Pakistan polio vaccine

Activists at Work

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 27, 2014

The musician Salman Ahmad is known as the "Bono of Pakistan.” He discusses his current music and his activism in Pakistan, where he’s helping to bring the polio vaccine to people in rural areas. Plus: a round-up of local news, including the officially defunct soda ban, labor deals and the reunification of a group of independent Democrats with their fellow party members; homeless people in Los Angeles can now legally live in their cars; and an anonymous Kenyan LGBT-rights activist discusses his work.

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