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Daily Video November 21 2016

DACA Dreamers fear Trump’s immigration policy
Throughout the 2016 presidential campaign, President-elect Donald Trump promised to crack down on undocumented immigration, including hundreds of thousands of young people who have obtained temporary legal status under the Obama Administration.
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Daily Video November 18 2016

Did fake news influence the outcome of Election 2016?
The proliferation of fake news sources on social media has raised questions about the duty of sites like Facebook and Twitter to screen content and distinguish fact from fiction.
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Student Voices November 16 2016

Students across the U.S. react to 2016 election results
  After witnessing a particularly controversial election season and Donald Trump's tri…
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Daily Video November 15 2016

PBS journalist Gwen Ifill remembered for history-making career
PBS NewsHour co-anchor and longtime political journalist Gwen Ifill died Monday after battling cancer for the past several months.
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Post November 14 2016

NewsHour anchor Gwen Ifill leaves behind journalism legacy for students
The landscape of American journalism changed today with the news of the passing of Gwen Ifill, PBS NewsHour co-anchor and host of Washington Week.
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Daily Video November 11 2016

International community reacts to Trump’s win
As the United States settles into the reality of a Donald Trump presidency, the rest of the world is also coming to terms with what this means for them.
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Daily Video November 09 2016

Trump wins U.S. presidency in major upset
Republican Donald Trump became the 45th president of the United States Tuesday in a surprising victory that defied many expectations.
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Daily Video November 07 2016

Will the U.S. eventually rely on popular vote to elect presidents?
The presidential candidates have crisscrossed the country dozens of times over the course of the 2016 campaign, yet 90 percent of their visits have concentrated on just a handful of states.
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Post November 03 2016

Letters to the Next President 2.0 helps teens find political voice
Student Reporting Labs across the country produced short videos focusing on their concerns and questions for the next president of the United States.
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Lesson Plan November 01 2016

Know Your Vote, Know the Issues
Every election year and for years after elections, there are several major issues that persistently trouble Americans. Every election year, politicians pledge that they will address these issues, and nearly every year they fall short of many peoples’ expectations. In this lesson, we examine problems surrounding health care costs, funding higher education and preserving social security. Then, students look at how the current presidential candidates are proposing to address these issues, and formulate a short media presentation.
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