545 kids
How the government has lost track of hundreds of separated migrant families. Why rural communities still lack reliable access to high-speed Internet. And, forming a \u2018pandemic pod\u2019 for the winter.
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More than two years after a U.S. district judge ordered that families separated by President Trump\u2019s \u201czero tolerance\u201d policy at the border be reunited, the parents of 545 minors still haven't been found. Reporter Teo Armus explains why it\u2019s been so difficult to track and reunite families.
Read Kevin Sieff\u2019s story about one of the first families separated at the border. Years later, they\u2019re still apart.
The coronavirus pandemic has drawn new attention to a long-standing problem \u2013 poor Internet in rural communities. \u201cThere are people who have to go sit in parking lots, go meet a bus that has mobile hotspots, so they can submit homework or send an email with a large attachment,\u201d says reporter Meagan Flynn, \u201cbecause they can\u2019t get Wi-Fi in their house.\u201d
As winter approaches, many of us who rely on outdoor hangouts to meet our social needs might start to feel a little trapped and lonely. Never fear. Wellness reporter Allyson Chiu has a solution.
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