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Border Crisis
June 20, 2018
Emily Atkin
The mind-boggling cost of breaking up migrant families.
June 20, 2018
Emily Atkin
The Uncertain Fate of Migrant Children Sent to Foster Care
A system designed for abused and neglected kids now must handle thousands who have been forcibly separated from their parents.
April 25, 2017
MagazineSiddhartha Deb
The Rise of the Global Novelist
How to read fiction from around the world in an age of xenophobic populism.
February 20, 2017
David H. Gans
A Murdered Mexican Boy and the Abuse of American Power at the Border
The Supreme Court hears a case on Tuesday that has tremendous implications under the Trump administration.
January 27, 2016
Steven Cohen
The Zika virus has arrived in the United States. How long before Zika hysteria does, too?
October 29, 2014
Danny Vinik
Why Can't the Media Give Obama Credit for Crisis Management?
October 2, 2014
Danny Vinik
Obama Deserves Credit, Not Criticism, for His Recent Immigration Record
September 29, 2014
Danny Vinik
This Year's Biggest Border Crisis Is Far From the U.S.
September 8, 2014
Danny Vinik
It's the End of the Border Crisis as We Know It
New data on the number of kids crossing the border prove it
August 13, 2014
Eric Benson
The Border Is Not a Battlefield
It’s more like a fortified check-in counter
August 13, 2014
Alec MacGillis
Guess Where the Gangs Get Their Guns?
The ATF’s man in El Salvador will be glad to tell you
August 13, 2014
Franklin Foer
Let the Border Kids Stay
We owe them, after all
August 13, 2014
Óscar Martínez
The Deadly, Invisible Borders Inside El Salvador
When the threats come, there is only one direction for families to run
August 7, 2014
Sarah Sloat
The Economic Recovery, Not Gang Violence, Caused the Border Crisis
August 7, 2014
Danny Vinik
MAP: The Places in the World Where Most U.S. Asylum Recipients Come From
It you thought it was Central America, you were way off
August 6, 2014
Brian Beutler
Claiming "Obama Is Caesar" Is Sexier Than Saying "Steve King Is Right"
August 1, 2014
Danny Vinik
The House GOP Embarrassed Itself Thursday
July 31, 2014
Brian Beutler
Nancy Pelosi's Priceless Reaction to the Death of the GOP's Border Crisis Bill
July 31, 2014
Danny Vinik
Ted Cruz Proves Why He’s Still the Most Hated Man in Congress
July 31, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
Boehner's Border Bill Is a Sideshow
It's a lousy proposal, maybe even a counter-productive one

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