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International sports and human rights.

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In the blazing desert of Qatar, a thousand workers from India and Nepal have died while building infrastructure for the World Cup to be held in 2022. FIFA, which stages the World Cup, is being

called to account by human rights groups, still angry at the International Olympic Committee

over denial of gay rights by Russia.

Should host countries be required to raise their standards before it's decided where

world-class events will be held? We'll hear about an increasingly heated controversy in

international sports. Also, today's talking point, can helping your kid with homework do more

harm than good? First, here's the news listen to

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Hello again, Warren. I'll knee back with To The Point. When the World Cup or the Olympic Games are held in repressive countries, who's accountable for abuses of human rights?

Can the publicity that surrounds world-class sporting events lead to

improvements. Today's talking point, conventional wisdom holds that when parents help kids with

their homework, it helps them in school. What if that's all wrong? We'll hear about some surprising

new research. First, another report about education, racial disparities in discipline during middle

and high school have long been blamed

for the so-called school-to-prison pipeline. Now it turns out those disparities start in the earliest

grades and even in preschool. Motoko-Ritch reports for the New York Times. Good to have you on our

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