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Alexis Martinez, a Honduran man who traveled with his two young sons to seek asylum in the U.S., last saw them holding hands with tear-streaked faces, walking across a bridge into Texas — alone. Many asylum-seekers like Martinez, waiting in camps with grim conditions to get a hearing in U.S. immigration court, have become so desperate that they are giving up their children ,
Thom Hawkins hasn't visited his extended family since September 2016, when he decided he couldn't fly anymore because of environmental concerns. Hawkins is part of a small but growing number of people who are choosing not to fly or to fly less for the climate's sake.
Cruelty to animals is now a federal crime under a new law signed by President Trump on Monday. The law bans intentional crushing, burning, drowning, suffocating, impalement or other serious harm to animals, as well as “animal crush videos” that depict animal cruelty.
Millions of Americans have counted on platforms like Instacart and DoorDash not just as a service but as a job. Quickly, they find themselves at the mercy of an algorithm — ever-changing pay structures, no assurance of a minimum wage, the smallest tweak of the app capable of upending their livelihoods.
In 1983, three 16-year-old boys — Alfred Chestnut, Ransom Watkins and Andrew Stewart — were convicted of and sentenced to life in prison for shooting a 14-year-old boy over his jacket. The three, now in their 50s, were released from prison — fully exonerated after spending 36 years incarcerated for a crime they didn’t commit.
When it comes to Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the tooth fairy, is it bad to lie to your kids to keep the magic alive? Life Kit is here to help you handle that awkward moment when your kids start doubting the world of magic.
There's a mole on Mars that's making NASA engineers tear their hair out. No, they haven't discovered a small, insectivorous mammal on the Red Planet. This mole is designed to measure heat generated inside the core of the once geologically active planet — but it keeps getting stuck. |
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| | Black mothers less likely to get treatment for postpartum depression. |
| Women of color and low-income moms often choose to struggle on their own with postpartum depression rather than seek care and risk having their families torn apart by child welfare services, say maternal health experts. (Listening time, 6:01) |
These students speak Spanglish — and now they're learning to own it. |
| Porfa please. Pero like. Janguear (to hang out). In a Texas college classroom, students are learning that Spanglish — a version of Spanish that's influenced by English — is just as valid as any other Spanish dialect. (Listening time 3:31) |
The world after the bar closes examined in Last Call. |
Imagine people three drinks deep, trying to catch the bartender's attention for a beer or something stronger. The people behind the bar are shaking, stirring, pouring and then, finally, it's time, last call. The lights come up, the music goes down and people head out the door. It's a time of ritual for bar staff that patrons rarely get to see. (Listening time 7:54) |
The good, the bad and the wicked side of envy. |
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| Like all human emotions, envy has a purpose. It's a tool for social comparison that can sometimes even prompt us to improve our lives. But when envy turns malicious, it can be intertwined with another dark emotion, schadenfreude — the pleasure we feel at the suffering of others. This week Hidden Brain talks to experts about the very dark side of envy. (Listening time, 51:13) |
Polar bear stew and seal organs — how families eat in the Arctic. |
In the most northerly Canadian territory of Nunavut, grocery shopping is expensive. That's why — in a territory where about 84% of the population identifies as Inuit — traditional Inuit foods like arctic char, seal, polar bear and caribou are still the preferred source of sustenance.
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The Camp Fire destroyed their home, but family keeps them in Paradise. |
| Chelsea and Noah Isaacs were busy new parents to twin daughters when they lost their home in the Camp Fire in Paradise, Calif. That same day — Nov. 8, 2018 — Chelsea discovered she was pregnant again; later she would learn it was with another set of twins. Although the Isaacses have been living for almost a year in an RV, they choose to stay in Paradise to remain close to their extended family. |
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