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Leslie is joined by Dr. Abbas Barzegar, Director of the Department of Research and Advocacy for CAIR (the Council on American-Islamic Relations).

CAIR's vision is to be a leading advocate for justice and mutual understanding. CAIR’s mission is to enhance understanding of Islam, protect civil rights, promote justice, and empower American Muslims.

Leslie and Dr. Barzegar discuss a new groundbreaking report from CAIR titled, "Hijacked by Hate: American Philanthropy and the Islamophobia Network."

Here is a preview of the report from CAIR:

"Anti-Muslim bigotry is a common and widespread feature of our country’s mainstream cultural and political landscape. However, it is important to remember that Islamophobic attitudes and policies are propagated by special interest groups with deep sources of funding. This decentralized group of actors is known as the Islamophobia Network, a closeknit family of organizations and individuals that share an ideology of extreme anti-Muslim animus, and work with one another to negatively influence public opinion and government policy about Muslims and Islam.

To provide a better understanding of how the Islamophobia Network operates, CAIR's Islamophobia report Hijacked by Hate maps the flow of funding from charitable organizations to anti-Muslim special interest groups, and their destructive impact on public life.

Hijacked by Hate finds that the Islamophobia Network has been drawing upon mainstream American philanthropic institutions for financial and political support for years. CAIR researchers have found 1,096 organizations responsible for funding 39 groups in the Islamophobia Network between 2014 and 2016. The report also reveals the total revenue capacity of the Islamophobia Network during this period to reach at least $1.5 billion. This money has been channeled into politics, media, law enforcement, educational institutions, lobbying groups, and a whole assortment of industries to advance anti-Muslim and anti-Islam animus in America."

You can find more info. on this topic, including the full report, by visiting this link: http://www.islamophobia.org/reports/243-hijacked-by-hate-american-philanthropy-and-the-islamophobia-network.html

CAIR's website is CAIR.com and their Twitter handle is @CAIRNational. Islamophobia.org is a website by created by CAIR to monitor and combat Islamophobia.

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Today's guest hosts are Charlotte Hancock, Communications Director for Generation Progress, and Brent Cohen, Executive Director of Generation Progress and the VP of the Center for American Progress.

They discuss a pair of different topics during the show, with 'Infrastructure Week' leading things off. After that, they discuss the struggle that Americans are facing to pay for child care, with Millennial parents having an especially tough time.

The guest in the first segment is Zach Schafer, CEO and Executive Director of 'Infrastructure Week.' Infrastructure Week, a non-profit organization, convenes a national week of education and advocacy that brings together American businesses, workers, elected leaders, and everyday citizens around one message in 2019: Let’s #BuildForTomorrow. Starting Now. Each year during IWeek, leaders and citizens around America highlight the state of our nation’s infrastructure – roads, bridges, rail, ports, airports, water and sewer systems, the energy grid, telecoms, and more – and the projects, technologies, and policies necessary to make America competitive, prosperous, and safe.

This year Infrastructure Week is May 13th-20th and they are using the the hashtag #BuildForTomorrow on social media. Their website is InfrastructureWeek.org and their Twitter handle is @InfraWeek.

The second segment's guest is Leila Schochet, a Policy Analyst for Early Childhood Policy at American Progress. With Mother's Day this Sunday, Leila discusses the steep price that Moms are paying for child care. As parents, Millennials are facing some unique challenges when it comes to being able to afford what their children need. Some Millennials are already saddled with student loan debt and high healthcare costs, when they are then faced with the prospect of paying half of their salary toward child care costs. Leila explains how this problem is only growing, with 9,000 Millennial women giving birth every day.

Leila's Twitter handle is @NotGonnaLeila.

Charlotte Hancock's Twitter handle is @CharlatAnne and Brent Cohen's handle is @BrentJCohen.

The website for "The Center for American Progress" is www.AmericanProgress.org and their Twitter Handle is @amprog.

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