for WHYY; Matt Rourke/AP Photo; Matt Rourke/AP Photo; Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Elections
Pennsylvania

Voter turnout booms in ‘burbs, Philadelphia

We look at voter turnout in Southeast Pennsylvania...big numbahs.

8 years ago

On a marked-up 2018 sample ballot from Chenango County, N.Y., illustrated index fingers point toward each candidate and tiny unfamiliar emblems represent each party — an eagle for Republicans, for example. One design expert calls these elements seriously antiquated. (Cameron Pollack/NPR)
NPR
Elections

Why are so many election ballots confusing?

These designs do more than irk usability experts. They can cause voters to make real mistakes.

8 years ago

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