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Hidden Brain helps curious people understand the world and themselves. Using science and storytelling, Hidden Brain reveals the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, and the biases that shape our choices.

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Immigration

New Jersey attorney general Gurbir Grewal speaks during a news conference
Courts & Law

Cape May County sues Grewal over directive blocking federal immigration agreements

The lawsuit claims that N.J. Attorney General Gurbir Grewal has endangered the public safety of the county by restricting its ability to communicate with law enforcement.

7 years ago

Krevskyi Bohdan, from Lutsk, Ukraine, is a refugee living in Bucks County. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Why
Courts & Law

The changing face of refugees in Pa. as Trump cuts arrivals

The face of refugees coming to the U.S. is changing. The places they're going is changing, too. Why is that happening and what does it look like in Pennsylvania?

Air Date: October 16, 2019

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Berks County Residential Center. (Laura Benshoff/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

British family detained in Pa. by ICE: ‘We will be traumatized for the rest of our lives’

The family says the Berks County-run facility is not equipped to care for a baby. Facilities are cold and normal caretaking items have been confiscated.

7 years ago

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Southern Delaware’s Latinx population has seen a big growth over the past 30 years. A new report from the Delaware Community Foundation looks at the community’s contributions and challenges to further success. (Courtesy of Delaware Community Foundation)
Community

Report shows Latinx boom in southern Del., but there’s work to do to help newcomers thrive

The Latinx community in Sussex County has grown to about 20,000 — 13 times what it was in 1990 — according to a Delaware Community Foundation report.

7 years ago

President Trump speaks during a meeting at the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday in New York City. (Evan Vucci/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump bars immigrants who cannot pay for health care

Trump signed a proclamation barring legal immigrants who cannot prove they will have health care coverage or the means to pay for it.

7 years ago

Gisele Fetterman opens flowers at Hollander's in Braddock, Pa. Hollander's is a co-working space and business incubator for minority, female entrepreneurs from Braddock and surrounding Mon Valley communities on Sept. 19, 2019. (Sean Simmers/PennLive)
Community
PA Post

Pa. second lady Gisele Fetterman: From ‘invisible’ undocumented immigrant to loud, proud advocate

Every day, as she headed out the door for school, Gisele Barreto Fetterman’s mother would tell her that she loved her. Then she told her to be invisible.

7 years ago

Rezwan Natiq, from Kabul, Afghanistan, is a refugee living in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

As Trump slashes refugee arrivals, a look at who has been resettling in Pa.

Those fleeing religious persecution and those who helped the U.S. in Iraq or Afghanistan are common among current refugees settling in Pennsylvania.

7 years ago

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New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal holds a press conference in Newark, N.J. on Friday, Sept. 27, 2019. (Office of the Attorney General/Tim Larsen)
Courts & Law

Grewal blocks two N.J. counties from having immigration enforcement agreements with ICE

The directive signed Friday will effectively block New Jersey counties from entering into or maintaining 287(g) agreements, which train local police in immigration law.

7 years ago

Syrian refugees arrive at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York in 2017. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Trump administration pauses refugee program in October, delaying dozens of arrivals to Pa.

The moratorium was communicated through the nine volunteer agencies that work with the federal government to place and support refugees at sites across the country.

7 years ago

Zenaida Bautista, Jose Cabañas, and their daughters Jannet and Audrey, at their home in Ambler. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Pa. parents with severely ill or disabled kids face deportation after Trump policy change

Recipients of the letters included parents of extremely sick children born in the U.S. and children receiving treatment for cancer, some of whom live in Pa.

7 years ago

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Dr. Cory Simpson, dermatologist, screens Diocelina Zabalo for skin cancer at Philadelphia’s Mexican consulate. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Skin cancer prevention still a struggle among Latinx communities in the region

At a free event set up by the Mexican consulate in Philadelphia, checking for the damaging effects of exposure to the sun got the spotlight.

7 years ago

Stephanie Sun, who serves on the Governor's Advisory Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs, speaks with a breakout group during an Asian American/Pacific Islander town hall on the 2020 census on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019. (Kriston Jae Bethel for WHYY)
Community

2 out of 5 Asian Pacific American households in Pa. risk going uncounted in census

Asian community organizations are trying new approaches to reach people who are at risk of not being counted in the 2020 census.

7 years ago

Liberty behind bars was the theme of an Elder Witness protest at the Philadelphia field office for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The group objects to policies that separate families and put children in detention. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

‘We’re not irrelevant’: Philly seniors say retirement is the best time to protest

Members of the group Elder Witness protested a new rule allowing the Trump administration to indefinitely detain families who illegally cross the border.

7 years ago

A new Trump administration policy on citizenship for children born abroad may affect only a small fraction of U.S. service members and government employees, but its announcement drew anger. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

What do new citizenship rules for kids of U.S. military, workers abroad mean?

Trump officials say a new policy on citizenship for children born abroad affects only a small fraction of U.S. service members and government workers.

7 years ago

Artists Ian Pierce and Betsy Casañas created “Sanctuary City, Sanctuary Neighborhood,” a mural highlighting immigration issues in society located at 5ht and Huntingdon Streets in North Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Philly sanctuary is an explosion of Latinx pride

Artes Ekeko (Ian Pierce) mined the mythologies of Central and South America to create an image of cultural pride and political dissent.

7 years ago

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