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…
The State Department Picked the Very Worst Time to Offer Family Travel Tips
Chris Kleponis/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The State Department’s offer seemed benign and well intentioned: to share best practices for families planning to travel abroad with their children. The problem was the timing. The Facebook Live event, which was dubbed “Family Travel Hacks,” was widely slammed Tuesday as tone-deaf…
Trump’s Child Separation Policy Is Too Much Even for Some of His Evangelical Fans
Faith leaders pray over Trump at the White HouseEvan Vucci/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In April, white evangelical support for Trump was at an all-time high. Seventy-five percent had a favorable view of the president, much higher than the 42 percent he enjoyed among all Americans. But the group…
DHS Secretary Says Children Who Are Detained In Cages Are Not Being Treated Inhumanely
People who’ve been taken into custody after attempting to enter the United States illegally sit in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, TexasU.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. During a White House briefing that followed days of…
Listen to Children Who’ve Just Been Separated From Their Parents at the Border
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by ProPublica. Este articulo pronto estará disponible en español. The desperate sobbing of 10 Central American children, separated from their parents one day last week by immigration authorities at the border, makes for excruciating listening. Many of them sound like they’re…
Protesters Blast Mike Pence for “Ripping Children From Their Families”
Natacha Pisarenko/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Outrage continues to rise around the country about the Trump administration’s forced separation of immigrant children from their parents. On Friday, Vice President Mike Pence was interrupted during a tax reform speech in Columbus, Ohio, by protesters who heckled him about the detention…