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This Kansas City neighborhood is transforming neglected housing and keeping control local

A home in the Lykins neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, the result of the the Lykins Neighborhood Association's revitalization efforts.

How to support someone who has an eating disorder

A group of friends having a dinner party.

How one state's hunters are taking aim at rural hunger

A drop off location for Georgia Wildlife Federation’s Hunters for the Hungry program that allows extra meat to be donated.

‘Why is this happening to us?’ Daily number of kids in ICE detention jumps 6x under Trump

Texas State Troopers surrounded by protesters as they denounce detention of 5-year-old, Liam Ramos, at an immigration processing facility in Texas. One person holding a 'free the child, free all' sign put it up facing the troopers.

Before ICE shooting, immigration agents repeatedly used deadly force

ICE officers breaking a car window to remove a woman from her vehicle on January 13, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

With rental registries, cities try to track housing and hold bad actors accountable

A sign in foreground lists a home for rent in Maryland with tall brick home in the background. Municipal rental registries are gaining attention as cities try to get a handle on who owns rental properties and where, both to better understand their housing landscape and to ensure rentals are safe for tenants.

A vineyard manager’s deportation shattered an Oregon town. Now his daughter is carrying on his legacy

Two photos side by side. The left-hand photo is a selfie of Alondra Sotelo Garcia and her dad Moises Sotelo. The right-hand photo is a cropped image of Moises smiling for a posed picture.

How the Supreme Court ruled differently in immigration and criminal justice cases

United States Supreme Courts building illuminated at night in Washington DC with steps and plaza in foreground.

Behind the masks: Who are the people rounding up immigrants in California?

Nighttime view of a line of federal immigration agents in riot gear and face shields facing the camera near Glass House Farms facility in Camarillo, with police spotlights in background.

A new study proves that criminalizing homelessness doesn’t reduce homelessness

Unhoused people have set up a tent community at Riverside Park in Grants Pass, Oregon.