NPR's Daniel Zwerdling reveals the difficulties he encountered while investigating immigrant prison abuse here in the US. Then, on Underreported, we get an update on some of the issues facing the Roma in Eastern Europe. Plus, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edward P. Jones joins us. And we take a behind the scenes look at Evangelical America.
In the PBS expose, "An Inside Job," NPR’s Daniel Zwerdling talks about uncovering immigrant prison abuse in the US--despite incredible resistance from public officials. He's joined by his executive producer, Tom Casciato.
On today's Underreported, The Christian Science Monitor's Jeffrey White calls in from Prague with a report of recent cases of forced sterilization of Roma women in the Czech Republic. He's joined by Violeta Krasnic, the Program Coordinator for Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union at WITNESS. WITNESS and its partner organization, Drom, have just produced a film about integrating Roma children into Bulgarian schools.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edward P. Jones shares his new collection of short stories: All Aunt Hagar’s Children.
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Lauren Sandler, the author of Righteous, and Jeffrey Sheler, who wrote Believers, offer their surprising portraits of life in Evangelical America.
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