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How Proposed Asylum Rule Changes Would Affect Asylum-Seekers

How will the Trump administrations’ proposed changes to asylum rules affect asylum seekers? NPR’s David Greene talks with Michelle Brané of the Women’s Refugee Commission.

No Visas For Afghan And Iraqi Interpreters

Dozens of lawmakers have signed a letter to the Trump administration demanding to know why there has been a drastic slowdown in granting U.S. visas to Afghans and Iraqis who helped U.S. forces.

Ex-Police Officer Guilty Of Third Degree Murder

A jury has convicted a former Minneapolis police officer of murder in the death of an unarmed woman who had called 911 to report a possible crime.

News Brief: Barr On Capitol Hill, Venezuela Update, Visas For Veterans

Attorney General Barr heads to Capitol Hill to testify. Also, Venezuela’s opposition leader, Juan Guaidó, continues to mount his strongest calls yet to oust disputed President Nicolás Maduro.

Trump Administration Has Drastically Dropped Visas For Afghan And Iraqi Interpreters

Veterans and dozens of lawmakers say they’re afraid the promise they made to protect families who assisted U.S. forces is being broken.

When Your Wedding Night Is Your First Time

Laura Hardin says after years of knowing each other, she and her husband were excited to have sex. But there was some trial and error.

Frieze Week 2019: When Dawoud Bey Met David Hammons

In the ’80s, a portrait photographer coming into his own captured an enigmatic artist creating his own legend. Rarely exhibited, the images are here, and at Frieze New York.

Charlottesville Confederate Statues Are Protected by State Law, Judge Rules

The ruling, part of a slow-moving legal battle, comes nearly two years after a deadly white nationalist rally to protest the removal of one of the statues.

Kamala Harris and Cory Booker, Courting Black Support, Pitch Differing Economic Plans

As income inequality becomes a central issue for Democrats, two plans offered by Mr. Booker and Ms. Harris offer a proxy of the battle between them.

Her Father Was Executed for Murder. She Still Wants to Know if He Did It.

Sedley Alley went to his death based on scant physical evidence and a confession he said had been coerced. His daughter hopes DNA testing will provide answers.

At War: The Price of This Artist’s Work? A Conversation About the Horrors of War

Ehren Tool wants his visually brutal stoneware cups to start conversations about the grief and suffering of armed conflict. But his work can’t be bought.

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