Searching former boarding schools
 THE BIG STORY
Biden is expanding a plan to bring asylum-seekers who were forced to wait in dangerous Mexican border towns
Under a Trump-era policy, nearly 28,000 immigrants were forced to remain in Mexico for their US asylum cases to be heard, only to be ordered deported back to their home country without being present in court.
For many immigrants, waiting in some of these border towns meant significant danger. In addition to conditions being too dangerous to travel to the US–Mexico border, some immigrants missed their hearings because they were kidnapped by cartels. Others were too sick or denied entry because they were pregnant.
So far, the Biden administration has mostly only allowed those with open cases to enter the US, and more than 11,000 people have been processed into the country. But the administration just announced that it will allow those who were ordered deported "in absentia," or who had their cases terminated by an immigration judge, to also seek entry into the US. STAYING ON TOP OF THIS
The US will search former boarding schools for the remains of Native American children after 215 were found buried in Canada
Last month, the remains of 215 children were found at a residential school in Canada, where a long-running program removed Indigenous children from their communities.
Canada is not alone in the practice: the US had a similar system in place. Between 1869 and the 1960s, more than 350 federal boarding schools forced thousands of Native American children from their parents to "culturally assimilate" them, and schools continued to operate in the decades after the government handed off control. Some children never returned home.
Now the US will search old federal boarding schools for the unmarked graves of Native American children — a project that will officially acknowledge the loss of life that has haunted tribal communities for more than 100 years.  Signs are pictured at a memorial outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia. Jonathan Hayward / AP SNAPSHOTS
Early results of the New York City mayoral primaries. The city is finishing voting in one of its most consequential mayoral primary elections in decades, with the winner of the Democratic primary very likely responsible for guiding the city out of the pandemic. Don't expect a winner to be finalized for weeks, but here's where things stand.
The guy who sat behind Nancy Pelosi's desk at the Capitol riot can't travel to a car show, a judge ruled. The judge denied the request from Richard Barnett, who is one of the highest-profile Capitol insurrectionists, thanks to the viral photos of him behind the desk in Nancy Pelosi's office.
LIVING WITH TRAUMA
The media pays attention when trans people die but the living are struggling with grief
Through just the first half of 2021, at least 27 trans or gender nonconforming people in the US have had their lives ended by violence, according to the Human Rights Campaign. That's compared to 44 across all of 2020, and 27 in 2019.
Adding to the climate of hate: a wave of legislation aimed at denying trans people access to gender-affirming bathrooms, athletic teams, and vital medical care has swept the country. More than 100 anti-trans bills have been proposed across 33 states this year.
Violent attacks and discriminatory laws have taken a toll on the mental health of trans people. As Lauren Strapagiel reports, many wish there was as much attention on the well-being of those living with traumas as there is on those who have been killed. OTHER PLACES TO LOOK 9 great places to get affordable and free books online
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