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Podcast: 2019-05-20 5th Death of a Migrant Child Since December Occurs as Border Apprehensions Continue to Rise
5th Death of a Migrant Child Since December Occurs as Border Apprehensions Continue to Rise
Since December, five migrant children have died after being detained by U.S. immigration agencies.
The Takeaway is tackling life your 40s and what makes this decade so unique. First up: money.
New York City Considers Ban on Fur
Speaker of the NYC Council Corey Johnson is urging his colleagues to support a proposed ban on the sale of fur in New York City, setting off the latest chapter in a long debate.
‘Trial by Fire’ Examines Whether Texas Executed an Innocent Man
“Trial by Fire,” a new movie starring Laura Dern, tells the true story of a man executed by the state of Texas for a crime that evidence suggests he did not commit.
Other segments:
Officer-Involved Deaths: How Much Does the Public Actually Learn?
Oscar Grant, Eric Garner, Sandra Bland: new information has come to light in these cases. What have we learned?
The Ongoing ‘Humanitarian Crisis’ on the Border, and the Community in El Paso Rallying To Help
The Ongoing ‘Humanitarian Crisis’ on the Border, and the Community in El Paso Rallying To Help
More than 2,000 migrants have been released from federal custody into El Paso in the last week.
U.S. Strategy Against ISIS and the Future of the Caliphate
Rukmini Callimachi discusses American strategy against ISIS and what we know about the strength and organization of the group as we head into 2019.
Dear Oscar Grant, 10 Years Later
Oscar Grant was shot and killed on January 1, 2009 by a police officer as he lay on the ground. Ten years later, KQED is gathering messages about what Oscar has meant to people.
2018 Brings #MeToo Laws Nationwide
Across the country, #MeToo has moved from a hashtag to the basis for new laws to combat sexual misconduct.
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Government Increasingly Uses Tent Cities as Number of Migrant Kids in Custody Surge
Government Increasingly Uses Tent Cities as Number of Migrant Kids in Custody Surge
The federal government is increasing the size of tent cities in order to handle the number of unaccompanied minors in its custody.
300 Students Killed by the Government: Mexico’s 1968 Massacre and Its Echoes Today
How does the present-day Mexican student movement look back at the 1968 Tlatelolco Massacre?
New Film ‘Consent’ Documents the Painful Reckoning of Accuser and Accused
A new film from Vice explores issues of consent and how restorative justice could help in decades old cases of sexual assault.
Frozen In Time: What Older People Face After Prison
Older people face a unique set of challenges when they are released after years of incarceration. We hear from a group of men about their transition.
Guests:
Mark Greenberg
Nahum Perez Monroy
Kate Doyle
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Inside the Fight to Reunite Families Separated at the U.S. Border
Inside the Fight to Reunite Families Separated at the U.S. Border
Around 500 children separated from their parents at the border, still haven’t been reunited, a month after the deadline for reunification.
California Abolishes Cash Bail as Advocates Voice Concern
California is the first state to completely replace cash bail with a pretrial assessment system — but criminal justice reform advocates were against the final measure.
Court Rules North Carolina Congressional Maps Unacceptably Gerrymandered Again
This time North Carolina’s gerrymandering fight could have far reaching implications for the nation.
Legal Marijuana: How Women Are on the Path to Dominate the Billion Dollar Industry
Gia Morón left her job on Wall Street to make sure black and brown women have a stake in the growing cannabis industry. She explains.
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U.S. Separating Children from Parents at Border
Last Friday was National Missing Children’s Day, and there has been a lot of chatter over the weekend about the approximately 1,500 children who have come to the U.S. as unaccompanied minors and are presently unaccounted for. That comes amid recent stories of immigrant children from as young as one year old being forcibly separated from their parents at the border. These two developments are distinct and unrelated, but outrage over both has led public calls for accountability to crescendo. The Takeaway looks at how the Trump administration’s immigration policy is contributing to these controversies. Plus, we report on the truck drivers’ show of force in Brazil whose protests have ground the economy to a halt; and we invite you, the listener, to participate in our conversation about implicit bias and share your results.
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Trump Set to Announce Response to Syrian Gas Attack, Weighing Missile Strike
April 12, 2018: A decision on how best to respond to a chemical attack in the rebel-held Damascus suburb of Douma over the weekend is being considered this week, after President Trump told reporters he would announce his plans within a few days of the attack near Syria’s capital. The President canceled plans to attend the Summit of the Americas in Peru and Colombia in order to oversee his response, and White House press secretary told reporters “all options are on the table.” The Takeaway considers President Trump’s various options as we head closer to the brink of missile strikes in Syria. Plus, we look at A.G. Sessions’s visit to the border with Mexico amid a wider crackdown on illegal immigration; a novel drug to treat symptoms of Parkinson’s disease whose adverse affects, sometimes fatal, have been overlooked; and a growing body of work showing that women are often delegated menial tasks at the office instead of their male peers.
Bruce Springsteen, Primary Politics, Border Tech
April 20, 2016: 1. Clinton Delegate Gov. Bill Richardson Sees a Smooth Road Ahead | 2. Gov. Jan Brewer: Trump is a ‘Breath of Fresh Air’ | 3. ‘Remote Control’ Crossing: How GPS and Cell Phones Erase Borders | 4. Reviving an Old Moroccan Soundscape | 5. What Bruce Springsteen Can Teach You About the Election