Social Issues

March 21, 2019 8:46 PM

With thousands of migrants crossing the border daily, we asked 'why now?'

Three possible factors account for the surge of migrants at the border: economics, social media and the Trump administration's own tougher immigration policies.

by Joel Rose

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March 21, 2019 8:28 PM

MN House votes to remove 'severe or pervasive' standard for sexual harassment

The Minnesota House passed a bill Thursday to eliminate a legal standard that blocks many sexual harassment cases from making it to court.

by Briana Bierschbach

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March 21, 2019 4:01 PM

Former Murdoch executive says he quit over Fox's anti-Muslim rhetoric

A former top executive for Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. tells NPR he left his job because of relentlessly harsh depictions of Muslims and immigrants in Murdoch's media properties, especially Fox News.

by David Folkenflik

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March 21, 2019 11:17 AM

Can Inuit moms help me tame my 3-year-old's anger?

After learning how parents in the Canadian Arctic address a child's misbehavior, reporter Michaeleen Doucleff changed her tactics when her toddler would slap her face in anger.

by Michaeleen Doucleff

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March 21, 2019 6:47 AM

#AbledsAreWeird: People with disabilities share uncomfortable encounters

"There's really no common sense attached when able-bodied people approach disabled people," says activist Imani Barbarin, who started the hashtag.

by Hafsa Quraishi

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March 20, 2019 5:20 AM

Supreme Court broadens the government's power to detain criminal immigrants

The ruling responds to two class-action lawsuits brought by legal immigrants who served criminal sentences and then were detained years later.

by Richard Gonzales

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March 19, 2019 10:59 AM

White nationalist groups increase recruiting and propaganda across the west

The Anti-Defamation League says white supremacist propaganda has increased by over 180 percent in the last year, as they seek to recruit disaffected white kids looking for community.

by Nate Hegyi

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March 19, 2019 6:08 AM

Rio Grande Valley landowners plan to fight border wall expansion

A decade ago, dozens of Texas landowners fought the federal government's efforts to build a wall on their land. Those battles are beginning again as new walls are planned for the Rio Grande Valley.

by Reynaldo Leanos Jr.

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March 18, 2019 8:44 AM

A 'mainstreaming of bigotry' as white extremism reveals its global reach

In the aftermath of the New Zealand mosque shootings, experts who monitor hate groups say violent white extremism is on the rise and is the most prominent threat.

by Kirk Siegler

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March 17, 2019 1:25 PM

Minneapolis townhomes will provide housing for families who have been homeless

The Minneapolis Public Housing Authority's Minnehaha Townhomes in the East Nokomis neighborhood will serve 16 families who have been without homes.

by Martin Moylan

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