Author: eloim

“Hope for an African Child, the ability to restore the rights and position of an African Child”

Immigrants who missed hearing lose deportation battle at Supreme Court

Writing for the majority, Justice Samuel Alito said each ‘alien’ was provided all the details they needed for their immigration hearing. One immigrant brought his case 13 years after being deported. Addressing a potential new immigration battlefront, the Supreme Court has blocked immigrants from challenging their deportation orders − even when the government’s initial hearing notices are […]

Is college worth it? The answer for half of Americans is striking.

A college degree has often been sold as the key to a higher-quality, affluent life. But a new survey from the Pew Research Center suggests Americans have mixed views about that narrative – and data shows people without degrees have seen their earnings increase in the last decade. Just 1 in 4 U.S. adults said […]

Concerns grow as ‘gigantic’ bird flu outbreak runs rampant in US dairy herds

Bird flu has already spread to wild birds, chickens and mammals, including a polar bear and an alpaca. The more widespread it becomes, the more officials worry it could spread among people. More than three years into a worldwide outbreak of bird flu, the virus continues to expand in the U.S., with growing impacts to food […]

Extreme heat is getting worse. Can we learn to live with it? | The Excerpt

On a special episode (first released on June 16, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: May 2024 marked the twelfth straight month of record-high temperatures for the planet. Here in the U.S., temperatures across the country are likely to break records again this summer, increasing health risks to those spending long periods outdoors – from construction workers […]

More than 171K patients traveled out-of-state for abortions in 2023, new data shows

More than 171,000 patients traveled out-of-state to receive abortion care last year, according to new data from the Guttmacher Institute, which underscores the widespread impact of state abortion bans that followed the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022. Out-of-state travel for abortion care has more than doubled since 2019 when 73,100 patients traveled across state […]

Massive heat wave heading for USA next week. Cities have been preparing for this.

Forecasters say a heat wave will spread across much of the central and eastern U.S. next week, a moment health officials have been preparing for. Forecasters warn a dangerous and potentially record-breaking heat wave will spread across much of the central and eastern U.S. next week, a moment health officials have been dreading and preparing for. The […]

Immigration activists sue Biden administration over border policy

EL PASO, Texas – Two immigrant rights organizations on Wednesday sued the Biden administration to block the president’s new asylum restrictions at the U.S. border. In the complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., the El Paso- and San Antonio-based organizations said the president’s executive order violates the nation’s immigration laws by effectively barring migrants’ access to the […]

State’s weigh school cell phone bans atop district policies

Educators are pursuing creative tactics to limit their students’ cell phone use in class. Some students are required to leave their phones in lockers, others store their phones in pouches that cannot be accessed until the end of the day. And of course there is the honor system. Although teachers have been battling for their […]