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Daily Video January 05 2015

Undocumented students face unique challenges
Schools around the country are grappling with how to provide care and education to the over 60,000 unaccompanied minors who entered the U.S. illegally from Central America in 2014.
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Daily Video January 02 2015

Jailed journalists test press freedom in Egypt
An Egyptian court ruling has granted retrials for three Al-Jazeera journalists who received 7-to-10 year sentences in June for allegedly publishing false news and supporting the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Post January 02 2015

Women who ruled 2014
By Caroline Davenport Female professionals and activists have raised the global conversati…
Tense Ferguson, Missouri Awaits Grand Jury Findings In Shooting Of Michael Brown
Daily Video December 01 2014

How teachers can talk to students about Ferguson
Dr. Marcia Chatelain, the Georgetown professor who began the hashtag #FergusonSyllabus on Twitter, joined the NewsHour to discuss.
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Post November 21 2014

A fresh look at Thanksgiving

We're bringing you a fresh look on America's original holiday with a roundup of the best basic reso…
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Daily Video November 21 2014

Obama orders deportation relief for millions of immigrants

Obama announced a large-scale executive action on immigration that will allow nearly five million undocumented immigrants to remain in the country.
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Daily Video September 30 2014

Hong Kong protests for greater democracy
A Chinese government proposal to limit voting rights in Hong Kong has spurred hundreds of thousands of protesters to fill the streets this week.
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Daily Video September 29 2014

Wave of undocumented students challenges schools
The increased number of unaccompanied minors entering the U.S. has challenged school systems by swelling enrollment numbers.
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Daily Video September 26 2014

Obama calls for international response to Ebola
President Obama told world leaders at the United National General Assembly that the international community is “not moving fast enough” to contain the Ebola epidemic.
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Daily Video August 12 2014

Why we still need Freedom Schools, 50 years later
Half a century ago, students and local organizers banded together to fight to end segregation and discrimination against African-Americans in the United States.
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