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Junot Diaz - Learning to Inhabit Multiple Worlds in "Islandborn"

Season 23 • 03/12/2018

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Diaz talks about writing his first children's book, "Islandborn," and discusses the identity struggles that immigrants face in the U.S.

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New Vape Allegations & Anti-Uber Protests
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After Donald Trump claims everything is fine at the White House, Kellyanne Conway is charged with breaking the law, Gary Cohn resigns, and Stormy Daniels sues the president.
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International Women's Day & Alexa the Creep
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Trevor honors International Women's Day, and Amazon's Alexa-enabled Echo has a sinister mind of its own.
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Dulce Sloan finds out that the downside (and upside) of facial recognition software is that people of color often go undetected.
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Trump's Old-Timey Take on Video Game Violence & Florida's Almost-Sensible Gun Bill
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President Trump pushes the dated misconception that playing video games increases gun violence, and Florida lawmakers pass a bill that could arm teachers.
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Betsy DeVos Has a Lot of Learning to Do
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos gives a disastrous interview on "60 Minutes" in which she struggles to answer basic questions about how public schools are performing.
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Trump's Wild Rally for Rick Saccone & A Possible Sit-Down with Kim Jong-un
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President Trump riffs his way through a self-aggrandizing rally for Pennsylvania state Rep. Rick Saccone and gets giddy over his plan to meet with North Korea's Kim Jong-un.
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Third Month Mania: Introducing the Bracket of Bulls**t
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Junot Diaz - Learning to Inhabit Multiple Worlds in "Islandborn"
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Diaz talks about writing his first children's book, "Islandborn," and discusses the identity struggles that immigrants face in the U.S.
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Rex Tillerson Becomes Another Trump Casualty
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The GOP Does the White House a Solid & Trump Checks Out His Border Wall
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House Intelligence Committee Republicans announce the end of their Russian election hacking probe, and President Trump reveals prototypes for the U.S.-Mexico border wall.
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Putin Picks His Poison Victim
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Scott Kelly's "Space Genes"
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A NASA study finds that astronaut Scott Kelly's DNA was significantly altered over the course of his 340-day mission in space.
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