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The Delaware mother behind the I am a Liberian, Not a Virus online campaign.

On the theme of safety and personal security, we meet Shoana Solomon, a mother from Liberia who moved her kids to the US to get away from Ebola, only for her children to run into new problems in their American classroom. Plus, wedding gown designer Jill Andrews shares how she became involved in an effort to create a better Ebola hazmat suit.

Also in this edition, we find out why canals could be the solution to Boston鈥檚 climate change challenge. We hear how images of death and torture in Syria, taken by photographer Caesar, are echoing past horrors at the US Holocaust Museum. And, we meet Laura Poitras - the documentary film-maker who was there when fugitive intelligence analyst Edward Snowden first started to talk. Plus, the man who claimed to be a whaler, and other online dating adventures of Anya Ulinich.

(Photo: Shoana Solomon holds up a sign I am Liberian, Not a Virus, courtesy of Shoana Solomon)

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Sun 2 Nov 2014 22:32GMT
大象传媒 World Service Online

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Chapters

  • I am Liberian, Not a Virus

    The online campaign confronting the stigma of Ebola

    Duration: 04:27

  • Hazmat Suits

    Why a wedding dress designer is now taking on Ebola protection gear

    Duration: 03:14

  • Boston Canals

    As sea levels rise, Boston's future could be filled with gondolas

    Duration: 05:04

  • Bearing Witness

    Photos of death and torture in Syria echo past horrors at the US Holocaust Museum

    Duration: 03:26

  • Citizenfour

    The new film about Edward Snowden that plays more like a thriller than a documentary

    Duration: 04:21

  • Anya Ulinich

    The online dating adventures and mishaps of a Russian-American divorcee

    Duration: 04:36

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  • Sat 1 Nov 2014 04:32GMT
    大象传媒 World Service Online
  • Sun 2 Nov 2014 15:32GMT
    大象传媒 World Service Online
  • Sun 2 Nov 2014 22:32GMT
    大象传媒 World Service Online

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