The Problem With International Disaster Aid, Global Disability Rights And Finnish ‘Folk-Hop’

Oct 12, 2016, 3:16pm CT

Yvald Saint Joy bathes in his backyard littered with debris caused by Hurricane Matthew, in Sous-Roche, Haiti on Oct. 11, 2016. With little to no outside help arriving a week after Hurricane Matthew, residents have set to work chopping up and burning debris, and creating makeshift partial roofs from salvaged pieces of mangled sheet metal. Rebecca Blackwell / Associated Press

The Problem With International Disaster Aid, Global Disability Rights And Finnish ‘Folk-Hop’

Oct 12, 2016, 3:16pm CT

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On today’s show:

As Haiti begins the work of recovering from Hurricane Matthew, we take a closer look at international disaster aid.
We look look at attempts to legislate disability rights on a global scale.
On Global Notes, Tony Sarabia introduces us to Finnish “folk-hop.”