Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Why is the government denying passports to Americans?
Thousands of people who were born along the US-Mexico border are being targeted as possibly having fraudulent birth certificates. We talk to a lawyer who represents some of them.
By Madeleine Brand • • 48m ListenMaryland resident Bruce Cotting. Photo courtesy of Cotting.
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4 storiesBorn in Guam, living in Maryland -- U.S. passport denied
The government says that between the 1950s and 1990s, midwives and doctors along the Texas-Mexico border were giving U.S. birth certificates to babies actually born in Mexico.
Read the story17 minThe trolling of women political candidates
There’s a record number of women running for political office this year. Leading into the primaries, there were 476 women in the races for the House of Representatives alone. But the bad news: many of them are facing harassment as they campaign.
Read the story11 minWhat do you do with confederate monuments that are taken down?
A statue of a confederate soldier was pulled down last week at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. The school has a few months to figure out what to do with Silent Sam, which stood on campus for more than 100 years.
Read the story11 minThe California assembly allows bars to stay open until 4 am
A bill to allow bars in nine California cities, including LA, to serve until 4 am is making its way through the state legislature. The Assembly has approved it. It goes to the Senate next, where it’s expected to be approved.
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