Ellen Frankman

Some officials in Puerto Rico think FEMA's decision is premature, since an estimated 1 million people still remain without power and roughly 118,000 don’t have access to clean water.

Do average Americans feel the economy is working for them? 

Musician PJ Morton, landed two Grammy nominations for his solo album "Gumbo." Ahead of the Grammy Awards, Morton speaks with The Takeaway about how politics have shaped his sound.

The case of former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar has raised questions for parents about whom to trust with the care of child athletes.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been targeting people living here illegally with criminal records, but a series of arrests of prominent immigrant activists has raised questions.

Americans haven't heard much about the ongoing war in Syria lately, but there’s a new front in the conflict with complicated and high stakes for the U.S.

Increasingly tougher sanctions from the United Nations, the United States, the European Union, and others have failed to persuade Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons program.

The nation's largest employer had good news for most of its 1.4 million employees yesterday. What does Walmart's announcement mean for the future of retail work?

At the end of 2017, Congress passed a stopgap spending bill for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). But it's already clear that the funding is not enough.

As the Trump Administration continues to end long-standing U.S. immigration policies, families face uncertainty, and many face the prospect of danger and death in their homelands. 

There are about four million Americans who have some kind of housing assistance. Now, some of those families have an opportunity to move into more affluent areas.

As the divisions between the U.S. and North Korea continue to deepen, it appears that Kim Jong-un is ready to look to his long-estranged neighbor: South Korea. 

In day two of The Takeaway's coverage of the private pension system, we talk to an employee about how cuts to private pension plans hurts her and her colleagues. 

In 1990, 43 percent of private sector employees were covered by some kind of pension plan. Today, traditional pensions in the private sector are disappearing. 

Two Reuters journalists were detained earlier this month in Myanmar. Their arrests highlight the plight of Rohingya Muslims, and the government's efforts to halt news of the crisis.

Congress pledged to fund the Children's Health Insurance Program, which serves 9 million children, before the end of the year. That now appears increasingly unlikely.

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program has protected about 800,000 people who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children.

There’s been a lot said about the Republican tax plan over the past few weeks and months, and today we’re tackling those claims head on.

In Puerto Rico, the official death toll from the storm is 64. But a new investigation suggests that around 1,000 people died as a result of the hurricane.