At the US-Mexico border, migrants face an uncertain wait

Just how unstable is the massive Thwaites glacier? Scientists are about to find out.

A Trump-Kim summit would be historic too, but can it succeed?

In the 1930s, an ethnomusicologist tried to preserve the history of immigration in California — and combat anti-immigrant feelings — with song

If you get a robocall in Mandarin, just hang up

For years, activists in Southeast Asia warned Facebook that content on the platform could lead to real-life violence. Then it did.

Saudis say 19 oil ships are held hostage off Yemen. Not true, say maritime experts.

Five takeaways from the Supreme Court’s oral arguments on Trump’s travel ban

Madeleine Albright thinks it’s time to sound the alarm on fascism

President Obama created DACA. Why won’t courts let President Trump end it?

Some senators still have lingering questions about Mike Pompeo as secretary of state

As the Supreme Court considers Trump’s travel ban, some want justices to remember a case they decided 74 years ago

The great catfish war rages on

This historian’s new book on Mexican migration is perfectly timed

Take a tour of the City of London’s tiny, protected green spaces

The global reach of ‘Our Bodies, Ourselves’

The French may soon have to accept ‘le doggy bag’

This Puerto Rican writer depicts the trauma Hurricane Maria left behind

The rivalry between two Mexican towns could be responsible for the loss of a language

Castro steps down as Díaz-Canel assumes Cuban presidency

Lights are out in Puerto Rico again. But for some, the power’s been out since Hurricane Maria.

Visit a slice of Mexico City increasingly known as ‘Little LA’

Pompeo nomination consolidates climate skepticism in Trump administration

Russian authorities want to ban Telegram in the country. But it’s not going as well as they had hoped.

Outgoing Planned Parenthood head says rights are ‘at risk under this government’

In one Oklahoma county, the number of women in prison is falling. This treatment program might be why.

Asia Argento on relearning how to live her life after sexual assault

Two views of the Gaza protests, from each side of the border fence

A life of statelessness derailed this Eritrean runner’s hopes to compete in the Olympics

Here’s a list of ways to help women who’ve been incarcerated

Activists in Myanmar welcome Zuckerberg’s pledge to clamp down on hate speech. But is it enough?

Why a trailer filled with 23 greyhounds is crossing the US-Mexico border

As immigration arrests rise, advocates warn immigrants to know their rights when agents show up

The journey of two sisters into the Syrian jihad, and a father’s efforts to rescue them

In Japan, there’s a newspaper by people who couldn’t leave their homes

Jimmy Carter on faith, Trump, and his undying optimism

Amsterdam is tackling loneliness one dance party at a time

Lawmakers want to know about Facebook’s operations beyond the US

Many women come out of prison with almost nothing. This woman helps them through the first 72 hours.

For one British couple, there’s an unexpected upside to living near a crumbling coast

Ireland’s strict ban on abortion could soon be a thing of the past

Chemical attack in Syria grabs Trump’s attention, but he has few options available

This migrant is done with the US. Instead, he’s choosing to live undocumented in Mexico.

Author Saladin Ahmed has found mainstream success in the US — while being ‘unapologetically Arab and Muslim’

As a British village crumbles into the sea, a family holds onto a home that can’t be saved

Is Alabama’s football glory helping the university’s international brand?

Finding forms of devotion in Tuyo’s Conselho do Bom Senso

‘I don’t want to miss any more’: One woman tries to stay clean and out of jail

She was arrested for carrying a suitcase lined with cocaine into Canada. Her court case changed the law.

How a golden shipping container became one man’s portal to the world

Laying an American saint to rest

There are more women in prison than ever before

How Alabama is becoming the auto capital of the South

This artist wants to make you smile