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The World Cup and Human Rights
When the World Cup or Olympic Games are held in repressive countries, who's accountable for human rights abuses? Can the publicity over such events lead to improvements?
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenWhen the World Cup or the Olympic Games are held in repressive countries, who's accountable for abuses of human rights? Can the publicity that surrounds world-class sporting events lead to improvements? Also, news that black students face harsher discipline, even in preschool. On today's Talking Point, does helping your kid with homework do more harm than good?
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3 storiesBlack Students Face Harsher Discipline, Even in Preschool
Racial disparities in discipline during middle- and high school have long been blamed for the so-called "school-to prison pipeline." A new report shows that those disparities start in the earliest grades and even in preschool, as Motoko Rich reports in the New York Times .
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In the blazing desert of Qatar, 1000 workers from India and Nepal have died while building infrastructure for the World Cup to be held in 2022. FIFA, which stages the World Cup, is being called to account by human rights groups still angry at the International Olympic Committee over denial of gay rights by Russia.
Read the story35 minWhy You Should Rethink Helping with Homework
For generations, educators have told parents they need to help kids with their homework and be more involved on a daily basis. Parents seldom question whether it's really worth the effort. Now, new research indicates that it's not.
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