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U. S. Plans to Deport Over 500 Unaccompanied Immigrant Children
1+ hour, 18+ min ago (319+ words) The Trump administration is reportedly planning to deport more than 500 unaccompanied immigrant children, bypassing longstanding legal protections for migrant children who are in the U. S. without their parents. The children have been in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement…...
Report: 100, 000 Children in U. S. Have Had a Parent Detained in Immigration Crackdown
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (102+ words) Democracy Now! A new report finds more than 100, 000 children in the U. S have had a parent detained since the Trump administration began its mass deportation campaign last year That's far more than under President Trump's first term and more than…...
We Survived the Night: Julian Brave Noise Cat on Residential Schools & Recovering Native History
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (875+ words) As over a dozen states and more than 200 cities nationwide commemorate Indigenous Peoples" Day today, we spend the rest of the hour with award-winning writer, journalist, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Julian Brave Noise Cat. His debut book, We Survived the Night, out…...
Trump Administration Terminates Civil Rights Settlements Protecting Transgender Students
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (477+ words) Meanwhile, in Iowa, the state can now restrict teachers from discussing LGBTQ+ topics with students in kindergarten through sixth grade and can ban certain books in school libraries and classrooms, after the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a lower court's…...
First-Ever Treatment for Malaria in Infants and Children Wins Regulatory Approval
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (193+ words) Swiss medical authorities have approved the first drug suitable to treat malaria in babies and very young children. Eight African countries that participated in clinical trials are now poised to approve the malaria treatment, which is dissolvable and can be…...
Judge Rules Over 600 Unaccompanied Guatemalan Children Can Stay in the U. S.
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (242+ words) The Trump administration tried to deport over 600 unaccompanied Guatemalan children over Labor Day weekend, but a federal judge temporarily halted their removal, ruling the action was unlawful. The National Immigration Law Center filed an emergency request to stop the deportation…...
Ms. Rachel on Her Gaza Advocacy: "My Deep Care for Children Doesn't Stop at Any Border
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (1913+ words) I see all children as precious and equal. My deep care for children doesn't stop at any border," Accurso tells Democracy Now! in a wide-ranging interview. We also speak with Tareq Hailat, director of the Treatment Abroad Program for the…...
You Tube Star Ms. Rachel on Her Gaza Advocacy: "My Deep Care for Children Doesn't Stop at Any Border`
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (377+ words) We speak with Rachel Griffin Accurso, the educator known to millions around the world as Ms. Rachel, who has become a leading advocate for children in Gaza. Her You Tube channel for young children became wildly popular during the COVID…...