Global June 2019

US Opens New Mass Facility

A new facility is opening in Texas for migrant children. The federal government is also considering detaining hundreds more youths on three military bases around the U.S.

Financing June 2019

UA Trustees Meet On Refunding $21M Gift

Will the University of Alabama (UA) vote to returning the largest donation ever made to the university because the donor called for students to boycott the UA over the new abortion ban?

Global June 2019

‘Party Of Five’ Reboot; Top 5 Headlines

The “Party of Five” reboot involves a Mexican American family dealing with deportation. New travel restrictions to Cuba means many recreational and education trips are being banned.

Health Care June 2019

Migrant Teen’s Death Alarms Doctors

Carlos Hernandez Vasquez’s autopsy has doctors alarmed that the 26-year-old migrant’s death may have been avoidable. The teen from Guatemala died of complications of the flu.

Global June 2019

Rotting Food At Detention Facilities

The Office of Inspector General has found rotting food, as well as dilapidated and moldy bathrooms and other violations at immigration detention facilities.

Global June 2019

Graduating In Town Torched By Wildfire

Paradise High School was one of the few buildings that survived the wildfire that tore through the town of Paradise, California, on November 8. Now, its students are graduating.

Global June 2019

Ten Billion Here, Ten Billion There

President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Mexico and China have the potential to imperil the economy despite its up until now sturdy job market and record low unemployment.

Financing June 2019

Gates Foundation Gives School $180M Grant

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is giving Emory University a $180 million grant, which will fund research and analyses on child mortality rates in impoverished communities.

Health Care June 2019

Health Insurance Costs Surge At NU

More than 5,000 students and faculty at the University of Nebraska will be paying nearly 20% more in premium costs for their health insurance.

Arts and Media June 2019

New ‘Party of Five’ Involves Deportation

The 1990s award-winning teen drama “Party of Five” is being rebooted; this time the family must deal with their parents being deported to Mexico instead of dying in a car accident.

Arts and Media June 2019

Colorado’s New Medical School Program

The University of Colorado and Colorado State University are partnering on a new medical school program with a focus on health care both in terms of society and for individual patients.

Global June 2019

House OKs Dems' Immigration Bill

Democrats in the House of Representatives have passed an immigration bill that would give an estimated 2 million-plus migrants a chance to become citizens.