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U.S. border patrol agents process a group of migrants in San Ysidro, Calif., on May 11, 2023. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

BY MARY GIOVAGNOLI | For months now, the words “we must do something about the border” have been thrown about in the United States—as though the border were a leaky roof or broken window that could be quickly repaired and made new again. Listen closely, however, and it becomes apparent that many politicians mean something different altogether. To them, “doing something about the border” means preventing people from accessing border crossings and preventing them from obtaining asylum or other legal means of entry.

The impact on those real people easily gets lost in budget talks and political squabbling. Understanding who is coming to the border can help us make better decisions about what actually needs to be done to create a functioning migration system.

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Donald Trump speaks at the anti-abortion March For Life on Jan. 24, 2019, in Washington, D.C. (Mark Wilson / Getty Images)

BY SHEFALI LUTHRA and MEL LEONOR BARCLAY | Donald Trump was one of the anti-abortion movement’s most dependable presidents. If reelected, the former president would have tools to quickly curtail access to the procedure, without the aid of Congress—and the pressure on him to wield them has already started. 

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BY EMILIA DOMINGUEZ | A fleet of billboards popped up around Beverly Hills and Los Angeles in recent weeks declaring, “Los Angeles should be SAFE for abortion seekers.” And here in the sunny, so-called safe-haven of Los Angeles, you’d think that abortion would be safe. But for the abortion care providers at DuPont Clinic and the patients they seek to serve, this has not been the case.

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Grief is long, complicated, isolating, and devastating. It’s also something that we will all experience. So then, the question becomes, if so many of us are experiencing such profound loss in our lives, why isn’t it easier to talk about? In this episode, Wanda Irving, Co-Founder of Dr. Shalon’s Maternal Action Project, joins to discuss grief and how she’s used it to spark a movement. 

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