He Was Told He Couldn’t Let Migrant Kids Comfort Each Other—So He Quit
CNN Antar Davidson quit a government-contracted shelter for immigrant kids when superiors ordered him to tell young siblings that they were not allowed to hug. “When I received this order, I realized, because of the way that things were going, there would be more situations that would arise in which I was asked to do things…
The Methodists Are Thinking About Ejecting Jeff Sessions Over Family Separations
Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivers remarks on immigration and law enforcement actions to cadets from Lackwanna College Police Academy. Michael Candelori/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Methodists, who are known for being fairly chill in the grand scheme of organized religion, are apparently considering kicking Attorney General Jeff Sessions…
Latin American Newspapers Have No Trouble Calling Out Trump for Keeping Children in Cages
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Crime Is Down But Most People Don’t Know It
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Thanks to my work on the lead-crime hypothesis, I’m keenly aware that crime has plummeted over the past 25 years. I’m also keenly aware that most people don’t know this. But why? Brendan Nyhan points me to a new paper today by Jane Esberg and…
10 Governors Are Fighting Back Against Family Separation
A U.S. Border Patrol agent watches as people who’ve been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, stand in line at a facility in McAllen, Texas, Sunday, June 17, 2018./US Customs and Border Protection via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Ten Republican…
We Decoded the Scribbled Notes Nielsen Carried Into Her White House Briefing
Chris Kleponis/CNP/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Monday’s White House press briefing was delayed three times as Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen flew in from New Orleans and prepared to defend a family separation policy she claims doesn’t exist. When, four hours after the briefing was originally scheduled, Nielsen took…