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A poster calling on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to get out of the community hangs on a door in the Little Village neighborhood on January 22, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois.
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New report shows the economic toll of ICE raids
Jasmine Garsd
A new study shows the steep economic cost of 2025's ICE raids in Chicago. Fear kept many immigrants home, draining the area of more than $1.26 billion in lost retail, restaurant, and sales-tax revenue.
Burundian nationals queue outside their embassy in Nairobi to obtain travel documents, amid uncertainty following Kenya's crackdown on undocumented small-scale traders.
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Kenya's foreign trader crackdown sparks fear among migrant communities
Michael Kaloki
Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III, who resigned as head of the Smithsonian Institution Tuesday, makes remarks at an opening ceremony introducing the public to the new giant pandas, Bao Li and Qing Bao, at the National Zoo on Jan 24, 2025.
Tyrone Turner
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WAMU
Smithsonian chief Lonnie G. Bunch III resigns
Andrew Limbong
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Paige Walter
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WXPN
How Caroline Rose threw out the rulebook on their latest album
Raina Douris, Kimberly Junod
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LBJ Foundation Vice Chairman Ben Barnes introduces Joe Biden Joe Biden, the 47th vice president of the United States, was the featured guest for the Tom Johnson Lectureship at the LBJ Presidential Library on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017. The conversation was moderated by Mark Updegrove, former director of the LBJ Library. Biden represented Delaware for 36 years in the U.S. Senate before serving as vice president from 2009 to 2017 in the administration of President Barack Obama. As vice president, Biden addressed important issues facing the nation and represented America abroad, traveling over 1.2 million miles to more than 50 countries. He convened sessions of the President's Cabinet, led interagency efforts, and worked with Congress in his fight to raise the living standards of middle-class Americans, reduce gun violence, address violence against women, and end the devastation of cancer. The event was held in the LBJ Auditorium and was the fifth annual Tom Johnson lecture. The lecture series was created to honor Tom Johnson, who served for 30 years as chairman of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation Board of Trustees. Johnson also served as executive assistant to President Johnson and, later, as president and then chairman of CNN. 10/03/2017 LBJ Library photo by Jay Godwin
Longtime Texas politico Ben Barnes is out with a new memoir examining his legacy
“Get It Done” offers insights into Texas politics as well as lessons gleaned from the former state House speaker’s career.
Ted Cruz is acting like he’ll run for president again
U.S. farmers lost conservation experts in Trump’s federal cuts. Now they’re hurting for help
‘We owe her a debt of gratitude’: Loved ones remember pioneering aviator Wally Funk
Texas state leaders aim to crack down on alleged birth tourism, as Trump’s executive order hits legal barrier
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