Unrest In Venezuela, Romani In Appalachia And Youth Pondering Intersectionality

An anti-government demonstrator and her daughter wrapped in the Venezuelan flag walk on an empty street in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, July 30, 2017. Venezuelans appear to be abstaining in massive numbers in a show of silent protest against a vote to select a constitutional assembly giving the government virtually unlimited powers. Across the capital on Sunday, dozens of polling places were empty or had a few dozens or hundreds of people outside, orders of magnitude less than the turnout in recent elections.
An anti-government demonstrator and her daughter wrapped in the Venezuelan flag walk on an empty street in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, July 30, 2017. Venezuelans appear to be abstaining in massive numbers in a show of silent protest against a vote to select a constitutional assembly giving the government virtually unlimited powers. Across the capital on Sunday, dozens of polling places were empty or had a few dozens or hundreds of people outside, orders of magnitude less than the turnout in recent elections. Ariana Cubillos / AP Photo
An anti-government demonstrator and her daughter wrapped in the Venezuelan flag walk on an empty street in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, July 30, 2017. Venezuelans appear to be abstaining in massive numbers in a show of silent protest against a vote to select a constitutional assembly giving the government virtually unlimited powers. Across the capital on Sunday, dozens of polling places were empty or had a few dozens or hundreds of people outside, orders of magnitude less than the turnout in recent elections.
An anti-government demonstrator and her daughter wrapped in the Venezuelan flag walk on an empty street in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, July 30, 2017. Venezuelans appear to be abstaining in massive numbers in a show of silent protest against a vote to select a constitutional assembly giving the government virtually unlimited powers. Across the capital on Sunday, dozens of polling places were empty or had a few dozens or hundreds of people outside, orders of magnitude less than the turnout in recent elections. Ariana Cubillos / AP Photo

Unrest In Venezuela, Romani In Appalachia And Youth Pondering Intersectionality

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On today’s show:

  • We discuss the contention around Sunday’s passage of a controversial ballot measure to rewrite the Venezuela’s constitution.
  • We hear about a small Appalachian town that’s become a destination for Roma asylum-seekers
  • A conversation with two teenage participants in the Global Youth Ambassadors Leadership Summit, which took place in Chicago last week.