The ordeal of navigating migrant family reunification, in one toddler’s story
“Two weeks ago, 3-year-old Sofi and her grandmother were making the journey through Mexico to seek asylum in the U.S. Although they entered legally and with guardianship documents, they were...
Comedian Cameron Esposito tackles sexual assault in “Rape Jokes”
“As the #MeToo movement inspires bigger conversations around sexual assault, veteran comedian Cameron Esposito does not want the voices of survivors to be left out. In her new special,...
Trump administration faces massive challenge to reunite migrant families
“A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the government to reunite immigrant families who had been separated at the border within 30 days, or sooner for children younger than 5. But that timeline may...
Amid outrage at family separations, Trump supporters dig in
“As thousands of children were separated from their parents at the Mexican border, President Trump and his supporters doubled down, advancing his Republican approval rating to the highest in...
Immigrant teens say they were restrained, beaten at facility
“Claims of severe physical and psychological abuse of immigrant teenagers at a juvenile detention facility near Staunton, Virginia, has prompted Gov. Ralph Northam to launch an investigation,...
Napolitano: Family separation ‘is a humanitarian crisis’
“The Trump administration has argued that it has no choice but separate migrant children and their parents who enter the U.S. illegally. Former Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano...
An inside look at a government shelter for detained migrant children
“Nearly 2,000 children were separated from their families after illegally crossing the border in April and May, according to the Department of Homeland Security. In Southern California, one of...
A poet who holds ‘the men behind the music’ accountable
“Inspired by the people who have come forward as part of the #MeToo movement, Imani Davis shares her poem “Platinum” and gives her Brief but Spectacular take on how society can overlook...