{"id":1121,"date":"2017-02-11T15:16:28","date_gmt":"2017-02-11T21:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/?p=1121"},"modified":"2017-02-11T15:16:28","modified_gmt":"2017-02-11T21:16:28","slug":"land-of-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/11\/land-of-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Land of Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many people seem to have forgotten that America was built by immigrants and refugees. Throughout history, they\u2019ve contributed to the fabric of this nation. But today, in the media and in public debate, refugees are routinely portrayed as a burden and, on many occasions, as a threat.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to three thought-leaders share their stories of struggle and hope, and a belief in a moral compass that is still alive in the hearts of all Americans.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1120\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1120\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1120 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/barkadacircle.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/ted_immigration2.jpg\" alt=\"ted_immigration2\" width=\"584\" height=\"175\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alexander Betts, Sayu Bhojwani, Tan Le<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1121-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/barkadacircle.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/nicecast-archived-audio-20170211-1204.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/barkadacircle.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/nicecast-archived-audio-20170211-1204.mp3\">https:\/\/barkadacircle.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/nicecast-archived-audio-20170211-1204.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people seem to have forgotten that America was built by immigrants and refugees. Throughout history, they\u2019ve contributed to the fabric of this nation. But today, in the media and in public debate, refugees are routinely portrayed as a burden and, on many occasions, as a threat. Listen to three thought-leaders share their stories of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/11\/land-of-opportunity\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Land of Opportunity<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}