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Permission to Speak: Political Prisoners in Burma

Tuesday, May 7th, 2013

As Burma transitions from dictatorship to democracy, hundreds of political prisoners have been freed after decades behind bars. On this edition, we hear from some of these freed political prisoners as they struggle to rebuild their lives, and test the emerging democracy.

Neither Here Nor There: Bhutanese Refugees in the U.S.

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

Thousands of Nepali-speaking refugees from Bhutan are coming to North America. Correspondent Adelaide Chen takes us on a journey with these new arrivals. From the refugee camps to Oakland, California, their story is full of hard times.

Black and African (encore edition)

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

African immigrants are the fastest growing segment of the black population in the U.S. But the cultural boundaries between black Americans and African immigrants are hard to break down.

Black and African

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

African immigrants are the fastest growing segment of the black population in the U.S. But the cultural boundaries between black Americans and African immigrants are hard to break down.

The Growing Iraqi Refugee Crisis (encore edition)

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

Since 9/11, the U.S. Congress has appropriated $610 billion dollars in war-related money. With inflation figured in, that’s roughly the same amount spent over the full 16 years of the Vietnam War. The Iraq War alone has cost the U.S. $450 billion dollars.