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Student Voices July 09 2020

How this student became the “Quarantine Chef” during COVID

NewsHour EXTRA intern Ramses Rubio describes how creativity and nostalgia have helped him through the quarantine.

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Daily Video August 01 2017

Ambitious girls ride the waves in Bangladesh's beach town

In the South Asian country of Bangladesh, poverty is widespread and girls are often married in their early teens. However, at the world's longest beach and Bangladesh's only beach town, which has one of the highest rates of poverty in the country, a group of girl surfers feel empowered when they might otherwise be expected to fulfill traditional roles in the house.

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