How the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Became Law

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This is the audio version of the story documenting the creation and passage of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. The story is based on more than 21 hours of interviews with more than two dozen people involved, including lawmakers, staff, and human rights advocates.

Show Notes:

–PDF: How the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Became Law

–Introduction and Part 1

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    David Hendrickson

    I listened to this a while ago but never left a comment. Wow, wow, wow. I'm incredibly impressed with this whole piece. Its coherence, its thoughtfulness, its thoroughness, its delivery... I'm really impressed. I listen to far more podcasts than I read articles from The Dispatch, but it's content like this that has me hooked permanently. What an incredibly impressive publication. It's pieces like this that transform this organization into an institution, slowly but surely.

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    Terri Barnes

    Thank you to The Dispatch and Haley Bird Wilt for covering an important and underreported topic. I'm thankful for the lawmakers and advocates who kept pushing to codify this law and appreciative of The Dispatch's commitment to excellent journalism in reporting it. The series was deeply researched, well-written, and the audio format made it possible for me to dig into every word. Excellent reporting and writing, Haley, from beginning to end. Let justice roll down, indeed, "and righteousness like a mighty stream"!

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    Adam Z

    I listened to this a few weeks ago and felt moved to let you know, Haley, how insightful and well reported this piece was. Kudos to you and The Dispatch team on this work. Not only was the piece a wonderfully helpful update to the misconceptions most of us have about How a Bill Becomes Law (Schoolhouse Rocks!!) but it really shone a light on what it takes to address a devastating global inequity. Thanks for writing it and for the Dispatch team for making an audio version available as well.

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    WKDawson

    Business leaders brazenly say, "we don't need the liberal arts, learn something practical". Yet more than once over the last few decades, I've witnessed how it might have been wise of that leadership to have hired a few history majors rather than wheedle with the legislature.

    I realize that matters of diplomacy, combined with economics and cooperation all put together, are really complicated and fraught with having to chose the least worst out of a long list of very bad outcomes. One has to be very very lucky to navigate more than a few of them successfully.

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  5. Jennifer Woods

    Thank you for providing this excellent piece of reporting in audio format. I found it fascinating. I appreciate that The Dispatch supported and promoted this story, because the depth of the information provided necessary context to better understand. And I also appreciated that The Dispatch allowed Ms. Wilt the freedom to express her personal faith at the end. It is refreshing to have a news organization give space for this type of personal expression, even though it is neither part of its mission nor the faith of all people who run it. Another example of why I enjoy being a Dispatch member so much.

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  6. Paola

    Haley, I’m sorry I didn’t get to this earlier but I wanted to be sure I was really paying attention to your report. Lady, this was incredible! Thank you for working so hard to provide a thoughtful and thorough understanding of the issue and the passage of the bill. Great job!!!!!!

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  7. Jason Runyan

    This was SO GOOD! Very informative. Thanks for all your hard work on it. And I hope you guys do more long form stuff like this.

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    Carson J.

    If you guys do any more of these types of long form article-podcasts, I'd love to have some time stamps. I spent a long time reading part 1 when it came out but now would have to scroll around in a 2- hour podcast to find where part 2 begins, and I'm sorry but I don't think I have the energy for that.

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      Haley Byrd Wilt vertical-nib Author

      Oh my word, I meant to compile this but totally forgot to do it before we published! Tomorrow I’ll plan to do it and add it to the show notes, thanks for pointing this out

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        Haley Byrd Wilt vertical-nib Author

        Hey, sorry for the delay! I got around to doing this today, and the show notes are updated with timestamps now. Thanks again!

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    Nate Dunlevy

    God bless, you Haley. Thanks for doing the story in this format. Your tag at end made me openly start to sob, as the heaviness of the whole thing hit me. This is worthy work you do. I can't stop crying now.

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    Amy

    Thank you for this excellent reporting.

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