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Remembering Rev. Ralph David Abernathy 50 Years After Resurrection City Came Down

7:39pm June 22, 2018

by Kat Chow

Fifty years ago this month authorities took down a tent city on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., that was part of a protest against poverty. One of the key organizers was the Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, a leader of the civil rights movement.

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A young girl waits for care in a medical clinic. A growing number of citizen children of immigrant parents are losing out on Medicaid because their parents fear deportation.

Fearing Deportation, Some Immigrants Opt Out Of Health Benefits For Their Kids

7:39pm June 22, 2018

by Ashley Lopez

A growing number of American children are losing out on Medicaid — and other programs — because their parents are undocumented immigrants and fear detainment and deportation.

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Students wear clear backpacks outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Monday. The bags are one of a number of security measures the school district has enacted as a result of the Feb. 14 shooting at the school that killed 17.

Making Schools Safer: Harsh Consequences, Or Second Chances?

7:39pm June 22, 2018

The tragedy in Parkland, Fla., this year kicked off a national debate over how to reduce school violence: through tighter security and tougher discipline ... or more help for troubled students?

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that police need a warrant to obtain cellphone location information routinely collected by wireless providers.

In Major Privacy Win, Supreme Court Rules Police Need Warrant To Track Your Cellphone

6:29pm June 22, 2018

by Nina Totenberg

The sharply divided justices ruled that police need a search warrant to obtain cellphone location data.

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Schools Are Out For The Summer, But The Debate On How To Make Them Safer Continues

6:16pm June 22, 2018

by Anya Kamenetz

The PROMISE program was designed as a way to offer troubled students an alternative to suspension or expulsion. Initiated by the Obama administration in 2014, the program is now under scrutiny following the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, Fla., earlier this year.

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A 2-year-old Honduran girl cries as an official searches her mother in McAllen, Texas, near the U.S.-Mexico border, earlier this month. For many, the image has become indelibly associated with a Trump administration policy that for weeks separated migrant

Crying Toddler On Widely Shared 'Time' Cover Was Not Separated From Mother

5:42pm June 22, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The image has been tied to a border policy separating migrant families. But in this case, daughter and mother were detained together — and the White House says it's proof the controversy is overblown.

The History Of The Flores Settlement And Its Effects On Immigration

5:02pm June 22, 2018

President Trump has ordered the Justice Department to file a request to modify a court agreement known as the Flores settlement to allow for immigrant families to be detained together at the border. The settlement has governed the detention of immigrant children since the mid-80s.

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A Look At The Business Of Immigrant Detention

5:02pm June 22, 2018

NPR's Audie Cornish discusses the billion-dollar business of detaining immigrant children with New York Times reporter Katie Benner.

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The Casa Padre facility in Brownsville, Texas, is one of more than two dozen shelters for immigrant children operated by Southwest Key.

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A Latino Nonprofit Is Holding Separated Kids. Is That Care Or Complicity Or Both?

4:56pm June 22, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Southwest Key has, for many years, operated shelters that house unaccompanied migrant children. The family separation policy shined a spotlight on that work — and raised uncomfortable questions.

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Baltimore Group Caring For Migrant Children, Working To Reunite Them With Parents

4:24pm June 22, 2018

by Nurith Aizenman

President Trump's executive order ended family separation, but more than 2,000 children are still separated from their parents. Some of these children are under the care of groups like Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, based in Baltimore.

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