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This episode of the Mobituaries podcast describes the "Orphan Train" movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries - an initiative that sent 250,000 orphaned children from the crowded cities of the East Coast of the United States and sent to the rural Western United States from 1854 to 1929. It includes an interview with the last known surviving Orphan Train rider.
"From 1854 to 1929, 250,000 abandoned or orphaned children in East Coast cities found themselves on journeys across the country. Shepherded by private organizations like the New York Foundling or the Children’s…
In this Innocenti Podcast, Tia Palermo discusses The Transfer Project, a government run large-scale social cash transfer program in Sub-Saharan Africa. The purpose of this program is to improve the condition of children and adolescents in the region. The beneficiaries of these cash transfers are non-conditional. These transfers have had a positive effect on children and adolescents. Impact evaluations demonstrate a direct positive causal impacts on households and children’s well-being. Using rigorous data, The Transfer Project found that cash transfers do not increase…
This radio segment from NPR explores the policy of separating migrant families at the U.S. border.
"The [U.S.] Trump administration separated far more children — the latest total stands at more than 5,500 — starting much earlier than it initially acknowledged," says this piece from NPR. "And more than 1,400 parents were ultimately deported without their children, according to immigrant advocates." In a new report from the Justice Department, "the inspector general found there was little recordkeeping and no plan for how to reunite these families." President Biden has since rescinded the 'zero tolerance' policy that led to these family separations, "but that work is far from done," says NPR…
This radio segment from NPR tells the story of a family from Honduras who were separated by Border Patrol as they entered the United States. According to the segment, the father and son were immediately turned away and sent back to Mexico upon entry, "but the mother, who was pregnant, was in pain. So Border Patrol agents took her to a nearby hospital, where she gave birth."
"Two days later, the mother was given a choice: Go back to Mexico with or without her newborn, who is a U.S. citizen by birthright."
The well known radio show This American Life has collaborated with Planet Money to investigate the work of a charity called GiveDirectly. Instead of funding schools or wells or livestock, GiveDirectly has decided to just give money directly to the poor people who need it, and let them decide how to spend it. The team goes to Kenya to speak to beneficiaries of the scheme and others in their communities. The podcast explores whether this method of charity works, and why some people think it's a terrible idea.
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