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How Illinois’ safety net to protect the elderly from financial exploitation is falling short

Paul Borik, 91, who worked as a Chicago Park District horticulturalist at the Garfield Park Conservatory, is among those the state’s safety net increasingly is failing to protect, an Injustice Watch investigation has found.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 11, 2023

Millions scramble to afford energy bills amid heat waves, but federal program to help falls short

As climate change ratchets up temperatures across the U.S., millions of the poorest Americans grapple with enduring perilous heat or paying costly air conditioning bills

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2023

Francis Wilkinson: Harassing good Samaritans is on brand for GOP

The Republican war on migrants and asylum seekers has been one of the more successful GOP campaigns of recent years if you measure success by volume of vitriol.

Tribune News Service · Jul 14, 2023

How a golf lover’s $3.8 million gift to Dartmouth turned into a yearslong legal dispute

The Ivy League school closed Hanover Country Club in 2020, and has refused the foundation’s request to return the money.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 17, 2023

California says it can no longer afford aid for COVID testing and vaccination of migrants

All day and sometimes into the night, buses and vans pull up to three state-funded medical screening centers near California’s southern border with Mexico. Federal immigration officers unload migrants predominantly from Brazil, Cuba, Colombia and Peru, most of whom await asylum hearings in the United States.

Tribune News Service · Feb 22, 2023

Immigration influx tests newcomers and organizations in Tampa

TAMPA, Fla. — He left Cuba seven months ago with his wife and three kids in a journey that took him from his native Guantanamo through Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala to the U.S.-Mexico border.

Tribune News Service · Jan 24, 2023

Texas shelters prepare for twin emergencies: arctic cold and an increase in migrants

Cities and nonprofits are using a variety of strategies to keep unhoused people warm. But some organizations warn they’re already at capacity as El Paso sends migrants across the state.

The Texas Tribune · Dec 22, 2022

US Border Patrol sending migrants to offices with no notice

The Associated Press interviewed about a dozen migrants who recently arrived in the U.S. and agreed to share documents they received when they were released from U.S. custody while they seek asylum after crossing the border with Mexico

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2022

White House conference puts spotlight on hunger relief

As the country’s food charities struggle to keep up with rising inflation and demand, the White House will host a conference on Wednesday

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2022

‘On the cusp of a crisis:’ Migrants make their way to Atlanta from border

ATLANTA — Klinsman Torres says his journey to Atlanta resembled a “horror movie.”

Tribune News Service · Sep 16, 2022