Arwa Gunja

Takeaway Executive Producer

Arwa Gunja appears in the following:

A Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen

Wednesday, August 05, 2015

A new VICE Documentary looks at the siege of Aden, a port city in Yemen, and the resulting humanitarian crisis.

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The Science of the Teenage Brain

Wednesday, August 05, 2015

Our teen years are is full of emotional roller coasters and self-hating. But armed with the right tools, adolescents can do things that change the world. 

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Report Charges EPA With Environmental Injustice

Tuesday, August 04, 2015

A new investigation from the Center for Public Integrity shows that hundreds of complaints from minority communities have gone ignored by the EPA.

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Will Obama's Climate Legacy Last?

Monday, August 03, 2015

President Obama will announce new rules today for carbon emissions from power plants, but more than a dozen conservative states and the coal industry are scrambling to fight back.

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Low-Income Families Are Hardest Hit By Climate Regulation

Monday, August 03, 2015

Obama announces his new climate rules to regulate the energy industry today, but critics say the costs may outweigh the environmental benefits.

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Drones at Your Doorstep

Monday, July 27, 2015

The first U.S.-approved drone delivery test flight landed among a cheering crowd in rural southwest Virginia last week. Here's how the delivery could change our skies.

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Celebrating 25 Years of the Americans With Disabilities Act

Friday, July 24, 2015

Activist and early pioneer Judy Heumann explains what the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disability Act means for the millions of Americans with disabilities.

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Warren Haynes of The Allman Brothers on His Latest Solo Album

Friday, July 24, 2015

The Grammy award-winning guitar player and singer discusses his new solo album and the search for the American sound.

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Roundtable: Building a Better Future in Africa

Thursday, July 23, 2015

As President Obama heads to Kenya, The Takeaway sits down with a roundtable of African writers who think deeply about the future of their countries and their relationship with the West.

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Recording the Sounds of the South

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Folklorist Bill Ferris has spent much of his life patching together a auditory quilt of stories, voices, and sounds that tell a narrative of the south.  

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Muslim Comedian Roundtable: Testing the Limits of Islam & Humor

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Joking about religion is controversial. But stand up comedians are jumping in at the Muslim Funny Fest in New York this week.

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4 Dead And Gunman Killed In Shooting On Chattanooga Military Offices

Friday, July 17, 2015

Another horror in America, this time on two military facilities at Chattanooga, Tennessee where a gunman opened fired on Thursday.

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State Medical Examiners Confirm Police Choke Hold Killed Mississippi Man

Thursday, July 16, 2015

A Mississippi man died last week after being held in a choke hold by a police officer for more than 20 minutes and denied CPR, according to witnesses and his family’s attorneys. 

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Curbing America's Addiction To Air Conditioning

Thursday, July 16, 2015

Buildings in America are kept too cold in the summer, and it's costing our health, productivity and (cold, hard) cash. What's going on and how did this happen? 

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NYT Sports Editor Defends Serena Williams Coverage

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

The day before Serena Williams competed for—and won—her sixth Wimbledon title, a New York Times story on the body images of Williams and her rivals set off an avalanche of criticism.

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As Talks Drag On, American Prisoners In Iran In Limbo

Friday, July 10, 2015

A big question mark hangs over the fates of four Americans being held in Iran.

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One Family's Struggle With Marijuana Prohibition And Epilepsy

Friday, July 10, 2015

Fred Vogelstein and his wife, Evelyn, whose son, Sam, has epilepsy stopped at nothing to find their son a cure. 

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In Israel and Gaza, A Generation Raised Through War

Friday, July 10, 2015

After years of war and violence, a generation of children grow up with scars and trauma in Gaza and Israel.

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Abused & Behind Bars

Monday, July 06, 2015

Beaten, raped and in constant fear of their lives, victims of domestic abuse often find no way out. For four victims in Missouri, they took measures to kill their abusers.

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Carli Lloyd Secures World Cup Title for U.S. Women

Monday, July 06, 2015

The U.S. Women's National Team is partying like it's 1999, after a stunning defeat over Japan to win their first World Cup victory in 16 years. 

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