Social Issues

June 22, 2018 2:48 PM

A Latino nonprofit is holding separated kids. Is that care, complicity or both?

Southwest Key has, for many years, operated shelters that house unaccompanied migrant children. The family separation policy shined a spotlight on that work, and raised uncomfortable questions.

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June 22, 2018 8:52 AM

This jacket caused a racket: What, exactly, does Melania Trump not care about?

The first lady's wardrobe choice during a trip to visit detained migrant children raises eyebrows and generates theories about whom the message was meant for.

by Ted Robbins

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June 22, 2018 7:18 AM

Trump tells GOP to 'stop wasting their time' on immigration

President Trump on Friday told his fellow Republicans in Congress to "stop wasting their time" on immigration legislation until after November, dismissing his party's struggle to surmount internal divisions.

by The Associated Press

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June 22, 2018 6:37 AM

U.S. population becoming older, and less white, than ever before

White people remain the majority in the U.S. -- but the Census Bureau says non-Hispanic whites were the only racial group that didn't grow from 2016 to 2017.

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June 21, 2018 12:43 PM

First Lady Melania Trump visits border detention facility in Texas

Mrs. Trump visited a children's shelter in McAllen, Texas. But much of the online chatter was about a jacket she wore -- with the president himself tweeting about the garment and its message.

by Miles Parks

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June 21, 2018 11:11 AM

Separating kids from their parents can lead to long-term health problems

Though the federal government is changing its policy of separating immigrant children and parents, some children who were detained may suffer ongoing health consequences from the trauma.

by Alison Kodjak

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June 21, 2018 9:56 AM

Young immigrants detained in Virginia center allege abuse

Immigrant children as young as 14 housed at a juvenile detention center in Virginia say they were beaten while handcuffed and locked up for long periods in solitary confinement, left nude and shivering in concrete cells.

by Associated Press

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June 21, 2018 9:00 AM

Harassment at work: What employees can do and what employers should do

The #MeToo movement has swept into offices and break rooms across the country. What is being done to protect men and women in the workplace?

by Kerri Miller and Elizabeth Shockman

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June 20, 2018 2:26 PM

ICE carries out its largest immigration raid in recent history, arresting 146

More than 100 federal agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided a major meat supplier in Salem, Ohio, on Tuesday. It was ICE's second massive operation in Ohio in as many weeks.

by Colin Dwyer

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June 20, 2018 1:41 PM

Behind the criminal immigration law: eugenics and white supremacy

The history of the statute that can make it a felony to illegally enter the country involves some dark corners of U.S. history.

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