Slavery’s unresolved history
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Aug. 25, 1619, marks 400 years since the first Africans were enslaved in the Colony of Virginia. Ghana has declared 2019 "the year of return" for African descendants around the globe. The World's Rupa Shenoy traveled to Ghana to look at how slavery is entangled in both the past and present lives of people there and in the African diaspora.

  1. Ghana’s ‘Year of Return’ is emotional for descendents on both sides of the slave trade
  2. 'Willful amnesia': How Africans forgot — and remembered — their role in the slave trade
  3. A professor with Ghanaian roots unearths a slave castle’s history — and her own
  4. Retracing a slave route in Ghana, 400 years later
  5. Slavers in the family: What a castle in Accra reveals about Ghana's history
  6. Archivists race to digitize slavery records before the history is lost
  7. Amid 1619 anniversary, Virginia grapples with history of slavery in America
  8. Pirates brought enslaved Africans to Virginia’s shores. Where, exactly, is debatable.
Full episode - August 21, 2019
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Deportations complicate Ghana's 'Year of Return'

Ghana's government is calling on people from the African diaspora to return to the country, marking 400 years since the first enslaved Africans were brought to America. Complicating the anniversary, the US and Ghana are currently in a diplomatic dispute over deportations. The World's Rupa Shenoy traveled to Ghana and met Ghanaians deported by the US to their home country. Also, how the white supremacy movement in the US appears to observers from other countries. And, the former US Ambassador to Denmark shares his thoughts on Greenland, and the diplomatic kerfuffle that's erupted between President Donald Trump and the Danish government.
Full story - August 20, 2019
Evelyn Hernández, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison for a suspected abortion, is hugged by a woman.

El Salvador abortion laws offer warning for the US, lawyer says

After three years in jail, 21-year-old Evelyn Hernández from El Salvador was acquitted of murder charges Monday. A victim of rape, she was previously convicted of intentionally inducing an abortion after giving birth to a stillborn son.
Full episode - August 20, 2019
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Acquitted in El Salvador

Evelyn Hernández gave birth to a stillborn baby and was sentenced to 30 years in prison in 2017, convicted of inducing an abortion that killed her baby. But on Monday, Hernández was acquitted in a new trial that activists say was a victory for women's rights in El Salvador. In the second part in our series from Ghana, the country has declared a "Year of Return" for the African diaspora to mark 400 years since the first enslaved Africans arrived in Virginia. The World's Rupa Shenoy has the story of Mona Boyd, an African American woman living in Accra, Ghana, who helped organize Nancy Pelosi's trip. And, Twitter and Facebook said on Tuesday that the two platforms will be cracking down on what they call a Chinese government disinformation campaign. Beijing has allegedly taken to the social media sites to disperse memes, hip-hop videos and false articles to denigrate pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.
Full story - August 20, 2019
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After 5 years of conflict, Ukraine’s barrier to peace is still ‘Russia’s political will’

What has the US been doing about the conflict in Ukraine for the last five years?
Full story - August 20, 2019
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'Willful amnesia': How Africans forgot — and remembered — their role in the slave trade

Ghana’s “Year of Return” is changing how the history of the slave trade is remembered in Africa.
Full episode - August 19, 2019
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ISIS violence in Afghanistan

A wedding was the scene of political violence in Afghanistan on Sunday. ISIS targeted a minority group, the Hazara, who have been trying to get their voices heard in the ongoing talks to end the 18-year-old war. And, we begin a four-part series on the origins of African slavery in America. Historians say that Sunday marks the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in what would become the US. Also, we hear a requiem for a glacier in Iceland.
Full story - August 19, 2019
Demonstrators hold placards and attend a rally outside the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan, in Belgium, October 5, 2016.

'It's inhumane': Hazara react after 63 killed in targeted ISIS attack

A Hazara community member reflects on Saturday's ISIS attack that left 63 dead, as Afghanistan marks a subdued, 100th years of independence from Britain.
Full story - August 19, 2019
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Growth of Oakland’s Guatemalan community sparks interest in Mam

In Oakland, Calif., there's a growing number of Guatemalan migrants and asylum seekers. Some speak an Indigenous language — Mam. One class offered at a community college helps English and Spanish speakers learn the language.
Full story - August 18, 2019
Promoter Eddie Hearn announces Clash on the Dunes, a boxing rematch in Saudi Arabia between heavyweights Andy Ruiz, Jr and Anthony Joshua.

Are the Saudis using big sporting events to 'sportswash' their image?

Two boxers, $100 million and the murder of a journalist have become talking points around an upcoming heavyweight prize fight in Saudi Arabia.
Full episode - August 16, 2019
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Are manufacturing jobs coming back to the US?

President Donald Trump again touted how he has brought manufacturing jobs back to the United States. But has he? We dive into the numbers. Plus, the Department of Homeland Security funds programs to steer children away from radicalization, but it's not reaching kids who could grow up to be white supremacists. And Spain has its own version of a "Green New Deal" to help transition its coal workers to jobs in renewable energy.

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