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Why 'Moonlight's' Oscar win matters

Feb. 27, 2017

Photo: Director of "Moonlight" Barry Jenkins holds Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar - 89th Academy Awards - Oscars Vanity Fair Party - Beverly Hills, California, U.S. - 27/02/17 (Danny Moloshok/ Reuters)

From this Episode:

Fallout from Oscars mixup, and significance of 'Moonlight's' win

There was a lot of confusion onstage after the envelope mixup that led Faye Dunaway to accidentally announce “La La Land” as Best Picture. “Moonlight” was the actual winner....

10 min

Immigration concerns reverberate through Central Valley

In the Central Valley, Donald Trump has a lot of supporters, but there are also undocumented workers who are the backbone of the farm economy. Now that they face...

12 min

Diplomat: Muslims must take responsibility for Islamic extremism

When Omar Saif Ghobash’s father, a diplomat, was assassinated, he started to question the world around him and contemplate violence in the Arab world. Now he’s written a...

15 min

Why 'Little House on the Prairie' is politically relevant

Author Laura Ingalls Wilder’s 150th birthday is this month. An anniversary collection of her books is out. The stories are set in post-Civil War America.

10 min