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Immigration Detention Ruling, 'The Look of Silence,' and Air-Conditioning Wars
Joshua Oppenheimer spent time with the perpetrators of Indonesia’s 1965-66 massacre for his 2012 Oscar-nominated documentary The Act of Killing. Now, he’s made a companion film from the victim’s point of view. And, it’s hot out. But air conditioning has more serious implications too—for climate change, the economy, and even personal well-being.
By Madeleine Brand • • 50m ListenA federal judge ruled Friday that the Obama administration must release all undocumented children and their mothers from detention facilities as soon as possible. What does this mean for immigration policy?
And Caitlyn Jenner’s new docu-series I Am Cait debuted last night. It was one of the most anticipated new TV shows of the year.
Then, Joshua Oppenheimer spent time with the perpetrators of Indonesia’s 1965-66 massacre for his 2012 Oscar-nominated documentary The Act of Killing. His latest film, The Look of Silence, is told from the victim’s point of view.
Finally, it’s hot out. But air conditioning has serious implications too—for climate change, the economy, and even personal well-being.
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In this episode
4 storiesRuling on Undocumented Children and Mothers in Detention Facilities
Late on Friday a federal judge in Los Angeles ruled that the Obama administration must release all undocumented children and their mothers from detention facilities as soon as possible.
Read the story12 minTV Roundup: 'I Am Cait,' and More
Caitlyn Jenner’s new docu-series I Am Cait debuted last night. It was one of the most anticipated new TV shows of the year. That and more in television news today.
Read the story8 min'The Look of Silence'
From 1965 to 1966, around a million people were killed in Indonesia. It was an anti-Communist purge mounted by the Army and supported secretly by the U.S. and Britain during the Cold War. Most of the victims were villagers who were rounded up and slaughtered. Indonesia has never accounted for the massacre.
Read the story16 minAir-Conditioning Wars
It’s hot out so we’ve been having this debate around our office lately: air conditioning, or au naturel? Things can get… pretty heated. The office debate is one thing. But air conditioning has more serious implications too—for climate change, the economy, and even personal well-being.
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