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Legal Filings Draw Attention To Conditions Where Migrants Are Held

7:44am July 23, 2018

by Allison Lee

Migrants held in detention facilities along the Texas border claim they are being held in dirty and unhealthy conditions — with poor food and little access to health care.

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Dayton, Ohio, Takes An Innovative Approach To Deal With Panhandlers

7:35am July 23, 2018

by April Laissle

After a Supreme Court ruling, cities began exploring ways to restrict panhandlers. Critics claim laws criminalize poverty, while proponents say they would help boost economic development downtown.

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A yellow-bellied marmot keeps an eye out while it gets a bite to eat. Related to groundhogs, yellow-bellied marmots are getting fatter and bigger because of the longer growing season brought on by climate change.

Spring Is Springing Sooner, Throwing Nature's Rhythms Out Of Whack

7:04am July 23, 2018

by Nathan Rott

A warming climate is knocking nature's rhythms out of sync. High in the Rocky Mountains, scientists have been tracking the impact for decades.

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When Does A Trump Aide Resign?

5:12pm July 22, 2018

Michel Martin speaks with The Washington Post's Ruth Marcus and Fred Hiatt about a debate playing out on their op-ed page: whether Trump staffers are enabling the president or preventing catastrophe.

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Remembering L.A. Food Critic Jonathan Gold

5:12pm July 22, 2018

Pulitzer Prize-winning restaurant critic Jonathan Gold died Saturday at age 57. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Los Angeles Times columnist Gustavo Arellano about Gold's legacy in Southern California.

Jose and Elaine Belardo's lives were upended last year when he was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

How Soon Is Soon Enough To Learn You Have Alzheimer's?

5:12pm July 22, 2018

by Alex Smith

Only about half the people with Alzheimer's symptoms get a diagnosis, partly out of fear of an incurable decline, doctors suspect. But Jose Bolardo says facing the future allows him to plan for it.

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Family Reunification Deadline Approaches

4:59pm July 22, 2018

The Trump administration is facing a Thursday deadline to reunify migrant children separated from their families. There are more than 2,000 kids still awaiting reunification.

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Secret Facilities For Migrant Children

4:58pm July 22, 2018

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Reveal reporter Aura Bogado about her investigation of two office buildings in Phoenix, Ariz., where migrant children were being held in secret.

Finding The Right Words To Help Rohingya Refugees

3:00pm July 22, 2018

by Malaka Gharib

A group called Translators Without Borders is developing a glossary to help humanitarian workers in Bangladesh communicate with Rohingya refugees.

Texas Attorney General candidate Justin Nelson leads a pub crawl across three congressional districts in downtown Austin - the Pub Crawl to End Gerrymandering.

After Supreme Court Punts On Gerrymandering, Democrats Make It A Campaign Issue

2:46pm July 22, 2018

by Ashley Lopez

Democrats around the country are mobilizing around the issue of gerrymandering. But whether it's enough to excite voters who often sit out midterm elections is another question.

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