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The Kurdish Team Prepares for Quarterfinals at the Abkhazia World Cup
The Kurdish team has made it to the quarterfinals of the World Cup for unrecognized states. To progress to the semi-finals, they must beat a team they have lost to multiple times: Padania. It's a close match and the game goes to a...
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Meet the Kurdish Iraqi Football Team
Exluded in participating in the FIFA World Cup, the Kurdish team is preparing to travel to Abkhazia for the world cup for unrecognized states. Meet some of the team members and learn about their goals for the game and for their people....
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Fighting the New York Police Department
Despite the backlash, Corey Pegues completed and published his memoir. He has been tirelessly sharing his story and emphasizing the importance of second chances. His conflict with the NYPD has continued. Cops and Robbers part 4/4
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From the Streets to a Leader in the NYPD
At the age of 17, Corey Pegues joined one of Queens, New York's most formidable gangs, the Supreme Team. He soon realized the threat that this lifestyle posed to himself and his family and sp he quit the crew and join the New York City...
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Growing Up in Queens in the 70s and 80s
Corey Pegues grew up in Jamaica, Queens in the 1970s and 80s. As a young teenager, he and his friends split their time between the basketball court and the streets. At a young age, they began selling crack without understanding the...
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A Final Farewell at Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp
Colette and Lacie visit one last building in the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp, the crematorium. Colette is overcome with emotion as she stands in the last place her brother's body passed through. She recalls memories of her brother...
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Retracing the Footsteps of a Concentration Camp Prisoner
Colette and Lucie receive an overwhelming welcome from the former mayor of Nordhausen, Germany. The next day, they make their way to the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp where 20,000 people, including Colette's brother were killed. They...
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Reflecting on the French Resistance in World War II
Colette Marin-Catherine and her family were members of the French resistance during World War II. Colette and Lacie, a history student researching that era, travel together to Nordhausen, Germany, to visit the Mittelbau-Dora...
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Preparing to Visit a German Concentration Camp
As a young girl, Colette Marin-Catherine fought Hitler's Nazis as a member of the French Resistance. Her older brother was arrested and sent to German concentration camp Mittelbau-Dora where he was killed. For 74 years, she has refused...
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When Opening Up About the Past Complicates the Future
After retiring from the NYPD in 2013, Corey Pegues decided to open up about crimes and violence he was involved in as an adolescent. He hoped that being honest about the difficulties he faced and how he was able to move past them would...
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At Home in Two Countries
Paulette and her sisters reminisce about life before and after she left Jamaica. Paulette discusses the difficulties and discrimination she faces as a Black woman living in England. Then, she bids farewell to Jamaica and returns to her...
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A Bitersweet Homecoming
Paulette meets with friends and family members in Jamaica whom she has not seen since she left the country for England as a child. Her daughter and granddaughter accompany her on the journey. It's an emotional reunion for everyone and...
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After 50 Years Away, a Visit to Jamaica
As part of the Windrush generation, Paulette Wilson was sent to England from Jamaica in the 1960s and grew up with her grandparents. Now, more than 50 years later, returns to Jamaica for a visit. She shares her excitement and anxiety as...
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The Human Impact of the Windrush Scandal
Paulette Wilson is one of hundreds of people who relocated to England from one of the countries former colonies in the 1960s. As part of the Windrush scandal, she and others were wrongly labeled as illegal immigrants and many, including...
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Beijing Cracks Down on Localist Politicians in Hong Kong
In 2014, post-election elation soon turns to dispair for Chalk Girl and other supporters of two newly-elected lawmakers who support Hong Kong's autonomy from Beijing. The lawmakers are blocked from taking their seats in council and laws...
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Balancing Family Expectations with Political Passion
As elections loom, Chalk Girl is torn between wanting to respect her family, who are concerned about the risks of her activism, and standing up to Chinese interference. When two localist candidates win seats in the September 2014...
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The Impact of Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement
The Umbrella Movement of 2014 was a wave of energetic, nonviolent protests in Hong Kong. Many people, the majority of them in their teens and twenties, took to the streets to protest for more democratic control over the region and...
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Making Friends With Monsters
Cornelius joins the local crew, beating people up and doing whatever it takes to fit in and feel some love in a place where he faces a lot of hate. Black Sheep part 4/4
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Trying to Fit in When You Stand Out
As one of the only Black students at his school in Essex, Cornelius Walker went to great lengths to try to fit in. He changed his clothes, his accent, even bleached his skin. All the while, life at home was getting harder. Black Sheep...
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At the Intersection of Racism and Bullying
Soon after starting school in Essex, Cornelius Walker is challenged to a fight by a white classmate. When he shows up to the fight, he is surrounded by a group of students who shout racist slurs at him while throwing punches. Cornelius...
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Navigating Racism and Xenophobia in Rural England
Black Sheep tells the story of Cornelius Walker, whose life changed on 27 November 2000 - the day Damilola Taylor was killed. Damilola was 10, the same age as Cornelius. He lived five minutes away. He had the same skin colour....
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Bury Me in Kurdistan
The fathers of British fighters visit the exact spot where their children were killed in battle with the Kurdish Resistance against ISIS. They have taken this trip to learn more about their children's last days and to say a final...
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Grief and Glory: When Your Child Dies a Foreign Martyr
Parents of foreign fighters in Syria grapple with the pain, pride, and even relief of losing their children in another country's war. Someone Else's War part 4
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Back to the Battlefield: Parents Revisit Their Children's Final Days
The fathers of three Britons killed while fighting with the Kurdish resistance travel to Syria to meet the people who fought alongside their children. They visit a few towns where their children lived and died and learn more about the...