This week, faculty and student groups voted to support resolutions to move a statue from a prominent location by the school’s entrance.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/us/ole-miss-confederate-statue.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The bill, which aims to decrease barriers to the ballot box and clean up corruption in Washington, comes with a raft of amendments — including implicit rebukes of President Trump.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/us/politics/house-democrats-anticorruption-voting-rights.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

In Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District, voters who overwhelmingly elected the first Somali-American congresswoman were conflicted over her comments.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/us/ilhan-omar-minnesota-district.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The night before a man expects to be deported, his family gathers for a meal to say goodbye.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/us/immigration-deportation.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

For all the progress women have made, they are still a long way from gender equality.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/world/international-women-day-2019.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Servicewomen and veterans share the stories that have stayed with them from their time in the military.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/magazine/women-military-stories.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Abortion rights advocates vowed to challenge the bill in court if it became law, a prospect that led abortion opponents to distance themselves from it.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/us/fetal-heartbeat-bill.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The ruling in the Ninth Circuit found that migrants not permitted to file a full asylum claim may have recourse to the federal courts.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/us/asylum-seekers-ninth-circuit.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Census officials says the plans are no different from arrangements with many other federal databases. Experts agree — but say they may depress response to the head count anyway.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/us/census-citizenship.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The pornographic film actress had sued President Trump and Michael D. Cohen last year to be released from a nondisclosure agreement related to an alleged affair.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/us/politics/stormy-daniels-trump-michael-cohen.html?partner=rss&emc=rss