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“These conditions must change” Lawmakers condemn inhumane detention facilities; Plus: Charlene Carruthers on black, queer, feminist radical movements

0:08 – KPFA News: Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus visited Border Patrol detention facilities in Clint and El Paso Texas as part of a fact-finding mission. Pro-Trump supporters interrupted a news conference following the tour. KPFA’s Casey Roepke reports.

0:11 – Congresswoman Judy Chu (@RepJudyChu) discusses her tour of a migrant detention facility. She serves as the U.S. Representative for California’s 27th congressional district, in Southern California.

0:34 – Zenaida Velasquez is a Honduran human rights activist and one of the founders of COFADEH, the Committee of Relatives of the Disappeared in Honduras. She joins to discuss protests in Hondurus, ten years after the 2009 coup.

0:49 – KPFA’s Mira Nabulsi reports on the how the 2020 census will affect American citizens with Middle East and North Africa backgrounds.

1:08 – Charlene Carruthers (@CharleneCac) is a community organizer and educator. She is the founding National Director of the Black Youth Project 100, a preeminent organization of young activists for black liberation, and recently founded a new organization the Chicago Center for Leadership and Transformation, a locally rooted, nationally and globally connected learning community. She is also the author of the bestselling book, Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements.

1:50 – KPFA News: Garikai Chaunza reports from Harare, Zimbabwe about the banning of multiple currencies in the country.

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