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Maria Hinojosa & Chenjerai Kumanyika: The War on Free Speech

Season 2 Episode 203

In the US today, immigrants, students, visitors and even U.S. residents — are facing exclusion, militarization, detention, rendition, and elimination of basic due process rights. Are our media doing enough to sound the alarm? Journalists Maria Hinojosa & Chenjerai Kumanyika weigh in on this month’s installment of “Meet the BIPOC Press.”

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