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Homeland Security wanted to help track separated families at the border --
Homeland Security wanted to help track separated families at the border --
President Donald Trump's White House wasn't interested in tracking the families they separated, according to one former Homeland Security staffer. During an interview with CBS's "60 Minutes," Scott Shuchart explained that not only was Homeland Security never consulted about Trump's new Executive Ord...
·rawstory.com·
Homeland Security wanted to help track separated families at the border --
Washington Post: ‘They shot the wrong man!’: Police said they killed a mall
Washington Post: ‘They shot the wrong man!’: Police said they killed a mall
Authorities initially said they had killed the person who shot an 18-year-old at a mall on Black Friday. The family of Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr., son of a veteran, and police later agreed he was not the shooter.
·washingtonpost.com·
Washington Post: ‘They shot the wrong man!’: Police said they killed a mall
Article: Trump's insults of black Americans are disgusting and dangerous
Article: Trump's insults of black Americans are disgusting and dangerous
It’s not your imagination: President Trump, who regularly makes a point of personally insulting public figures who challenge or displease him in any way, taps into an especially toxic well of vitriol when aiming his attacks at black Americans, Errol Louis writes.
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Article: Trump's insults of black Americans are disgusting and dangerous
Emily Suvada’s gene-hacking trilogy is perfect YA sci-fi - The Verge
Emily Suvada’s gene-hacking trilogy is perfect YA sci-fi - The Verge
The instant I finished Emily Suvada’s This Mortal Coil and This Cruel Design, I wanted to get these books into the hands of every teenager I know. The trilogy rivals The Hunger Games for its whirlwind life-or-death drama, while giving the carefully crafted science of Orphan Black a run for its money.
·theverge.com·
Emily Suvada’s gene-hacking trilogy is perfect YA sci-fi - The Verge
The Barriers That Keep Blacks and Latinos From Voting
The Barriers That Keep Blacks and Latinos From Voting
A new survey from The Atlantic and the Public Religion Research Institute shows that black and Hispanic citizens are more likely than whites to face barriers at the polls—and to fear the future erosion of their basic political rights.
·theatlantic.com·
The Barriers That Keep Blacks and Latinos From Voting
Article: Learning From Laura Ingalls Wilder
Article: Learning From Laura Ingalls Wilder
The author’s popular Little House books sought to challenge the way many Americans saw their country’s history, with deeply mixed results.
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Article: Learning From Laura Ingalls Wilder
Article: New lawsuit shows your phone is unsafe at American borders
Article: New lawsuit shows your phone is unsafe at American borders
A recent case filed in federal court, in which an American woman had her iPhone seized and cracked by Customs and Border Protection in a New Jersey airport puts a whole new spin on the things we now need to worry about when leaving the country. It appears that now everyone's phones, despite country of origin or cause, are subject to nonconsensual seizure and search -- even if we refuse to give up our passwords. If you're not caught up on the story, news hit this week that a Staten Island mom coming home from a February trip with her 9-year-old daughter from Switzerland had her iPhone snatched, kept for months and accessed for no given reason. Apple did not respond to a request for comment by publication time.
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Article: New lawsuit shows your phone is unsafe at American borders
Article: 10 Top Cybersecurity Trends To Watch For At Black Hat 2018
Article: 10 Top Cybersecurity Trends To Watch For At Black Hat 2018
As we head into Black Hat 2018, CRN talks with executives from nine prominent cybersecurity vendors to see the top cybersecurity trends they are on the lookout for at this year's event.
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Article: 10 Top Cybersecurity Trends To Watch For At Black Hat 2018
Article: Vacation turns into 'Handmaid's Tale' when US Customs demands to k
Article: Vacation turns into 'Handmaid's Tale' when US Customs demands to k
A mother and daughter were flying back from a European vacation when an agent at Customs and Border Protection couldn't understand why their last names were different."I was asked if Sybonae was my daughter and I said yes," Sylvia Acosta wrote on Facebook. "Then they asked why if she was my daughter...
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Article: Vacation turns into 'Handmaid's Tale' when US Customs demands to k
Hundreds of children wait in Border Patrol facility in Texas
Hundreds of children wait in Border Patrol facility in Texas
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Inside an old warehouse in South Texas, hundreds of children wait in a series of cages created by metal fencing. One cage had 20 children inside.
·apnews.com·
Hundreds of children wait in Border Patrol facility in Texas
U.S. government says nearly 2,000 child separations at Mexico border in und
U.S. government says nearly 2,000 child separations at Mexico border in und
The government said on Friday that 1,995 children were separated from 1,940 adults at the U.S.-Mexico border between April 19 and May 31, as the Trump administration implements stricter border enforcement policies.
·reuters.com·
U.S. government says nearly 2,000 child separations at Mexico border in und