Immigration officials use secretive gang databases to deny migrant asylum claims
The information in the databases comes from foreign police and militaries, and it is being used to detain migrants and separate them from their children.
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How a top chicken company cut off black farmers, one by one
The Trump administration has weakened legal protections for farmers and eased off enforcing rules on powerful meat companies.
Universities that are recruiting older students often leave them floundering
Students 25 and older juggle jobs, kids and bills without the support many say they need.
Federal grants ‘a lifesaver’ in opioid fight, but states still struggle to curb meth
“Even just the moniker, like ‘the opioid epidemic,’ out of the gate, is problematic and incorrect,” said Leo Beletsky, an associate professor at Northeastern University. “This was never just about opioids.”
Climate change causes ‘roller coaster’ mercury levels in Wisconsin fish
Researchers find that climate change-caused variations in Wisconsin lake levels have begun to reverse recent gains in controlling environmental mercury.
Illinois is poised to become the gambling capital of the Midwest
Within two years, Illinois could have more than 7,000 video gambling establishments, 5,000 lotterylike sports betting kiosk locations, 16 casinos, five racinos and online sports gambling accessible on millions of mobile phones.
How schools struggle to serve gifted students with disabilities
Parents say it’s often impossible to find schools to educate bright kids who have disabilities. Now some are fighting to change that.
Stuck in detention: For immigrants without lawyers, justice is hard to find
Having a lawyer is an important factor in getting released. A Dane County, Wisconsin, program helps immigrants get out of jail and challenge efforts to deport them.
Sending your boy to preschool is great for your grandson, new research shows
Children of parents who attended a high-quality preschool program in the 1960s were better educated, healthier, better employed and more likely to stay stably married, especially if they were boys born to preschool-educated fathers.
Killing migratory birds, even unintentionally, has been a crime for decades. Not anymore.
Scientists caution that weakening the Migratory Bird Treaty Act imperils many types of birds that are endangered or declining in numbers, and it also eliminates an important source of wetlands restoration funding: penalties paid by violators.
No verdict in sight on safety of crumb rubber fields, prompting angst all around
More than three years after the study began, federal agencies have not issued any safety findings from their highly anticipated crumb rubber study.
As small private colleges keep closing, some are fighting back
The first step to a survival strategy: acknowledging that there’s a problem.
The IRS tried to take on the ultrawealthy. It didn’t go well.
In 2009 the IRS commissioner aimed to stanch the country’s losses with what he proclaimed would be “a game-changing strategy.” But lawyers for the ultrawealthy had their own strategies.
How one Minnesota school, beloved by refugee families, has turned itself around while keeping its teachers, students and culture
Assuming the progress continues apace, Dugsi Academy’s experience might hold some lessons for educators and policymakers who study school improvement strategies.
Supreme Court to rule on use of religious symbols in war memorials
In a religiously plural democracy, war memorials with religious symbols can have different meanings for different citizens.
U.S. government uses several clandestine shelters to detain immigrant children
The Office of Refugee Resettlement has never made the shelters’ existence public or even disclosed them to the minors’ own attorneys in a landmark class-action case.
A big reason rural students never go to college: Colleges don’t recruit them
It’s not easy for rural students to visit colleges and universities to learn more about them or participate in sit-down interviews with admissions officers.
Patients question the way FDA approves medical devices
Unlike pills in a medicine cabinet, most medical devices don’t go through human testing before being offered to patients.
Deaths mount from high-speed police pursuits, despite calls to restrict them
Innocent bystanders and others are killed when police chase drivers at high speeds, often for minor infractions and in risky circumstances.
This program is helping fast-diversifying suburban schools promote success for all students
Georgia’s Fulton County is among a number of suburban districts turning to national nonprofit AVID to shrink achievement gaps and get kids of color ready for college.