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Manuel Cano Pacheco with his baby son in Des Moines. Manuel died last month in Mexico, after being deported.

DREAMer was killed weeks after being 'escorted' back to Mexico by ICE

Manuel Cano Pacheco was brought to America at 3, sent back to Mexico at 19 and within a month, was slain in a country riddled with gang violence.

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President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

Donald Trump's off-the-cuff summit with Kim Jong Un might succeed. Here's why.
Trump and Kim have lowered their expectations for the U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore. The goal is not zero nukes but peace on the Korean Peninsula.

voices

Listen up, straight people: Here's your guide to LGBTQ+ gender terms
First things first: Gender and sex are two different things. Simply put, gender is about what’s between your ears and sex is about what’s between your legs — although it’s a little more complex than that.

opinion

In this May 15, 2018 photo, Judge Aaron Persky poses for photos while being interviewed in Los Altos Hills, Calif. Persky says he would handle the sexual assault case of former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner the same way today as he did alm

Today's talker: Good riddance to judge in Brock Turner's case
Recalling Judge Persky after his lenient sentence to Brock Turner was right, but it comes with its own set of repercussions for judicial independence.

opinion

Samantha Bee in Beverly Hills, Calif., in May 2018.

Samantha Bee is entertainment, not real life — conservatives need to learn the difference
When Samantha Bee insulted Ivanka Trump on her show, it was offensive, but that's her job. Conservatives need to move past offensive statements.

opinion

Baker Jack Phillips in Lakewood, Colo., on June 4, 2018.

Actually the baker in Supreme Court Masterpiece ruling lost, it only looked like he won
The Supreme Court's ruling on the Masterpiece case isn't the victory that proponents argue. Justice Kennedy signaled Colorado's rules will stand.

opinion

Physician-assisted suicide isn't right for doctors. Don't change the AMA's position.
Accepting physician-assisted suicide is a slippery slope. The AMA believes it is wrong for doctors to kill. Let's stick by that belief.

opinion

Checking in at the San Francisco airport.

Flyers' rights hit turbulence
How airlines could unload consumer protections with the aid of Congress and the Transportation Department: Our view

opinion

Why are you angry that Kim Kardashian did what you couldn’t?
Kim Kardashian got a woman’s sentence commuted by the president of the United States because of her activism ... and because it's Kim Kardashian, yes.