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Companies Might Have to ‘Lean In’ to Transparency by Reporting Salaries 

For all the leaning in, women still made 82 cents on the dollar in 2017. Women of color fared even worse.

U.N. Environment Assembly Begins in Nairobi

Thousands of officials, including heads of state and business leaders, are in Nairobi this week for the UN’s Environment Assembly.

Cleaning Up After the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

After the biggest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, Japan is continuing its clean-up of Fukushima. And it’s getting a little assistance from an unlikely helper: robots.

On Tuesday, one of the most widely anticipated diplomatic events in recent history will be carried out at an island resort in Singapore, a summit between President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. The Takeaway speaks with the leader of Secretary Albright’s North Korea delegation when she paid a visit to the hermetic country. Plus, we review the new Supreme Court decision to uphold Ohio’s voter purge law; the recent decision by I.C.E. to house 1,600 detainees in federal prisons; a surge in assassinations of political candidates in Mexico; the legacy of racism in Russian soccer as the World Cup gets underway; and the Justice Department’s secret seizure of a reporter’s phone and e-mail records.

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Jan. 15, 2018: What might a mass mobilization effort in support of the poor look like in 2018? The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. provided a blueprint 50 years ago that still inspires today. The Takeaway looks at the ongoing fight for economic justice, plus a look at the use of forced labor and solitary confinement at ICE facilities; what happened with Hawaii’s false missile alert; a new approach to the opioid crisis; and the long evolution of black comics. 

Coming up on today’s show:

The most fundamental change in 2016 has been the redefinition of truth in the minds of Americans. According  Jay Rosen, NYU professor and author of PressThink, a blog about journalism in the digital age, the rejection of facts and the politicization of truth that came to a height in 2016 is disabling serious journalism. In his latest series of blog posts, he explores what went wrong, offers some long term solutions, and looks for the bright spots in this post-fact world.
On Thursday, the Obama administration announced a long awaited punishment for Russian involvement in the hacking of the DNC that includes the ejection of 35 Russian intelligence operatives from the United States and new sanctions on Russia’s intelligence services. Kimberly Marten, professor of political science at Barnard College, Columbia University, sheds light on this new development. 

The latest discovery from Andrew Gulli of the Strand Magazine comes from the deep trove of H.G. Wells. It’s a short story called “The Haunted Ceiling,” and Gulli discovered it by going through the thousands of titles in the rare books section of the University of Illinois library.
Rafer Guzman, film critic for Newsday, takes a look at some of the other big releases from the month of December that are worth seeing over the holiday weekend: Hidden Figures, Silence, Lion and Sing.
Richard Garwin, physicist and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, is one of the designers of the first hydrogen bomb, and today he is an opponent of nuclear expansion.  He reflects on the state of nuclear proliferation today in this particularly tense moment for U.S.-Russia relations.
Every great song has a backstory. In his book “Anatomy of a Song: The Oral History of 45 Iconic Hits That Changed Rock, R&B and Pop,” based on the ongoing Wall Street Journal column, writer and music historian Marc Myers brings to life five decades of music through oral histories of forty-five transformative songs woven from interviews with the artists who created them.

December 14, 2016:

1. The Future of Nuclear Energy and Proliferation Under Donald Trump (12 min)

2. U.S. Senator Ben Cardin Gets Tough on Russia (6 min)

3. Agony Overcomes Aleppo as Humanity Breaks Down (4 min)

4. Massive Oil Spill Reported Near Dakota Access Pipeline (4 min)

5. Currency Chaos Worsens Crisis in Venezuela (7 min)

6. Tech Talk in The Golden Tower: Trump Meets With Silicon Valley Leaders (7 min)

August 06, 2015: 1. Goodbye Jon Stewart: America’s Most Trusted Newsman Signs Off | 2. 50 Years Later, Voting Rights Act Faces Challenges | 3. The 21st Century Nuclear Threat | 4. Is Netflix Leading the Revolution on Parental Leave?

July 24, 2015: 1. The Iran Deal: A Skeptical Congress at Odds With U.S. Allies | 2. Twenty-Five Years After the ADA, a Pioneer Continues to Fight | 3. Nicki Minaj’s Valid Argument About Race & The Music Industry