Field Reporting

How Trudeau Bailed Out A Texas Pipeline

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised action on climate change and to repair Canada’s relationship with its Indigenous population. But he’s vowed to build the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline with taxpayer money, despite widespread opposition from Indigenous groups and environmentalists. AJ+’s Dena Takruri heads to British Columbia to meet the communities who have taken dramatic steps to resist this pipeline, as well as a First Nation chief who hopes the pipeline will boost the local economy.

Canada’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

Thousands of Indigenous women and girls have gone missing or been murdered across Canada. After 15-year-old Tina Fontaine’s body was found at the bottom of a river, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau opened a national inquiry into the epidemic. But many families fear they’ll never see justice. AJ+’s Dena Takruri visits Winnipeg, Manitoba, where more Indigenous women and girls have gone missing or been murdered than anywhere else in the country. After years of failure on the part of police and the government, activists here are taking matters into their own hands.

Ahed Tamimi Freed From Israeli Prison (Part 2) | Direct From With Dena Takruri – AJ+

Ahed Tamimi became a worldwide symbol of Palestinian resistance after she slapped an Israeli soldier in front of her home in the occupied West Bank. Now in Part 2, Ahed is released from Israeli prison in a chaotic and emotional day. Dena Takruri sits down with the teen activist to discuss her experience in prison, her hopes for the future, and her thoughts on Palestinian resistance.

The Palestinian Kids Fighting Israel’s Occupation (Part 1) | Direct From With Dena Takruri

In the season premiere of Direct From, Dena Takruri heads to the occupied West Bank to meet the teenage girl who has become an icon of Palestinian resistance. The tiny Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh, the birthplace of Ahed Tamimi, has been waging a sustained, nonviolent resistance movement against Israeli military rule for at least a decade. In the days before Ahed’s release from prison, Dena meets the family members and activists fighting for their freedom under occupation, and talks to the young generation of Palestinians about their dreams for the future.

How To Survive A Drought

AJ+’s Dena Takruri shows you how Cape Town residents are using only 13 gallons of water a day amid an unprecedented drought and water crisis.

Cape Town Is Running Out Of Water

AJ+’s Dena Takruri shows you how, after three years of drought, population growth and inadequate planning, Cape Town might be the first major city in the world to run out of water.

This Is What Post-Apartheid Apartheid Looks Like

AJ+’s Dena Takruri explains how, more than two decades after the end of apartheid in South Africa, Cape Town remains racially segregated, with many black residents living in substandard townships.

Inside Skid Row: America’s Homelessness Capital

Skid Row is a sprawling tent city in the heart of downtown Los Angeles where you’ll find thousands of people sleeping on the streets, diseases, no toilets, no food or water. AJ+’s Dena Takruri goes to ground zero of L.A.’s homelessness crisis to show the dire and shocking conditions residents live under.

Why Sanctuary Cities Aren’t Safe Under Trump

There’s rumors of another massive ICE raid in California, despite its sanctuary state status. AJ+’s Dena Takruri explains how California and its sanctuary cities are trying to defy the Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants.

How Trump’s Immigration Policy May Kill This DACA Recipient

AJ+’s Dena Takruri spends a day with Jose Guevara, a 23-year-old Salvadoran college student who recently relapsed with leukemia for the third time. He’s a DACA recipient, and his mother has temporary protected status, or TPS. The Trump administration has ended TPS, and if his mother has to leave the country, Jose will lose his insurance coverage.