Patty Gorena’s Recent Stories
Politics Dec 13
Hemp, high-speed internet and other highlights from the new farm billCongress passed a 10-year, $867 billion farm bill Wednesday that would reauthorize a variety of agricultural programs and food aid for low-income Americans. Here's a look at the other, lesser-known provisions that also made it into the bill.
Politics Dec 04
Mueller’s Russia probe, by the numbersHow much has special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation cost so far? We break down the numbers.
Poetry Nov 02
These wicked Day of the Dead poems don’t spare anyoneA proposed border wall between the U.S. and Mexico is the product of “the underworld” in one calavera literaria written for the Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos.
Nation Oct 19
Here’s where Hurricane Michael damage and recovery stand more than a week laterIt’s been nine days since Hurricane Michael, one of the most powerful storms to hit the U.S. in nearly 50 years, made landfall. Here’s where the numbers stand today.
Nation Sep 14
Hurricane Maria victims scramble for housing as FEMA vouchers expireNearly 1,000 families who evacuated Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria are scrambling against a deadline to find a place to sleep come Friday night, when the government’s housing assistance runs out.
Nation Sep 11
5 important stories that have nothing to do with the White HouseIssues with recovery from historic flooding in Kerala, India, the start of the murder trial for the fatal Chicago police shooting of Laquan McDonald, and other stories we're reading this week.
Nation Aug 20
5 important stories that have nothing to do with Trump’s tweetsHow California's police privacy laws make investigating police misconduct complaints difficult, why Europe's measles cases have hit a record high and other stories we're reading now.
Nation Aug 16
Why the government doesn’t always know what happens to unaccompanied migrant childrenThere are a number of issues with the government's program for unaccompanied migrant children, according to senators on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs investigations subcommittee. Here's a look at four of them.
Nation Aug 16
Little progress made to safeguard unaccompanied migrant children, subcommittee saysIn the past six years, more than 200,000 unaccompanied migrant children have entered the U.S. and been placed into the “UAC” program. Both the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services administer the children’s placement…
Nation Aug 15
How Catholic churches in Pennsylvania hid decades of abuseA nearly 900-page report last week includes dozens of testimonies provided by victims and reveals a pattern of systematic cover-ups by senior church officials.
