Author: Reporter

The Rev. David Peck knows first-hand how divided communities wracked by violence can be gutted by that repeated devastation. In his previous work as an Anglican church representative for international development, Peck saw on his trips to Africa how religious groups could be part of the problem — but also part of the solution. Now, Peck is a pastor in the heartland of Pennsylvania — a state that is the epicenter of a bitterly contested presidential campaign that has stoked deep anxiety, conflicts among families and friends, even fears of election-related violence. Opposing groups can find reconciliation by drawing...

More than half of the foreign-born population in the United States lives in just four states, California, Texas, Florida, and New York, and their numbers grew older and more educated over the past dozen years, according to a report released in April by the U.S. Census Bureau. In 2022, the foreign-born population was estimated to be 46.2 million people, or almost 14% of the U.S. population, with most states seeing double-digit percentage increases in the last dozen years, according to the figures from the bureau’s American Community Survey. In California, New Jersey, New York and Florida, foreign-born individuals comprised...

Starting seventh grade at her first American school, facing classes taught entirely in English, Alisson Ramirez steeled herself for rejection and months of feeling lost. “I was nervous that people would ask me things and I wouldn’t know how to answer,” the Venezuelan teen said. “And I would be ashamed to answer in Spanish.” But it was not quite what she expected. On her first day in Aurora Public Schools in Colorado this past August, many of her teachers translated their classes’ relevant vocabulary into Spanish and handed out written instructions in Spanish. Some teachers even asked questions such...

As news outlets get ready for election night, they are not only focusing on what happens. They are keeping watch over what does not. Several plans to combat misinformation are in place across newsrooms that will follow the climax of a hard-fought campaign on November 5. “The Associated Press” and others will take special steps to explain what they do. “The New York Times” is assigning reporters to comb the Internet for the first sign of new conspiracies. An NPR reporter will look for mischief created by artificial intelligence. ABC News has tried “pre-bunks” to prepare its viewers. False...

Donald Trump gave a profane and conspiracy-laden speech two days before the presidential election, talking about reporters being shot and suggesting he “shouldn’t have left” the White House after his 2020 loss to Democrat Joe Biden. In remarks on November 3 that bore no resemblance to his usual ranting campaign speeches, the convicted felon repeatedly cast doubt on the integrity of the vote and resurrected old grievances about being prosecuted after trying to overturn his defeat four years ago. Trump intensified his verbal attacks against a “grossly incompetent” national leadership and the American media, steering his Pennsylvania rally at...