Venezuelan leader and activist Maria Corina Machado’s perilous journey to Oslo made headlines this week, but that was just the start of a new phase of international campaign to bring pressure on the Nicolas Maduro regime in her home country. NPR’s Miles Parks speaks with Ana Corina Sosa, Machado’s daughter, who accepted the Nobel Peace prize on her mother’s behalf, and talked about the future of Venezuela.
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They survived some of the Afghanistan War's most grueling and treacherous missions.
But once they evacuated to the U.S., many Afghan fighters who served in "Zero Units" found themselves spiraling.
Among their ranks was Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the man charged with killing one National Guard member and seriously injuring a second after opening fire on them in Washington, D.C. on Thanksgiving Eve.
NPR's Brian Mann spoke to people involved in Zero Units and learned some have struggled with mental health since coming to the U.S. At least four soldiers have died by suicide.
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The Trump administration is leaning into the once fringe idea of "reverse migration."
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The Catholic Church is wading into a deeply partisan issue. The Archbishop of Chicago weighs in.
This fall, the Trump administration launched Operation Midway Blitz – an aggressive immigration crackdown campaign in Chicago.
It was met with outcry from many communities around the city including the Catholic Church, and that sentiment goes all the way to the very top of the Church with Pope Leo calling on the government to treat undocumented people humanely.
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