It's probably a long shot, but some House Republicans are actually interested in bipartisan immigration reform again.

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I have season tickets to a beloved baseball franchise. My wife, my best friend, and I saved up for them, knowing we’d be able to freely give some away to friends and family and sell the rest to recoup ...

I made the mistake of buying a car for my nieces four years ago. My sister is a single mom without much money, and my oldest niece, “Ava,” had just turned 16. Her sisters were 14 and 12. The idea was ...

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I do the same job, just for a different place. I don’t work longer hours, and I have less work stress than I did trying to ...

My book, Becoming Baba, isn’t a polemic. It’s about raising Muslim kids. But for some people, that’s too much to handle.

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