Trump Says He Will End the Family Separations He Imposed
The president said he plans to sign an executive order keeping undocumented immigrant children with their parents, but the plan contradicts his earlier statement and might be illegal.
The Consequences of a No-Hugging Policy
When kids separated from their families on the U.S.-Mexico border can’t get hugs or physical comfort from the caretakers at their shelters—or even from one another—their experience becomes even more traumatic.
The UN Human Rights Council Is a Deeply Flawed Body
The U.S., which withdrew from the organization Tuesday, had sought to reform it.
Exit Interview
A series of conversations about being fired, retired, aged out, and laid off
Parasites Can Mind-Control Animals Without Infecting Them
In 2018, everything is a metaphor.
On the Border With the Photographer John Moore
A collection of images from the southern U.S. border by the Getty Images photographer John Moore, showing the landscape, those who patrol the border, and those who choose to risk everything to cross it.
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2 How to Look Away -
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3 The Dangers of Distracted Parenting -
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4 When Children Say They’re Trans -
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5 What Petty Nextdoor Posts Reveal About America -
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6 The 9.9 Percent Is the New American Aristocracy -
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7 How the Carmakers Trumped Themselves -
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8 Soul Searching Through the Myers-Briggs Test -
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9 Gilead in America -
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10 The Outrage Over Family Separation Is Exactly What Stephen Miller Wants
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