Death And Suffering In Puerto Rico Consistently Downplayed, Hundreds of Thousands Of Immigrants Imperiled By TPS Decision, And Global Activism: Blue Meets Blue Ethically Employs Chicago Refugee Women To Make Upscale Fashion
By Worldview Staff
Death And Suffering In Puerto Rico Consistently Downplayed, Hundreds of Thousands Of Immigrants Imperiled By TPS Decision, And Global Activism: Blue Meets Blue Ethically Employs Chicago Refugee Women To Make Upscale Fashion
By Worldview Staff
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On today’s show:
- Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo A. Rosselló discusses the island’s death count and colonial challenges post-Hurricane Maria.
- Oscar Chacon, co‐founder and executive director of Alianza Americas, weighs in on Homeland Security’s decision to cancel Temporary Protected Status for Nicaraguan and Haitian asylum-seekers as well as how climate change will impact Latin America and the civil unrest in Honduras.
- Shahd Alasaly, co-founder of the online clothing store Blue Meets Blue, talks about how the Chicago-based company hires refugee women in the United States to make upscale, yet affordable, fashion for flexible working hours at fair wages.