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Viewfinder: Protests Against the Cook County State’s Attorney Over the Jussie Smollett Case

Protesters organized by the Fraternal Order of Police call for the removal of Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx on April 1st, 2019, in Chicago, Illinois.

Pacific Standard Staff

An 'Impossible Whopper' sits on a table at a Burger King restaurant on April 1st, 2019, in Richmond Heights, Missouri. Burger King announced on Monday that it is testing out Impossible Whoppers, made with plant-based patties from Impossible Foods, in 59 locations in and around the St. Louis area.

Burger King Introduces the Meatless ‘Impossible Whopper’

Burger King is testing the vegetarian addition to its menu in response to rising consumer demand for meat alternatives.

Leah Dunlevy

Nutrition labels are seen on food packaging.

Why the FDA Is Considering a ‘Healthy’ Icon for Food Packaging

The agency wants to update food packaging rules so that such labeling is based on scientific evidence.

Emily Moon

Salvadorean migrants heading in a caravan to the U.S. cross the Suchiate River to Mexico, as seen from Ciudad Tecun Uman, Guatemala, on November 2nd, 2018.

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Trump’s Cuts to Foreign Aid Could Intensify the Migration Crisis. Is That What He Wants?

Over the weekend, the president announced plans to hold back funds earmarked for El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala.

Jack Herrera

Prescription opioid sales in the U.S. spiked on the dark Web after it became harder for patients to obtain prescriptions for them.

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The ACA Has Reduced Opioid-Related Deaths Among Young Adults

New research suggests the provision allowing people to stay on their parents' health insurance means more young people are getting treatment.

Tom Jacobs

Border Communities Against Brexit protesters pose as customs officers at a rally along the border between the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom on March 30th, 2019, in Newry, Ireland.

Viewfinder: Mock Customs Officers at Anti-Brexit Protest

Protesters pose as customs officers at a rally along the border between the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom in Ireland.

Pacific Standard Staff

Migrants and asylum seekers awaiting processing are held in temporary fencing underneath the Paso Del Norte Bridge on March 28th, in El Paso, Texas. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has temporarily closed all highway checkpoints along the 268-mile stretch of border in the El Paso sector.

In El Paso, Border Patrol Keeps Families Under a Bridge (in Photos)

The agency said that, with government detention facilities overwhelmed, it had nowhere else to hold the families.

Jack Herrera

Sixteen Central American migrants cross the International Bridge II to be interviewed by U.S. immigration authorities and have the possibility of receiving asylum, in Piedras Negras, Coahuila state, Mexico, on the border with the U.S., on February 16th, 2019.

Why Trump Wants to Detain Families Indefinitely, and Why He Can’t

Since public outrage forced the administration to abandon family separation, it has been searching for ways to guarantee that families remain in detention prior to a final decision on their immigration cases.

Jack Herrera

The National Rifle Association booth at the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2018.

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The NRA’s Losing Case Against Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act

Extreme risk protection orders have worked at the state level.

Jared Keller

People shop at a Food Town grocery store during the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on August 30th, 2017, in Houston, Texas.

Forty-Seven Senators Oppose the Trump Administration’s Proposed SNAP Restrictions

In a letter, the lawmakers urge the USDA to reconsider a proposed rule that would make it harder for able-bodied adults without children to receive food assistance.

Emily Moon