Maayan Silver
Appearances
NPR News Now
NPR News: 05-02-2025 4PM EDT
You could say it seems really cruel, but at the same time, wasn't it really cruel when we had an open border and just let all these people in? 87% of Republicans approve of how the president is handling immigration, according to the latest NPR-PBS News Marist poll. That compares to a 44% approval rating for Trump on immigration among voters overall. For NPR News, I'm Ayaan Silver in Milwaukee.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 05-02-2025 4PM EDT
The sea goddess Mazu is worshipped across Taiwan and in parts of southern China. And this annual pilgrimage is meant to bring one of her likenesses by palanquin to one of her temples in the island's Miaoli County. The journey takes hundreds of thousands of pilgrims as long as 10 days to finish, but has been completed in under three days in some years.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 05-02-2025 4PM EDT
Because the precise route the parade with the Matsu statue will take is determined by fortune tellers bearing her palanquin who divine which roads to walk while the faithful set off fireworks. The pilgrims following behind Matsu often sleep outdoors on the side of the road or in homes offered by generous passerby and begin walking again the next day. Emily Fang, NPR News.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 05-02-2025 4PM EDT
48-year-old Rebecca Smith is a Trump voter from Milwaukee who says the border was like, quote, Swiss cheese under former President Joe Biden. She appreciates Trump's efforts there, even though she says she realizes detentions and deportations upend people's lives.