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A group of people holding signs gather in front of a courthouse building

Legal status for thousands of Liberians in US hangs on court decision

Some 4,000 Liberians will lose their legal status due to the Trump administration’s termination of a program that granted them temporary reprieves from deportation. This week, they got their day in court.

Legal status for thousands of Liberians in US hangs on court decision
asylum-seekers sing in a church choir

How a small church in Massachusetts became a destination for LGBTQ asylum-seekers from all over the world

How a small church in Massachusetts became a destination for LGBTQ asylum-seekers from all over the world
Pedestrians walk past a store on Oxford Street in central London December 15, 2013.

Should shoppers know where our clothes are made?

Should shoppers know where our clothes are made?
Downtown Worcester, Massachusetts from Norfolk Street on November 4, 2012

Nearly killed in Sierra Leone, this refugee has found more than a home in Worcester, Mass.

Nearly killed in Sierra Leone, this refugee has found more than a home in Worcester, Mass.

Boston Bombing Suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev Rejected for Burial in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Boston Bombing Suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev Rejected for Burial in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Syrian Christian in Massachusetts on Crackdown at Home

Anchor Marco Werman talks to a Syrian architect named Salah Asfoura, who lives in Worcester, MA.

Syrian Christian in Massachusetts on Crackdown at Home

Exposing The Brutality Of Sexual Violence In Congo

A journalist in Congo encourages rape survivors to share their stories to publicize the use of rape as a weapon of war between armed groups.

Exposing The Brutality Of Sexual Violence In Congo
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The Worcester World Cup

The Worcester World Cup
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100 Years After the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

The World's Jason Margolis looks at the legacy of New York's Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on the global garment industry today. The fire, which occurred 100 years ago Friday, was one of the worst workplace disasters in US history.

100 Years After the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

The UAW fights for survival

Once among the most powerful unions in the United States, the United Auto Workers union is stuck between the future and the present.

The UAW fights for survival
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Does the United Autoworkers Union still matter?

We talk about the United Autoworkers Union's past, the transformation it's undergone during the last few years, and what its future looks like with Gary Chaison, a professor of labor relations at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Does the United Autoworkers Union still matter?

Bhopal’s unlikely legacy in the US

The 1984 gas leak in Bhopal, India destroyed thousands of lives; but in the US, the disaster led to better regulation of industrial hazards.

Bhopal’s unlikely legacy in the US
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When Freud went to Worcester

100 years ago this weekend, Sigmund Freud made his first and only trip to the United States to deliver a series of lectures at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. Anchor Jeb Sharp talks to Clark University archivist Mott Linn about the visit.

When Freud went to Worcester
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Iraq sect finds a home in the US

Iraq sect finds a home in the US