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Daily Video December 14 2015

Young Muslims feeling backlash of extremist terror attacks
Many Muslim communities in the United States say they feel unsafe after a recent string of violence directed at them following attacks by Islamic extremists in San Bernardino, California and Paris, France.
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Daily Video December 03 2015

Why does two degrees Celsius matter to climate change?
At the climate talks in Paris this week, world leaders have a very specific goal: how to stop the Earth from warming by two degrees Celsius.
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Daily Video December 01 2015

World leaders meet to address climate change
Talks began in Paris, France this week as leaders from more than 150 countries gathered to discuss how to reduce the effects of climate change.
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Daily Video November 30 2015

Is there a solution to global warming?
The year 2014 ranked as Earth’s hottest in 135 years of record-keeping and 2015 looks even hotter, prompting experts from both scientific and economic backgrounds to search for potential ways to address rising temperatures and ocean levels.
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Daily Video November 25 2015

Chicago police officer charged with first-degree murder of black teenager
A seventeen-year-old black teenager was shot 16 times by a white police officer in October of last year for allegedly puncturing a police car’s tire with a folding knife.
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Daily Video November 23 2015

‘Hamilton’ the musical tells the immigrant story of a Founding Father
A popular new hip-hop show on Broadway, "Hamilton," chronicles one of the nation’s founding fathers and his “rags to riches” story.
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Post November 23 2015

Class Activity — The Great Thanksgiving Listen
  By Adelyn Baxter "Back when I was a kid..." Some of you may recall hearing o…
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Daily Video November 20 2015

Providing support and education for refugee children in the U.S.
DOWNLOAD VIDEO In the United States, where hundreds of thousands of people arrive each year…
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Daily Video November 16 2015

France searches for answers to Paris attacks
The city of Paris is trying to come to terms with a series of violent attacks on a scale France has not seen since World War II.
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Daily Video November 13 2015

Refugee crisis causes Sweden to tighten borders
After initially welcoming refugees seeking asylum from places like Syria, Sweden announced it will impose borders controls due to its inability to handle the number of refugees that have already arrived.
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