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  • U.S. asylum approvals hit two-decade low under Trump changes : NPR

    U.S. asylum approvals hit two-decade low under Trump changes : NPR

    Asylum seekers queue at the entrance of Mexico’s Refugee Help Commission and UNHCR offices in Tijuana, Mexico on January 24, 2025. Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration, for over a year, has chipped away at immigrants’ ability to claim

  • What Pope Leo Can Teach Liberals About Power

    What Pope Leo Can Teach Liberals About Power

    July 29, 2026 The pontiff just excommunicated a reactionary splinter group committed to undermining the church. Democratic leaders could learn something. Ad Policy The ultra-traditionalist Society of Saint Pius X kept poking the bear. (Fabrice Coffrini / Getty) Pope Leo XIV was already in a tough spot when he acceded

  • Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says he had a ‘good meeting’ with Trump in Washington : NPR

    Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says he had a ‘good meeting’ with Trump in Washington : NPR

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had a “good meeting” with President Donald Trump Tuesday, as the country seeks to make more weapons in its fight against Russia. Transcript MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Both Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy are dealing with war at home. Those conflicts were at

  • Who’s Allowed Self-Determination? With Brad Simpson

    Who’s Allowed Self-Determination? With Brad Simpson

    Ad Policy Demonstrators stage a protest to thank countries that recognize the State of Palestine and to demand an end to Israeli attacks on Gaza in Ramallah, West Bank, on September 23, 2025. (Issam Rimawi / Anadolu via Getty Images) Danny and Derek speak with historian Brad Simpson about the

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