In The Thick Hosted By Veteran Journalists Julio Ricardo Varela and Maria Hinojosa

IN THE THICK has the conversations about race, identity and politics few people are discussing or want to discuss. Co-hosted by award-winning journalists Maria Hinojosa and Julio Ricardo Varela.

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No matter if she was trying to find a job or get an education, Leyla Martinez kept finding the same problem: on the application forms, she would have to declare that she had a past conviction. Maria and Julio talk to Leyla about her experience, how she got to graduate from Columbia and why she founded the Beyond the Box initiative.

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