Flashpoint
A Texas town stands divided, after armed men menace worshipers at a local mosque
When armed men in camouflage menace worshipers at a Texas mosque, the local community is divided. Then, a look back to the World War Two internment of Japanese-Americans, a move being invoked today in some US political circles.
Also, we go inside a halal slaughterhouse where the knives are sharp and tradition endures; we get a personal take on one of the thorniest issues between the US and Cuba right now -- property rights; and, we hear what California can learn from Israel about farming in the middle of a drought. Plus: could ‘climate fiction’ be key to addressing our climate change crisis?
Image: Armed protestors gather outside a mosque in Irving, Texas. (Credit: Avi Selk/ The Dallas Morning News)
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The scars of Japanese-American internment
Duration: 03:17
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Inside an American halal slaughterhouse
Duration: 03:50
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What California farmers can learn from Israel
Duration: 04:17
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