KEVIN FREKING / The Associated PressJun 24, 2018
The White House press secretary is made to leave the Red Hen in Lexington, Va., because she works for President Trump, and the incident has set off a fierce debate. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
The Associated PressJun 22, 2018
Federal authorities are still working on a plan to reunite an estimated 1,800 children with their parents after they were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
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DARLENE SUPERVILLE / The Associated PressJun 21, 2018
The first lady engages with children, mostly from Guatemala, in classrooms at Texas facility a day after the president eases his policy on separation of migrant families. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Emily Wells and Michael Nigro / TruthdigJun 21, 2018
Truthdig reports on the final week of the Poor People's Campaign, an effort to relaunch Martin Luther King Jr.’s fight against poverty, war and income inequality. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
MICHAEL BIESECKER, JAKE PEARSON and GARANCE BURKE / The Associated PressJun 21, 2018
Immigrant children as young as 14 housed at a juvenile detention center—many were accused of belonging to violent gangs—claim they spent long periods in solitary confinement, nude and shivering. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Mark Fiore / TruthdigJun 21, 2018
It may be a sign of how bad things have become that we breathe a sigh of relief when the president signs an executive order that will lead to families seeking asylum being indefinitely detained. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Matt Smith and Aura Bogado / RevealJun 21, 2018
According to legal filings, Trump’s zero tolerance policy is creating a zombie army of children forcibly injected with medications that make them dizzy, listless, obese and even incapacitated. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Scott Ritter / TruthdigJun 20, 2018
A children's prison in America is no more morally defensible than the children's prison I witnessed in Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )
JILL COLVIN and COLLEEN LONG / The Associated PressJun 20, 2018
After insisting, wrongly, that he had no choice but to separate immigrant families apprehended at the border, the president signs an executive order halting the practice. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
RUSSELL CONTRERAS / The Associated PressJun 20, 2018
During times of war and unrest, American authorities have cited various reasons and laws to take children away from their parents. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / Informed CommentJun 20, 2018
Steve Bannon is still advising the White House, and he believes that immigration—whenever and however it becomes a headline—hurts the Democrats. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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