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Children from Central America – Origins of Crisis

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Over the last year, an unprecedented number of unaccompanied immigrant children, mostly from Central America, have attempted to cross the border into the United States. Antonio Gonzalez, president of the William C. Velasquez Institute,explains the roots of the migration surge and the politics behind it.

 

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An in depth explanation of the origins of the crisis that has lead children to flee to the U.S.

 

Eleven minutes of audio.

 

One point Gonzalez had wrong is that the crisis started back in 2009, years longer than the one year that he suggested.

 

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Tavis Smiley Ending Poverty and guest Ginia Bellafante on Poverty

“Tavis Talks: Ginia Bellafante. Tavis Smiley kicks off his new poverty initiative, titled “Ending Poverty: America’s Silent Spaces” with an interview with New York Times writer Ginia Bellafante, who has written several scathing stories about poverty in New York City.”

 

Télimélé Community Village‘s insight:

 

Poverty is the worst form of oppression and totally unnecessary.

– Ernest Callenbach

 

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Smiley & West – Syria | Wayne Shorter

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Legendary musician/composer Wayne Shorter celebrates his 80th birthday and a new collaboration with Esperanza Spalding.

Plus, Smiley and West lay out why a U.S.-led attack on Syria would be illegal and immoral, and West is taken to task for his comments about Al Sharpton and Michael Eric Dyson during last week’s program.

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