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In Red Hen aftermath, a community wades through nation's vitriolAll politics is local, but one small town shows just how true that is. After a local restaurant asked the White House press secretary to leave, Lexington, Va., has seen vitriolic national debate explode on its doorstep.
After family separation: How to promote healing for migrant children?Experts agree that the US government's family separation policy could have lifelong mental and physical consequences for children. What support will these children need to grow past the trauma?
First LookWashington D.C. sued for putting 'creative class' above minority communitiesThree residents and members of an African-American community-development program filed a lawsuit last month that charges Washington's urban development planning with overlooking the impacts these policies, aimed at turning the capital into a "world-class city," have had on poorer communities in the area.
A journey along the shoals of a gentrifying L.A. neighborhood
In wave of new cities, promise and pitfalls for black middle classOften newly formed cities are largely white and more affluent than the surrounding county. Stonecrest, near Atlanta, is part of a countertrend, as communities of color aspire to shape their own destiny.
First LookOil company works to preserve slave gravesite found on its landUnmarked slave cemeteries are thought to be widespread across the southern United States. As they're being discovered, historians and archeologists are working with landowners, like Shell Oil, to honor the gravesites and bring closure to slave descendants.
In Mountain West, how frontier ethos magnifies problem of suicideThe suicides of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain drew extensive coverage that magnified the extent of the crisis. But what may have remained less clear was the fact that tens of thousands of suicides occur far from the glare of fame in the country’s least populated expanses.
With swift cancellation of 'Roseanne,' ABC draws line in sandIt is possible that a niche broadcaster could pick up “Roseanne.” It’s highly unlikely that a network would risk it, however, if Barr remains part of the show.
First LookStarbucks holds anti-bias training for 175,000 employeesThe national coffee chain closed more than 8,000 of its locations nationwide Tuesday afternoon to hold anti-bias training for employees after a controversial arrest of two black men in one of the company's Philadelphia stores in April.
Cover StoryTaking the Hill: Why more veterans are running for CongressA wave of vets-turned-candidates are vowing to temper the culture of tribalism with a greater spirit of bipartisanship.
In an Ohio town, fostering community over cream puffsMoving cross-country to a tiny rural town to open a new bakery may not seem like a recipe for success. But the search for a close-knit community and a less expensive, simpler life led one family to give it a try.
With compassionate outreach, a city cuts its drug overdose rate in halfHuntington, W.Va.’s, new model of following up with those who have overdosed has proved so successful that the West Virginia Legislature approved funding to expand the program to every county in the state.
For more US parents, paid family leave becomes realityCalifornia led the way by being the first state to provide paid family leave for workers to care for sick family members or to bond with a new child. In January, the state expanded its benefits. The idea is gaining ground in the United States, showing a shift toward more compassionate workplace practices.
First LookUS birth rate declines to 30-year lowThe drop in birth rates last year is surprising given baby booms often mirror economic ones, and last year saw low unemployment and a growing economy. Several other factors are driving the decrease including changing attitudes about motherhood and changing immigration patterns.
Wanted in Ohio: Workers who can pass a drug testEmployers across Ohio are struggling to find qualified workers to hire amid the opioid crisis, which has disproportionately affected working-class men – and compounded a shortage in skilled labor.
First LookAmerican Muslims and Jews band together in the face of Mideast turmoilAmerican Jews and Muslims have been forming alliances to build trust as an antidote to violence in their homelands. They have visited each other's places of worship, trained executives in cultural understanding, and joint groups have toured civil rights sites in the South.
For women in law, 'RBG' is their superhero movieTo be just the second woman appointed to the US Supreme Court is to blaze trails, which Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg did throughout her career – for decades before Millennials coined her the 'Notorious RBG.' For women, especially women judges and lawyers, she's an icon.
Fifty years after King’s assassination, the Poor People’s Campaign relaunchesWhy relaunch an antipoverty campaign 50 years after the first one was derailed by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination? Organizers of the new Poor People’s Campaign, which launches May 14, say they see the same problems, compounded by a tendency today to see poverty as a personal moral failing.
First LookSuspicions of Native American teens point to cultural disconnectThe treatment of two Mohawk teens on a campus tour of Colorado State University has stirred discussions about tolerating cultural differences within American society. Among the 1 percent of US college students who are Native American, less than half complete a four-year degree.
In Schneiderman case, signs of a broader ethical dissonanceThe latest in a line of US politicians accused of abusing women behind closed doors, former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman had emerged as a champion of the #MeToo movement. He resigned Monday amid allegations he assaulted four women.
