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Running with My Girls

Season 11 Episode 6 | 1hr 26m 21s

Tired of watching local government ignore their communities’ interests, five diverse female activists run for municipal office in Denver - one of the U.S.’s fastest gentrifying cities. A story about an engaged community outrunning the deep pockets of the political establishment, RUNNING WITH MY GIRLS demonstrates that building a new kind of political power is not just aspirational but possible.

Aired: 09/13/23 | Expires: 09/13/24
Major funding for America ReFramed provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Funding provided by the MacArthur Foundation, the Wyncote Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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California farmworker housing rules force seasonal moves, upending Latinx students' education.
To qualify for one of California's migrant housing camps, workers must follow strict rules.
Students, whose parents are migrant farm workers, know all too well the education they are missing.
California farmworker housing rules force seasonal moves, upending Latinx students' education.
How do migrant students fare mentally when school is allowed only part of the academic year?
The summer season means harvesting and much work for migrant workers in California.
Alaudin Ullah talks about his love for hip hop and rejecting his roots when he was growing up.
Alaudin Ullah opens up about growing up in Harlem as a Bengali American kid.
What do you know about the person you know as your father? Alaudin Ullah was surprised to find out.
A family acts to rectify a systemic wrong after a mentally ill loved one's incarceration.
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