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SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (AP) — Illinois became the first state Saturday to pass a bill...

Photograph courtesy of Che R. Applewhaite On the day of a summer 2019 car-wash fundraiser for the R.C. Striders, a junior track team based in St. Louis, almost everyone from the 20-person squad spent more than five hours in the sweltering sun. They’d qualified for the Junior Olympics and needed funds to help get there. Usually, practice at the Normandy High School track was strenuous, not only from the physical exertion but from the ghosts: Mike Brown was once a student there. His killing b...

Margie Mason And Robin McDowell This 2013 photo provided to The Associated Press shows now-defrocked Catholic priest Richard Daschbach leading a service at a church in Kutet, East Timor. The church defrocked Daschbach in 2018, saying he had confessed to sexually abusing children. But he has widespread support, including backing from a former president of East Timor, who is also an independence hero. (AP Photo) April 07, 2021 - 6:14 PM It was the same every night. A l...

Defrocked US priest revered in East Timor accused of abuse by Margie Mason And Robin McDowell, The Associated Press Posted Apr 7, 2021 9:14 pm EDT Last Updated Apr 7, 2021 at 9:28 pm EDT This 2013 photo provided to The Associated Press shows now-defrocked Catholic priest Richard Daschbach leading a service at a church in Kutet, East Timor. The church defrocked Daschbach in 2018, saying he had confessed to sexually abusing children. But he has widespread support, including backing from a former ...

On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series Your Call, we’re bringing you an update on the Associated Press investigations that exposed widespread

Robin McDowell, Margie Mason And Grant Peck In this July 16, 1995, file photo, an unidentified aid holds up an umbrella over Burmese democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi during her daily appearance at the gate of her Yangon (formerly known as Rangoon) home from where she greets a crowd of supporters that gathered in the street. After Myanmar’s military staged a coup Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, Aung San Suu Kyi finds herself back under house arrest. But this time, her standoff with the ...

On the next Your Call’s One Planet Series Your Call, we’ll bring you an update on the Associated Press investigations that exposed widespread human rights

On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series Your Call, we’re bringing you an update on the Associated Press investigations that exposed widespread

[1] published Nov. 24, 2020, reporters for the Associated Press detailed accounts from women working in palm oil fields of their experiences being abused, sexually assaulted and held against their will. Palm oil is a key ingredient in millions of products sold around the world: “Palm oil is found in everything from potato chips and pills to pet food, and also ends up in the supply chains of some of the biggest names in the [USD 530] billion beauty business, including L’Oréal, Unilever, Pro...

52:00 On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series, we’re rebroadcasting our conversation about two recent AP investigations exposing widespread labor and human rights abuses. These abuses include rape, slavery, and child labor, in the palm oil industry, which is worth a whopping $65 billion. The investigation found that millions of men, women and children from some of the poorest corners of Asia are exploited and forced into working on palm oil plantations in Malaysia and Indonesia. W...