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Protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me Steve Clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society on aljazeera. 6 years ago and on and a secret mass grave for babies was discovered near a home for unmarried pregnant women an institution run by Roman Catholic nuns to find set off a scandal that has raced deeply disturbing questions about the fate o...

In the corner of an unremarkable childrens playground in the irish town of choom county go away a small patch of land has been walled off. A patch of land with an awful secret. Very. Tiny baby. 6 years ago local historian Catherine Corless realized that under the grass in and around an old septic tank like the bodies of hundreds of babies and infants. That sewage tank was in the grounds of a mother and baby home run by catholic nuns known as the sisters the women and girls whod fallen pregnant o...

When I began writing, relatively late in life, I started with the place I am from, a small farm just outside Tuam, Co Galway. The grim story of the mass grave on the site of the former mother and baby home was brought to light by local historian Catherine Corless around the same time. I avoided writing about it at first, even though it affected me deeply, believing that it was not my story to tell. But as themes began to emerge in my poems, I realised that the story was inextricably linked to wh...