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Emily Stewart

Emily Stewart

Former Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Emily Stewart

    Politics
    Obama finally speaks out on Trump’s family separationObama finally speaks out on Trump’s family separation
    Politics

    “Are we a nation that accepts the cruelty of ripping children from their parents’ arms, or are we a nation that values families, and works to keep them together?”

    By Emily Stewart
    Politics
    Report: “tent cities” for separated migrant children cost more than keeping them with their parentsReport: “tent cities” for separated migrant children cost more than keeping them with their parents
    Politics

    Newly created “tent cities” for separated children cost two to three times what it would to keep them with their parents.

    By Emily Stewart
    Politics
    Ivanka Trump, children’s advocate, has nothing to say about family separationIvanka Trump, children’s advocate, has nothing to say about family separation
    Politics

    Her silence is conspicuous.

    By Emily Stewart
    Politics
    John Kelly reportedly doesn’t even care if Trump is impeachedJohn Kelly reportedly doesn’t even care if Trump is impeached
    Politics

    The White House chief of staff is just running out the clock on the Trump era, even if that means impeachment.

    By Emily Stewart
    Immigration
    Hillary Clinton on family separation: “Every human being with a sense of compassion and decency should be outraged”Hillary Clinton on family separation: “Every human being with a sense of compassion and decency should be outraged”
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    Immigration

    The former presidential candidate slammed the Trump administration’s practice of separating immigrant parents and children as “horrific.”

    By Emily Stewart
    Immigration
    The past 72 hours in outrage over Trump’s immigrant family separation policy, explainedThe past 72 hours in outrage over Trump’s immigrant family separation policy, explained
    Immigration

    Children are being kept in cages. Parents are being deported without their kids. Trump is wrongly blaming Democrats.

    By Emily Stewart
    Politics
    Laura Bush: Trump’s family separation policy “breaks my heart”Laura Bush: Trump’s family separation policy “breaks my heart”
    Politics

    The former first lady said the scenario is “eerily reminiscent” of Japanese-American internment camps during World War II.

    By Emily Stewart
    Politics
    Rudy Giuliani says the Russia investigation could get “cleaned up” with pardons hours after Paul Manafort was jailedRudy Giuliani says the Russia investigation could get “cleaned up” with pardons hours after Paul Manafort was jailed
    Politics

    Trump and his team seem really excited to talk about pardons lately.

    By Emily Stewart
    Politics
    “Families Belong Together” rallies protesting family separation at the border, in tweets“Families Belong Together” rallies protesting family separation at the border, in tweets
    Politics

    Dozens of rallies took place across the country. Here’s what it looked like on Twitter.

    By Emily Stewart
    The family separation crisis at the US border
    Jeff Sessions cited a Bible passage used by American slaveholders to defend Trump’s family separation policyJeff Sessions cited a Bible passage used by American slaveholders to defend Trump’s family separation policy
    The family separation crisis at the US border

    It’s rarely been used since the Civil War.

    By Emily Stewart