Afghan teen girls and women, who meet secretly each week for a virtual English class, speak openly about their country, the Taliban, poverty, their education, missing home and more.

Afghan teen girls and women, who meet secretly each week for a virtual English class, speak openly about their country, the Taliban, poverty, their education, missing home and more.

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Listen: In secret class, Afghan girls and women speak openly

DAY ONE: BAD BLOOD. An internal State Police report lays bare the McDonald investigation and reaches a stunning conclusion: That Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler deliberately tampered with the case because he once represented one of McDonald’s alleged killers.

DAY ONE: BAD BLOOD. An internal State Police report lays bare the McDonald investigation and reaches a stunning conclusion: That Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler deliberately tampered with the case because he once represented one of McDonald’s alleged killers.

Bad Blood: Chapter 1

DAY THREE: DID A JUDGE’S QUESTION CROSS A LINE? When Orange County Judge Craig Stephen Brown learned he’d be handling a wiretap warrant in the Megan McDonald case, he called a friend of his to ask a question.

DAY THREE: DID A JUDGE’S QUESTION CROSS A LINE? When Orange County Judge Craig Stephen Brown learned he’d be handling a wiretap warrant in the Megan McDonald case, he called a friend of his to ask a question.

Bad Blood: Chapter 3

DAY TWO: ON THE LINE WITH DAVID HOOVLER. Listen to what David Hoovler told the assistant district attorney when he was seeking to cut a deal for his client in 2008, years before Hoovler became district attorney.

DAY TWO: ON THE LINE WITH DAVID HOOVLER. Listen to what David Hoovler told the assistant district attorney when he was seeking to cut a deal for his client in 2008, years before Hoovler became district attorney.

Listen: In secret class, Afghan girls and women speak openly

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