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Dreamers Target Disneyland During Govt Shutdown

As guests enter the park, Communications graduate Eliza Verduzio, 31, of Riverside holds a sign in protest as DACA beneficiaries and supporters gather to create a public disruption at the east entrance of Disneyland on South Harbor Boulevard in Anaheim, CA, on Monday morning, Jan 22, 2018. Organizers say they want to pressure Congress not to pass a spending bill that does not include a clean Dream Act. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A 3-day federal government shutdown ends with Donald Trump signing a temporary spending bill through early February while an impasse over a DREAM Act remains in place. On today’s show we’ll speak with a young activist, a DACA Recipient named Barbara Hernandez, who, along with several others Dreamers blocked the entrance to Disneyland on Monday to demand a DREAM Act from Congress. Then we’ll spend the rest of the hour with author Johann Hari, an award-winning journalist and author of the best-selling book Chasing the Scream. Hari has written a new and powerful book which he will discuss on our show. It’s called Lost Connections: Uncovering The Real Causes of Depression – And the Unexpected Solutions. . Hosted by Sonali Kolhatkar.

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