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Ahead of Thanksgiving, Updates on #NoDAPL Protest

The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 23, 2016

On his way to join the protests at Standing Rock for Thanksgiving, Josh Fox, environmental activist and director of Gasland and other documentaries, updates the stand-off and the injuries and arrests this past weekend. He is joined by Jenni Monet, a freelance journalist who covers indigenous people, including Standing Rock, and just launched the podcast Still Here: Modern Stories of Resilience, Indigenously Told.

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