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HIV-positive patients and their families protest hospitals' lack of medicines and supplies in Caracas, Venezuela, in April 2018. Some patients are fleeing to neighboring countries like Peru in search of lifesaving anti-retroviral drugs.

Venezuela's Health Crisis Spills Over To Neighboring Countries

Refugees are fleeing to try to get health care. And disease outbreaks across Latin America are being linked back to Venezuela.

Newly sworn-in U.S. citizens rise from their seats during a 2018 naturalization ceremony in Alexandria, Va.

Supreme Court To Decide Whether 2020 Census Will Include Citizenship Question

The high court agreed to a speedy review of a lower court's ruling that stopped Trump administration plans to use the census to ask whether every person living in the country is a U.S. citizen.

Martha Hernandez (left) and Ana Suda say they were interrupted and detained because they spoke Spanish while shopping at a convenience store in Havre, Mont. They've now filed a lawsuit.

Americans Who Were Detained After Speaking Spanish In Montana Sue U.S. Border Agency

"I saw that you guys are speaking Spanish, which is very unheard of up here," an agent told two women in a convenience store. The two friends were born in California and Texas.

Spike Lee On Gentrification, Jazz And How He Got His Start In Film

The director, who has been nominated for an Academy Award for his film BlacKkKlansman, spoke to Fresh Air in December 2017 about his Netflix series, She's Gotta Have It.

More Than Half Of Oregon Families Living In Poverty Have At Least One Working Parent

The Oregon Center for Public Policy says the state’s low unemployment rate doesn’t necessarily mean fewer families are living in poverty. The group’s…

Anthony Porvaznik, chief patrol agent for the Border Patrol's Yuma sector, inspects a recently reinforced section of border fence in San Luis, Ariz. Porvaznik says a few weeks ago, 350 migrants, including children, burrowed under another spot of the border fence about 12 miles away.

Behind The Border 'Crisis': More Migrant Families Risk Dangerous Remote Crossings

Large groups of migrants are crossing isolated parts of the Southwest border. Border Patrol agents call it a crisis, and advocates say immigration officials underestimate the migrants' desperation.

President Trump announces his emergency declaration during a Rose Garden event at the White House on Friday.

Many Presidents Have Declared Emergencies — But Not Like Trump Has

When President Trump declared a national emergency on the Southern border on Friday, he claimed the move was routine — even as he acknowledged the administration is likely to face legal challenges.

Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio, pictured here at a press conference in May 2018, last week declared rape and sexual violence a national emergency.

Sierra Leone's President Declared Rape A National Emergency. What Happens Now?

Women's rights groups have welcomed the declaration, but are concerned whether the new policies can impact the lives of the country's women and girls.

What Presidential Powers Trump Has During A National Emergency

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks to Liza Goitein, co-director of the Brennan Center for Justice's Liberty and National Security Program, about presidential powers during a national emergency.

Roger Stone leaves federal court on Feb. 1. The judge in his case has imposed a gag order on attorneys and others.

Federal Judge Imposes Gag Order In Roger Stone Case

Judge Amy Berman Jackson said that lawyers and others in the case must refrain from statements that risk creating "material prejudice" but neither they nor Stone must keep completely silent.

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