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Some lawmakers are questioning conditions at immigration detention centers for people with a disability, after one man's ordeal in Georgia went public.

Some lawmakers are questioning conditions at immigration detention centers for people with a disability, after one man's ordeal in Georgia went public.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Cameron Hudson, former special envoy to Sudan, about the fighting that broke out in the country over the weekend, and what's at stake.

More parents are getting exemptions for their kids so they don't have to get vaccinated for kindergarten, and fewer kids are getting their shots. That's according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This comes as the Trump administration is trying to reduce the number of vaccinations children get, and childhood diseases like measles are resurging.

Author Heather McGhee draws on a wealth of economic data to make the case that discriminatory laws and practices that target African Americans also negatively impact society at large.

"Susan Monarez is no longer director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention," the Department of Health and Human Services wrote in a social media post. Her lawyers said she had neither resigned nor been told she was fired.

Actress, playwright and performer Anna Deaveare Smith talks about her new work, centering on health care, and her new position as artist in residence at the Center for American Progress. She says she will use that perch for her next work about change in Washington.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Dr. Melissa Brymer of the UCLA-Duke National Center for Child Traumatic Stress about how families can navigate the trauma and ongoing fear caused by school shootings.

Some local and state officials in South Florida are calling for more regulation of addiction recovery residences to help combat insurance scams.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Stacie Pettyjohn of the Center for a New American Security, about why the federal government hasn't provided more details about drones spotted over some East Coast states.