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Standing up for Black lives at the border

Standing up for Black lives at the border

FromThe Times: Essential news from the L.A. Times


Standing up for Black lives at the border

FromThe Times: Essential news from the L.A. Times

ratings:
Length:
19 minutes
Released:
Jan 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Felicia Rangel-Samponaro used to live a fairly normal life as a suburban stay-at-home mom in the border city of Brownsville, Texas. But now the half Black, half Mexican-American mom crosses the border to help Black and Latino migrants, many of them asylum seekers stuck in camps in the border town of Reynosa, Mexico. Today, we hear her story.More reading: The woman defending Black lives on the border, including her own Podcast: Our nation’s Haitian double standard Podcast: Biden shut a migrant camp. Then this bigger one appeared
Released:
Jan 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

“The Times” is a podcast from the Los Angeles Times hosted by columnist Gustavo Arellano along with reporters from our diverse newsroom. Every weekday, our podcast takes listeners beyond the headlines, with our West Coast outlook on the world. News, entertainment, the environment, immigration, politics, the criminal justice system, the social safety net, food and culture — “The Times” exists at the epicenter of it all. Through interviews and original stories, “The Times” is the audio guide you need to understand the day’s news, the world and how California shapes it. Listen everywhere podcasts are available.