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CBSN Originals | Nepal: The Lost Girls

Nepal has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. Correspondent Reena Ninan travels to a rural Nepali village to follow one woman in her controversial fight to end child marriage. Source

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CBSN Originals | America: Manufacturing Hope

CBSN Originals documents the lives of struggling Americans in Erie, PA. CBS News correspondent Jamie Yuccas explores the landscape of this once-proud town, and sees and hears firsthand the heavy emotional toll that years of layoffs and economic strife have taken on its residents. Source

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Black farmers question USDA priorities as Black-owned farms decrease in the U.S.

U.S. Department of Agriculture nominee Tom Vilsack faces criticism from Black farmers for not doing enough under the Obama administration to address systemic racism in farming. Meanwhile, the number of Black-owned farms in the U.S. continues to decline. Founder and president of the National Black Farmers Association, John W. Boyd Jr., joins CBSN’s Tanya Rivero to discuss his experience and why he has hope for the Justice for Black Farmers Act. Source

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