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Kamala Kelkar works on investigative projects at PBS NewsHour Weekend. She has been a journalist for a decade, reporting from Oakland, India, Alaska and now New York.

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On President Donald Trump's 100th day in office, thousands of protesters were marching to the White House and across the country for a People's Climate March.

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A legal brouhaha at the University of California, Berkeley over rescheduling Ann Coulter’s speech shines a spotlight on an unanswered First Amendment question.

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