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Bearing Witness to Injustices at the Border with Rabbi Bonnie Margulis...

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“Our obligation as Jews is to bear witness when we see injustice anywhere,” says Rabbi Bonnie Margulis of Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice. She recently made a trip to the U.S.–Mexico border to visit a migrant shelter in Juárez, a detention center in New Mexico, a criminal court proceeding, and the Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy […]

Rebroadcast: Bikes and Migrants with Kimball Taylor

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Today’s episode is a rebroadcast from May 15, 2017, during National Bike Month. Patty spends the hour with Kimball Taylor, author of The Coyote’s Bicycle, to learn about the migrants who rode bikes across the Mexico–United States border in one crucial stage of their frontier crossing. Kimball Taylor is a San Diego–based journalist. He is […]

The Political Landscape in Mexico with Emilio Álvarez Icaza Longoria

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On today’s episode, guest host Bert Zipperer is joined in the studio by Emilio Álvarez Icaza Longoria, recently-elected independent senator in the Mexican Congress. Together with Barbara and Chucho Alvarado, they discuss the political landscape in Mexico, covering topics such as this year’s election, the migrant caravan, the Ahora (Now) movement, perceptions of the U.S., and […]

Mexican Election Reflections

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Host Esty Dinur explores the implications of the recent Mexican presidential election of Leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador. In the first half, she speaks with guest Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) in Washington, DC and president of Just Foreign Policy. In the second part of the show, she […]

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