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Six months out from the election, Wisconsin students weigh voting for Biden
Wisconsin's young voters — who have turned out in big numbers in recent elections — are key for either candidate to win the state. But Biden is facing some skepticism on the state's college campuses.
DHS Secretary Nielsen's Family Separation Defense Isn't Her First Controversial Position
by Greg Myre
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has spent her career in and out of government working on issues of national security. None of her jobs, however, have been so controversial as her role in policing the U.S. border.
U.S. Announces It Will Leave U.N.'s Human Rights Council
by Michele Kelemen
The Trump administration is reversing another decision its predecessor made and is pulling out of the United Nation's Human Rights Council.
Global Markets Fall As U.S.-China Trade Tensions Rise
by John Ydstie
Economists have generally downplayed the impact on the U.S. and global economies, but many are reassessing now that trade tensions appear to be entering a new phase.
Border Patrol Union Official Discusses Family Separation Policy
The Trump administration is under growing pressure to reverse the controversial practice of separating migrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks about the execution of this policy with Border Patrol veteran Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council.
How Prior 'Zero Tolerance' Policies At The Border Worked
by John Burnett
Prior administrations tried their own versions of the "zero tolerance" policy. Operation Streamline started in 2005 in Del Rio, Texas. The government learned there is no proof that prosecuting all illegal border crossers deters them from coming.
Detroit's Iconic Train Station Is Roaring Back
by Tracy Samilton
People from all over Detroit and nearby suburbs turned out Tuesday for Ford Motor Company's celebration of its purchase of Michigan Central Station. Ford now plans to turn this symbol of the city's blight to a symbol of its rebirth.
New Docu-Series Looks At College Football's Shadowy Economic And Legal System
In college football, everybody thinks everyone cheats — everyone except their own team. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with SB Nation reporter Steven Godfrey about allegations of paid players at the University of Mississippi, a years-long NCAA investigation that followed and the shockwaves it sent through the NCAA.
The Unusual Success Of The 'Wallace The Brave' Comic Strip
by Glen Weldon
Wallace the Brave is a new daily comic strip, which is getting attention, award recognition and increasing readership. It's about a boy who's less depressed than Peanuts character Charlie Brown and kinder than Calvin & Hobbes.