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More Migrants Die Crossing the Border in South Texas Than Anywhere Else in the U.S. This Documentary Depicts the Human Toll
Missing in Brooks County zeroes in on a South Texas county, and families in search of loved ones who were lost at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Depop Made Sustainable Shopping Cool for Gen Z. What Happens When Parents Crash the Party?
Maria Raga never expected to be able to pull off a pair of yellow Versace pants like the ones she was wearing the day we spoke in July. Although she’s now the CEO of Depop, a popular clothing-resale app, she was hardly a lifelong fashionista. “Versace’s a brand that’s accessible for very, very rich people,”…
How One Nonprofit Is Attempting to Help LGBTQ Refugees Fleeing Afghanistan
Thousands of people have attempted to flee Afghanistan this week as Taliban forces gained control of the country, culminating in the capital city of Kabul on Aug. 15. At least 400,000 Afghans have been forcibly displaced this year—250,000 since late May alone, according to the United Nations. A refugee crisis seems almost certain, and the…
Criminal Justice Researchers Studied Over 4 Million 911 Calls. Here’s How Their Findings Could Influence Calls for Police Reform
The study from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences tracked around 4.3 million 911 calls
The U.S. Offered My Family a Home After the Vietnam War. It Must Do the Same for Those Fleeing Afghanistan
The story and images are all too familiar. American troops withdrawing after several decades, cities falling, a president fleeing, chaotic airports, helicopters hovering over embassies, families desperate to get out in any way they can. Forty-six years ago, it was Saigon. Today, it’s Kabul. My family has mourned the loss of their homeland my entire…
As Some Governors Forbid Mask Mandates, Schools Are Pushing Back
School districts in Texas and Florida are among those defying their Republican governors' mask bans as COVID-19 surges
A New Documentary Tells the Harrowing History of Conversion Therapy
It is believed that more than 700,00 people have been through religious-affiliated conversion therapy programs—which assert that an LGBTQ person’s sexuality or gender identity can be changed—since the movement to promote conversion therapy took hold in the cultural mainstream in the 1960s and 70s in the United States. And that number falls far short of…
Schools Expected to Leave Virtual Learning Behind in the Fall, but the Delta Variant Is Forcing a Change in Plans
'We are in an eerily similar situation as we were 12 months ago'
Big Tech Is Coming to Small-Town America, But There’s a Catch
Data centers run by Facebook, Google and other tech companies are expanding across the U.S., promising jobs and tax revenue but rarely delivering
She Helped New York Through the Worst of the Pandemic. Then the Nightmare Followed Her Home
Dr. Rebecca Martin witnessed the horrors of the pandemic in New York City in the spring of 2020. Now she's seeing them again at home in Arkansas, where vaccination levels are low and COVID-19 cases are rising
Efforts to Reopen a Fatal Shooting by Minneapolis Police Just Hit a Roadblock, But a Prosecutor Says He Won’t Give Up
A state agency has refused to reopen the controversial killing of Terrance Franklin by Minneapolis police, but it's not over yet
Caught Between U.S. Policies and Instability at Home, Haitian Migrants in Tijuana Are in a State of Limbo
Haitians stranded at the U.S.-Mexico border are in a state of limbo due to U.S. immigration policies that would send them back to Haiti.