With Children Separated at Border, What’s Different This Time?, Black Comic Books: David F. Walker

In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a U.S. Border Patrol agent watches as people who’ve been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, stand in line at a facility in McAllen, Texas, Sunday, June 17, 2018.
In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a U.S. Border Patrol agent watches as people who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, stand in line at a facility in McAllen, Texas, Sunday, June 17, 2018. U.S. Customs, Border Protection’s Rio Grande Valley Sector / via AP
In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a U.S. Border Patrol agent watches as people who’ve been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, stand in line at a facility in McAllen, Texas, Sunday, June 17, 2018.
In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a U.S. Border Patrol agent watches as people who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, stand in line at a facility in McAllen, Texas, Sunday, June 17, 2018. U.S. Customs, Border Protection’s Rio Grande Valley Sector / via AP

With Children Separated at Border, What’s Different This Time?, Black Comic Books: David F. Walker

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On today’s show:

  • The separation of migrant families at the U.S. border and the Trump Administration’s “zero tolerance” deterrence policy.
  • Black superheroes with David F. Walker as part of our series about Black representation in comic books.