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Daily News Lesson May 14 2023

Brooks and Capehart on U.S. border policy + Newswrap 5/15/23 + Student video
Watch New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics
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Student Voices August 23 2022

Student Book Recommendation: Graphic novel 'The Best We Could Do,' a Vietnamese family's journey to America

Hear from a student reader why you should pick up Thi Bui's graphic novel "The Best We Could Do"
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Daily News Lesson July 12 2022

Immigrant entrepreneurs build community in Phoenix
Hear one Syrian refugee story on how she started from scratch to care for her family
People wait to board an evacuation train at Kyiv central train station
Daily News Lesson March 02 2022

Ukrainian parents living amid war discuss the struggle to keep their families safe
Hear from two parents in separate cities in Ukraine that are under siege
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Daily News Lesson January 24 2022

A Brief But Spectacular take on immigrant justice in America
Hear from one immigrant rights activist on some of the challenges immigrants face
People wait outside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul
Daily News Lesson August 23 2021

Chaos outside Kabul airport as U.S. seeks to evacuate thousands
Hear from U.S. authorities and Afghan citizens on a chaotic evacuation following Taliban takeover of Kabul
People look at a damaged house after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Les Cayes
Daily News Lesson August 17 2021

Haitians left homeless by 7.2 magnitude earthquake now brace for storm
Understand the disaster unfolding in Haiti, and learn what is most needed now
FILE PHOTO: Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) look on after executing search warrants and making some arrests at an agricultural processing facility in Canton
Daily Video August 22 2019

ICE immigration raids took this school superintendent by surprise
Use this lesson plan to learn more about the ICE immigration raids in Mississippi and how schools have been affected.
The Statue of Liberty is seen on Liberty Island in New York Harbor
Daily Video August 21 2019

How the Statue of Liberty poem provides a lesson in immigration history
Use this NewsHour lesson plan to learn about the Trump administration's changes to immigration policy and how it relates to the Statue of Liberty's famous inscription.
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Daily Video July 03 2019

Lesson Plan: The power of photographs from Vietnam to the border crisis
Use this PBS NewsHour Extra lesson plan to understand the power of photographs and the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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