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Sep 23 2021
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: The Migrant Crisis in Del Rio, Texas
Over 15,000 unauthorized migrants who crossed the Rio Grande River into Texas congregated at a makeshift camp in the small border town of Del Rio over the past week.
The migrants, many of them Haitian, are awaiting processing or apprehension at the camp, where food and utilities are reportedly scarce. A Wednesday report quoting several anonymous officials said thousands of unauthorized
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Nov 06 2017
News
Obama, Biden call for action to prevent gun violence after Texas church shooting
Former President Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden called for action to prevent gun violence in the hours after the shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, Sunday that left 26 people dead and at least 20 injured.
Obama spoke out on Twitter, saying that he stands with the families and survivors. But he suggested that grieving isn't enough. "May God also
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Nov 02 2020
Analysis
Trump’s Risky Bet on Rural America
Levant, maine—Hardly anyone knew that President Donald Trump was on his way here. And among those who did get a whiff of the news in advance, even fewer knew his destination was Treworgy Family Orchard in Levant, a tiny rural town about 10 miles northwest of Bangor. Four years ago, two-thirds of Levant’s 1,523 votes went to Trump. He needs all of them on Tuesday—and probably more.
The
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Dec 29 2015
News
'Affluenza' teen and his mother detained in Mexico
The hunt for an 18-year-old Texas man who had pleaded guilty in the drunk-driving deaths of four people, but avoided jail time by successfully claiming his family's affluence — or "affluenza" — was to blame, ended Monday night when Mexican authorities detained him and his mother in a popular resort city.
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Mar 12 2019
News
Ocasio-Cortez says she isn't putting moderate Democrats in a tough spot. They disagree
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive superstar who has captured an enthusiastic following, disputed charges from moderate Democrats that she is making it harder for them to win re-election in 2020.
Ocasio-Cortez, who represents a deep blue district, told USA TODAY that she hasn't used her platform to call out individual Democrats for not signing onto the progressive
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May 11 2020
Analysis
Coronavirus is exacerbating America’s hunger crisis
Food banks and SNAP are completely overwhelmed right now.
The images of thousands of cars, lined up bumper-to-bumper on otherwise-empty freeways, capture the shocking scale of the nation’s current hunger crisis.
In San Antonio, Texas, 10,000 people waited for hours to receive meal boxes from a regional food bank in April. In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, hundreds of families have
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Jan 22 2015
News
Obama to Propose Larger Subsidies for Child Care
President Obama on Thursday will unveil new proposals for more generous subsidies to help working Americans afford child care, appearing at the University of Kansas on his second stop in two days promoting his economic agenda in a solidly Republican state.
Mr. Obama will call for a “landmark investment” in the Child Care and Development Fund, an existing federal program that helps low-
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Oct 04 2012
News
Misconceptions and Realities About Who Pays Taxes
These figures are sometimes cited as evidence that low- and moderate-income families do not pay sufficient taxes. Yet these figures, their significance, and their policy implications are widely misunderstood.
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Sep 15 2019
News
Climate Change Will Create 1.5 Billion Migrants by 2050 and We Have No Idea Where They'll Go
The climate crisis has already created millions of invisible refugees and could create up to 1.5 billion more in the next 30 years. But under international law no country is obliged to take them in.
Gilberto Ysaias started thinking about leaving Honduras when he couldn't produce enough crops to provide for his family. As an Indigenous farmer, the hotter summers were wreaking havoc on
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May 18 2018
News
Trump's Title X Abortion Funding Ban Could Change Everything For Women In America
The White House is expected to announce plans Friday to reinstate a Reagan-era gag rule that would prohibit health care organizations who provide abortions or abortion referrals from receiving federal funding through Title X. The Title X program provides funding for contraception, Pap smears, cancer screenings, breast and pelvic exams, and pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease testing
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