Law

People rally outside of the Supreme Court in opposition to Ohio's voter roll purges in January. The court upheld the controversial law Monday.

Supreme Court Upholds Controversial Ohio Voter-Purge Law

6:39pm June 11, 2018

by Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court upheld the most aggressive voter-purge law in the country. If a voter doesn't respond to mailings or hasn't voted in two consecutive elections, they are kicked off the rolls.

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Supreme Court Rules That Ohio May Purge Voters From Registration Rolls

11:40am June 11, 2018

A divided Supreme Court has ruled that Ohio is allowed to purge voters from the rolls based on inactivity. The decision could have implications for several states.

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Judge Stops Deportation Of Detained Pizza Delivery Man

6:51am June 11, 2018

by Shannon Van Sant

A federal judge has halted the deportation of a pizza delivery man who was detained while delivering food to a U.S. Army base in Brooklyn, N.Y., at least until July 20.

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Coyote In The Crosshairs

10:23pm June 10, 2018

by Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi

During coyote hunting derbies, contestants vie to kill more coyotes than their competitors. Wildlife activists believe the competitions are unethical, and are pushing to make them a thing of the past.

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Military Recruiting In The Time Of DACA

5:12pm June 10, 2018

by Julieta Martinelli

Thousands of immigrants have achieved a quick path to citizenship by serving in the U.S. military. The Trump administration's immigration policies have greatly reduced that source of enlistees.

In this undated family photo provided by Sandra Chica, Pablo Villavicencio poses with his two daughters, Luciana, left, and Antonia.

National

Judge Halts Deportation Of Detained New York Pizza Delivery Man

6:31am June 10, 2018

by James Doubek

Judge Alison J. Nathan has stopped the deportation of Ecuadorean immigrant Pablo Villavicencio Calderon until at least July 20. He was detained on June 1 while delivering food to a Brooklyn Army base.

Ron Stallworth (pictured here in 1975) was the first black detective in the history of the Colorado Springs Police Department.

How A Black Detective Infiltrated The KKK

4:44pm June 09, 2018

by Scott Simon

In Black Klansman, Ron Stallworth writes about an undercover investigation in which he — an African-American police detective — convinced the Ku Klux Klan that he was one of them.

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A Honduran mother walks with her children next to the U.S.-Mexico border fence as they turned themselves in to Border Patrol agents in February near Penitas, Texas.

Viet Thanh Nguyen Says The U.S. Could 'Lose Its Soul' With Migrant Family Separations

9:43am June 09, 2018

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author was separated from his family as a child. He says the Trump administration's policy is "inhumane, it's immoral and the United States is simply doing the wrong thing."

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Jeh Johnson On Immigration And Trump

8:10am June 09, 2018

The Trump administration's policy of separating parents from children illegally entering the U.S. has drawn much criticism. Scott Simon talks with former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson.

National

When Police Punch

8:10am June 09, 2018

by Martin Kaste

A handful of recently-released videos of police using their fists on suspects raises the question, When is it OK for a cop to punch someone? We explain the rules and the pressure to change them.