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What The Flooding In Texas Teaches Us About The Recovery From Hurricane Harvey

5:16pm September 21, 2019

Houston Chronicle reporter Mike Morris talks with Michel Martin about the recent flooding in Texas and what Houston has done to improve infrastructure since Hurricane Harvey two years ago.

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L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti Calls Homelessness The 'Humanitarian Crisis Of Our Lives'

5:16pm September 21, 2019

Michel Martin speaks with the Los Angeles mayor about President Trump's remarks regarding the city's homeless crisis.

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Marines Charged With Human Smuggling At Camp Pendleton

5:16pm September 21, 2019

by Steve Walsh

Thirteen Marines stand accused of transporting migrants from the border to locations around San Diego County.

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Barbershop: Andrew Yang And Shane Gillis

5:16pm September 21, 2019

Michel Martin discusses comedian Shane Gillis' racist remarks and how Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang has responded with three commentators: Jeremy Gordon, Jenn Fang and Kevin Xu.

Why New Mexico's Governor Is Making The Case For Free Tuition

5:16pm September 21, 2019

Michel Martin speaks with Michelle Luján Grisham about her proposal to make tuition at state institutions free for state residents.

On a recent day, the sidewalk school in Matamoros, Mexico, began with arts and crafts.

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Sidewalk School Aims To Give Migrant Kids A Sense Of Stability

1:39pm September 21, 2019

by Reynaldo Leaños Jr.

In Matamoros, Mexico, volunteers have created a pop-up school on a downtown sidewalk for migrant children. They're all asylum-seekers waiting for their day in U.S. immigration court.

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Workers fix damage at Saudi Aramco's Khurais oil field in Saudi Arabia on Friday after it was hit during a Sept. 14 attack.

Trump Sending Troops To Middle East After Attack On Saudi Oil Facilities

1:11pm September 21, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The Pentagon provided few details on the deployment. The announcement appears to indicate that the president has not made a decision about whether to take military action against Iran.

At StoryCorps in Baltimore last month, retired Col. Denise Baken (center) told her children, Christian Yingling and Richard Yingling, about the discrimination she faced as a black woman in the Army.

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For A Black Woman In The Military, Harassment Was Its Own Battle

7:46am September 21, 2019

At StoryCorps, retired Col. Denise Baken says the challenges she faced as both a woman and an African American in the Army weighed her down over time, mentally and physically.

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Imelda's Aftermath Floods Southeast Texas Neighborhoods

7:46am September 21, 2019

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Houston Chronicle reporter Brooke Lewis about the toll the effects from Tropical Depression Imelda have taken on Texas.

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Deal With El Salvador Aims To Stem Flow Of Migrants Into U.S.

7:46am September 21, 2019

by Emily Green

The U.S. and El Salvador have entered into an asylum agreement that would allow the U.S. to refuse migrants and send them to the crime-plagued Central American country.