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As Biden Ramps Up Detention Capacity, Group Warns Contaminated Military Bases 'Are No Place' for Kids
Migrant children rest inside a pod at the Customs and Border Patrol detention center in Donna, Texas on March 30, 2021. (Photo: Dario Lopez-Mills/Pool via Getty Images)
GOP's Border Stunt 'Nothing But a Divide and Distract Tactic' Say Immigrant Rights Advocates
Kenny Stancil, staff writer
Unaccompanied minors are loaded into a U.S. Border Patrol transport van after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border on March 25, 2021 in Hidalgo, Texas. (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)
"Their focus on the border is a cynical and strategic racist play for political gain."
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Despite Pandemic, Confirmation of Xavier Becerra for HHS Secretary Squeaks by With Just One GOP Vote
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Xavier Becerra, President Joe Biden's nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, answers questions during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee on February 24, 2021 in Washington, D.C.
"It's no secret why Senate Republicans took aim at Becerra's confirmation: from...
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Poverty a Key Driver in Vaccine Inequities, CDC Report Shows
Kenny Stancil, staff writer
A woman enters La Colaborativa vaccine clinic in Chelsea, Massachusetts on February 16, 2021. (Photo: Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images)
"Additional efforts are needed to achieve equity in vaccination coverage for...
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A sign outside of a Influx Care Facility (ICF) for unaccompanied children explains what the facility is on Sunday, February 21, 2021 in Carrizo Springs, Texas. (Photo: Sergio Flores/<em>The Washington Post</em> via Getty Images)
FEMA Ordered to Help as Border Patrol Holds 3,000 Migrant Children Over Legal Limit
Xavier Becerra, President Joe Biden's nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, answers questions during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee on February 24, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images)
GOP Senators Opposed to Becerra for HHS Have Taken Nearly $10 Million From Big Pharma: Analysis
Textbooks and notebooks line tables inside a classroom at a detention facility for unaccompanied migrant children on Sunday, February 21, 2021 in Carrizo Springs, Texas. (Photo: Sergio Flores/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
As Biden Reopens Texas Detention Center, Amnesty Demands Immigration Policies That Put 'Best Interests' of Children First
Seniors and first responders wait in line to receive a Covid-19 vaccine at the Lakes Regional Library on December 30, 2020 in Fort Myers, Florida. (Photo: Octavio Jones/Getty Images)
Promised Vaccine Stockpile Doesn't Even Exist? Governors Demand Trump 'Answer Immediately for This Deception'
Trump Administration Rejects Scientists' Advice on Nutrition, Maintaining Guidelines for Sugar and Alcohol
Students line up in a hallway during the first day back to school on December 7, 2020 at Yung Wing Elementary P.S. 124 in New York City. (Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
Trump Executive Order on Private School Vouchers Denounced as 'Last-Ditch Effort to Claim Victory' in War on Public Education
U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar (R) speaks at a January 28, 2020 news conference on the emerging Covid-19 crisis as CDC Director Robert Redfield stands by. (Photo: Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
House Democrats Subpoena HHS and CDC Chiefs Over Alleged Political Interference in Covid-19 Response
Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine are prepared to be administered to frontline healthcare workers in Reno, Nevada on December 17, 2020. (Photo: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)
'Baffling': Trump Admin Reportedly Slashing Vaccine Allocations to States While Millions of Doses Sit on Shelves
CDC Director Robert Redfield (L) with President Donald Trump during a daily coronavirus briefing on April 22, 2020 at the White House in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
CDC Official Says She Was Told to Delete Email on Kids' Covid-19 Risk to Match Trump's School Reopening Message
Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo speaks at a news conference giving a coronavirus update at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Providence on May 12, 2020. (Photo: John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Facing Opposition From Progressives, Gina Raimondo Withdraws From Consideration as Biden's HHS Chief
President-elect Joe Biden delivers a remarks on the economic recovery in Wilmington, Delaware on Monday, November 16, 2020. (Photo: Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
With Pandemic as National Emergency, Biden Could Enact Medicare for All by Executive Action—But Will He?
Michael Carvajal, director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, testifies under oath before the House Judiciary Committee on June 2, 2020. (Photo: Tom Williams/Getty Images)
ACLU Sues Trump Admin. to Obtain Key Records on 'Dishonest and Incompetent' Federal Handling of Coronavirus Pandemic in Prisons

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