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Trans people in the U.S. have turned to underground silicone injections for decades. And it has particularly impacted trans women of color and those living in poverty.

For Trans Women, Silicone 'Pumping' Can Be A Blessing And A Curse

"Pumping" refers to silicone injections, a kind of underground plastic surgery. Turning to pumping has been a reality for transgender women — especially trans women of color — for decades.

Immigrants walk into a building at South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas.

Parents Were 'Coerced' To Waive Reunification Rights With Children, Complaint Says

Lawyers for immigrants filed a complaint on Thursday with Homeland Security. They contend that parents, amid cruel treatment, did not understand the forms they were being forced to sign.

Rodney Crowell, whose new album <em>Acoustic Classics</em> has the Nashville legend reinterpreting some of his catalog from a new vantage point.

For Rodney Crowell, A Godfather Of Americana, The Work Is Never Finished

At age 67, Rodney Crowell has become the literarily inclined elder statesman of the Americana scene. His new album, Acoustic Classics, is a look back at the songs of his career's many seasons.

Oscar Nominee ‘The Look Of Silence’

Filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer talks about making documentaries from a subjective point of view in "The Act of Killing" and "The Look of Silence," which is up for a Best Documentary Oscar this Sunday.

Carla Fendi in London in 2014. She died Monday in Rome at the age of 79.

Carla Fendi, Former President Of Luxury Fashion Brand, Dies

Fendi helped propel the label to international fame. She was 79.

A customer approaches the window at Saartj, a pop-up food stall in New Orleans running a social experiment. Customers of color are charged the listed $12 price for a meal. White customers are told about the income gap in New Orleans between whites and African-Americans and asked if they want to pay $30 instead, a price that reflects the gap.

Food Stall Serves Up A Social Experiment: Charge White Customers More Than Minorities

To highlight racial income disparity, a chef in New Orleans opened a food stall, asking whites to pay $30 and people of color to pay $12 for the same meal. How did it play out?

Tommy Orange's debut novel features a wide cast of characters who are all Native American, with varying degrees of connection to the culture. He says, "I wanted to represent a range of human experience as a way to humanize Native people."

Native American Author Tommy Orange Feels A 'Burden To Set The Record Straight'

In his debut novel, There There, Orange explores what it means to be an urban Indian. He says, "Native people look like a lot of different things. ... And we just need a new story to build from."

Water flows through an irrigation canal to crops near Lemoore, Calif., Feb. 25, 2016.

California's Giant Water Tunnels Win First Crucial Approval

U.S. wildlife officials gave crucial first approval Monday to California Gov. Jerry Brown's decades-old ambitions to build two massive tunnels that would re-engineer the water system in the nation's most populous state.

Kelly Zimmerman holds her son Jaxton Wright at a parenting session at the Children's Health Center in Reading, Pa. The free program provides resources and social support to new parents in recovery from addiction, or who are otherwise vulnerable.

Beyond Opioids: How A Family Came Together To Stay Together

Infants do better with their parents, studies find, as long as parents have support to get and stay sober. This program starts during pregnancy, to rally and train a strong family support network.

A vigil after the fatal shooting at Marshall County High School on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018, in Benton, Ky.

Kentucky Teen Charged With Murder And Assault After January School Shooting

The identity of the 15-year-old suspect, who will be tried as an adult, had not been confirmed until Friday. Two students were killed in the attack and 14 others were wounded.

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