Immigration policies could wreak havoc on this rural town powered by mushroom farms

Farmers rely on year-round help from immigrants to harvest mushrooms, and deportations could destroy Avondale, Pennsylvania, as they know it.

Immigration policies could wreak havoc on this rural town powered by mushroom farms

Farmers rely on year-round help from immigrants to harvest mushrooms, and deportations could destroy Avondale, Pennsylvania, as they know it.

The work of growing and picking the mushrooms is the basis of the local economy in Avondale, a town of just over 1,200 people where more than 60% are Latino.

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A battle over religion and schools in Oklahoma could decide the future of the First Amendment

Conservative religious activists want to dismantle the longtime understanding of the separation of church and state — and the Supreme Court may be on board.

A battle over religion and schools in Oklahoma could decide the future of the First Amendment

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A Vietnam vet found a dream senior living community. Then new owners jacked up the rent by 365%.

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