Dana Roberson

For almost a year, 42-year-old Manuel Herrera has been held at an immigration detention center in New Jersey. 

Two leaders, one in law enforcement and one in education, are arguing that ensuring the safety of children is going to take radical change, and that the time to act is now.

The Trump administration announced a proposal on Friday to defund Planned Parenthood, and subsequently strip funding from any health clinics that make referrals about abortion options.

Targeted advertising on social media is not necessarily new, but the sophisticated focus on communities of color can impact voter turnout on election day.

On Sunday, President Trump tweeted that he would reverse a decision imposing sanctions on Chinese telecommunications firm ZTE.

41 years ago, an all-white jury convicted Johnny Lee Gates, an intellectually disabled black man, for the murder of a white woman in Georgia.

The state of Missouri is grappling with whether or not becoming a right-to-work state is going to help build the amount of money people earn and save.

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s ministry of health is declaring an Ebola outbreak in the country. So far, only two cases of the virus have been confirmed.

Residents living on the Big Island of Hawaii are continuing to live with activity from the Kilauea volcano, which began erupting a week ago.

Approximately 50,000 workers at the University of California system are taking part in a three day strike this week. 

The National Rifle Association wrapped up its annual conference in Dallas, Texas, on Sunday, capping off four days of activity that included a speech from President Donald Trump.

This week, Rafer gives his take on three must-sees: "Tully" with Charlize Theron, "Bad Samaritan," and the streaming series "Cobra Kai," a reimagining of the original "Karate Kid."

At the age of 13, Yeonmi Park staged a daring escape from North Korea. But the treacherous journey carried an uncertain promise of freedom.

Clemantine Wamariya fled Rwanda with her sister as a young girl and came to the U.S. for asylum. Her new memoir recounts this journey and how she rebuilt her life.

Adjacent workers' movements in the U.S. have used May 1st to call for reforms and demonstrate for immigrants' rights and free speech, giving May Day a new relevance.

Investigators used genealogical websites to trace D.N.A. from a years-old crime scene and compared it to online genetic profiles in order to track down the Golden State Killer.

Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega was once hailed as a revolutionary for ending the dynastic Samoza rule in the '70s. But now he faces opposition that may be too difficult to resolve.

About 400 vehicles, part of the highly publicized caravan of Central American migrants, arrived along the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday.

'Incels,' short for 'involuntary celibates,' are a self-organized group of online trolls and misogynists who order their worldview around a mutual resentment of women.

Right before carrying out a deadly van attack that killed 10 people in Toronto, the suspect in the case, Alek Minassian, invoked 'incel' culture in a Facebook post.