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The United States Border Patrol estimates that up to 22,000 children could cross the border with Mexico in April. President Joe Biden promised a more humane treatment of migrants than his predecessor, but images of a crowded migrant processing center in Donna, Texas with thousands of children crammed in small spaces have many questioning his approach.

In this episode:

Damià S. Bonmatí (@damiabonmati), national correspondent with Telemundo/NBC Universal.

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'My dream is to meet my dad': They crossed the border alone to reunite with parents

En Donna, Texas, las instalaciones de la Patrulla Fronteriza no dan abasto | Noticias Telemundo

La angustiosa espera de los migrantes con MPP pese al fin del programa

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Australia is facing a reckoning on sexual violence, specifically within the field of politics. One woman says she was raped inside Parliament House. In a separate case, the now-former Attorney General has been accused of assault. And many Australians say the government isn’t doing enough to address a culture of toxicity for women in political spaces. The growing protest movement calls for change — in all communities, and for all women.

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Kate Walton (@waltonkate), feminist activist and writer; Priyanka Tilve (@ptilve), The Take producer

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When France's President Emmanuel Macron announced a controversial bill on “Islamist separatism” last year, members of the country’s Muslim population worried about what would happen next. Now, the bill has reached the Senate. As France's politicians try to outmaneuver each other from the right, what impact will their politicking have on a community that's found itself at the heart of this debate?

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Yasser Louati (@yasserlouati), human rights and civil liberties activist at the Justice and Liberties For All Committee (@justicelibertes) and host of Le Breakdown; historian Christelle Rabier (@ChRabier)

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Alexey Navalny is a man with many titles: Russian dissident, opposition leader, activist, investigator, lawyer. Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly refuses to say his name. But this larger-than-life persona leaves out a crucial part of Navalny’s past — his history of nationalism.

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Journalists Mansur Mirovalev (@mirovalev) and Natalia Antonova (@NataliaAntonova)

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After nearly 20 years at Guantanamo Bay with no charges against him, Mohammed al-Qahtani has what some attorneys describe as ‘generations’ of lawyers defending him. Last year, he was the closest he’d ever been to going home. But Donald Trump’s administration changed that and this week, President Joe Biden will have a chance to reverse that decision. What this administration does will send a signal about their resolve to close the US military prison for good.

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Ramzi Kassem, a Professor of Law at the City University of New York; Shezza Abboushi Dallal (@ShezzaADallal) and Dana Jabri (@d_jabri), student attorneys at CLEAR.

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