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Podcast: Belabored
Episode: Belabored Podcast #98: Teachers Mobilizing for Migrant Kids
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Teachers are often accused of “politicizing” their jobs, but sometimes, the politics find them, and educators find themselves on the frontlines of heated social issues. Teachers in the Durham, North Carolina public school system are facing that dilemma as they rally to protect one of their students from deportation. Wildin Acosta, a hi...