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Even with visits to the local food pantry, many families struggle to get enough to eat. Food banks say rethinking our donations could help them stretch their money.

OPINION: Being Hungry In America Is Hard Work. Food Banks Need Your Help

7:00am June 30, 2019

by Tamara Gane

Even with visits to the local pantry, many families struggle to get enough to eat, as writer Tamara Gane knows first-hand. Food banks say rethinking our donations could help them stretch their money.

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'What Are They Hiding?': Julián Castro Denied Access To Border Patrol Facility

5:17pm June 29, 2019

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro, who attempted to visit a Border Patrol station housing migrant children in Clint, Texas, on Saturday.

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Youth Express Themselves At New York Pride Event

5:10pm June 29, 2019

Youth Pride festivities took place on Saturday — part of the World Pride event in New York City.

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Troll Watch: In Rare Move, Reddit Flags Online Forum For Inciting Violence

5:10pm June 29, 2019

Reddit quarantined a group this week after users incited violence. Volunteer Reddit moderator Robert Peck tells NPR's Michel Martin that this is a big deal for the infamously hands-off platform.

Sean Sala, (left) and Fernando Zweifach Lopez at StoryCorps in San Diego in January 2013.

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To 'Get Even' With 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' He Brought Military Float To Pride Parade

10:28am June 29, 2019

At StoryCorps, gay veteran Sean Sala remembers forming the first-ever Pride march with an active duty military contingent, in the final days of the policy that barred openly LGBTQ people from serving.

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What's Next For The Census After Supreme Court Ruling

10:26am June 29, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

The Supreme Court has weighed in on the census citizenship question but the battle between the administration and critics of the hotly contested question isn't over yet.

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Demonstrators rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in April to protest the Trump administration's plan to add a citizenship question to forms for the 2020 census.

How The Fight Over The Census Citizenship Question Could Rage On

8:38am June 29, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

President Trump threatened to delay next year's constitutionally mandated head count hours after the Supreme Court ruled to keep a citizenship question off 2020 census forms for now.

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Human Trafficking And The Southern Border

8:03am June 29, 2019

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Professor Jamie Gates of Point Loma Nazarene University about the fact and fiction surrounding human trafficking across the Southern U.S. border.

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WorldPride In New York City

8:03am June 29, 2019

by Neda Ulaby

WorldPride is taking place in New York City this weekend. Millions of visitors are commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Inn raid and riots that ushered in the LGBTQ rights movement.

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'Metering' At The Border

8:03am June 29, 2019

by James Fredrick

An immigration policy known as "metering" is under scrutiny after the publication of a shocking photograph showing two migrants who drowned, Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his daughter Valeria.