For the year that began in October, President Trump has capped the number of refugees who may enter the U.S. at 18,000 -- the lowest level since 1980. The policy is having a...
After 23 Years Wrongly Imprisoned, Ricky Kidd Is Free — And Using His Voice
The exoneration of Ricky Kidd, a wrongly convicted man in Missouri who spent more than two decades in prison, highlights major problems with U.S. criminal justice. As covered in...
Author Joel Stein On Sticking Up For The ‘Intellectual Elite’
The word “elite” has a negative connotation today, often unleashed as a political attack. But author Joel Stein has a different perspective on the word’s meaning, and he...
House Democrats In Trump Districts Tread Delicately On Impeachment
Only seven of the 235 House Democrats have not articulated support for the impeachment inquiry. Each represents a district President Trump won in 2016. John Yang traveled to...
For Daca Students, It's Hard To Focus On A Bright Future When Faced With Deportation Fears
Like many college students, 19-year-old Jimmy Rodriguez has a lot on his plate. But unlike most of his peers, Rodriguez, a DACA beneficiary, is pursuing a degree and a future in a...
How Chanel Miller took her story back after her rapist's lenient sentence left her feeling ‘invisible'
For years, she was known to the world as Emily Doe, the survivor of a sexual assault that garnered national attention in part because her attacker served only three months in...
Brad Pitt on turning undertold stories into movies: ‘Every film needs some champion’
As one of the world's biggest and best-known movie stars, Brad Pitt is spending as much time helping get films made as he is acting. His latest project, Ad Astra, is about a...
Danger Of Coal Ash, The Toxic Dust The Fossil Fuel Leaves Behind, The
Coal ash is a particularly dangerous byproduct of our dependence on fossil fuels. In communities that have dealt with coal ash spills, the incidents sparked concerns about toxins...
How Wyoming Manages To Keep Its Rural Schools Open
The one-room schoolhouse may seem like a distant memory from U.S. history, but about 200 of them still exist today, including Wyoming’s tiny Valley Elementary School. It has...
Many College Students Struggle To Pass Remedial Math. Do They Need To?
Colleges created remedial education classes to ensure students were sufficiently prepared for more advanced material. But increasingly, there’s a sense that remedial courses are...
