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Members of a caravan of Central Americans who spent weeks traveling across Mexico walk from Mexico to the U.S. side of the border to ask authorities for asylum on April 29, 2018 in Tijuana, Baja California Norte, Mexico. This weekend, news about how federal agencies "lost track" of some unaccompanied children who had been placed with sponsors sparked a debate over the treatment of children and families at the border.

What You Need To Know About The 'Missing' Migrant Children

There are a lot of questions and misconceptions.

Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie spoke to the Class of 2018 at Harvard. If you have trouble pronouncing her name, she told the graduates, she is forgiving — as long as it was an honest mistake and not out of malice.

Dear Grads: Don't Lie. And Don't Be Miffed If Someone Messes Up Your Name

Here are a few of the messages delivered by globally-minded speakers to members of the Class of 2018.

Nheb Thai, a Cambodian refugee who was deported from the U.S., serves a meal to other deportees in Battambang last year. Cambodia has taken in 566 deportees since inking a 2002 pact with the U.S. that opened the door for hundreds with criminal records to be repatriated.

U.S. Deports Dozens More Cambodian Immigrants, Some For Decades-Old Crimes

Many were granted refugee status after fleeing U.S. bombing during the Vietnam War and the massacres of the Khmer Rouge, and know little about the country where they're being forced to return.

March Madness is expected to generate $3.1 billion in bets. This expert urges caution

Sports gambling's near immediate availability online after a 2018 Supreme Court decision was "reckless," argues author Jonathan Cohen. He has researched sports betting's impact on the U.S. since then.

Update From The Newsroom: Today's Senate Vote, Explained

The Senatehas advanced a stopgap spending bill that is the first step in ending the partial shutdown of the federal government, now in its third day.

Conrad's Corner: January 8, 2017

Conrad Balliet reads Robert Brimm's poems, "Frozen Pond" and "Wood Smoke"

Symone Sanders On Redefining The American Left

At 25, Symone Sanders became the youngest presidential press secretary during the 2016 election, working as spokesperson for U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders.

Introducing 'The Workaround'

These are stories of the difficult and sometimes shocking things people do to work around the American healthcare system.

Senators' Questions Take Center Stage On Day 2 Of Kavanaugh Hearings

A Poem For Halloween

For Halloween fun, the poem The Cremation of Sam McGee , read by Michael Blankenship .

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