Mystery in the Pacific, Boston’s Racial Embrace, Climbing The World’s Hardest Wall
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Both Japanese and U.S. officials have launched multiple investigations to try to piece together the events that led to a Saturday morning collision between the U.S.S. Fitzgerald and a Philippine container in the waters off Japan. Could the uncertainty involving this collision escalate tensions in this part of the globe? Tim Kelly, a reporter for Reuters, weighs in.
Over the weekend, a U.S. fighter jet downed a Syrian plane after it bombed American-backed fighters in Raqqa. Russia condemned the action, and said there would be repercussions.Olga Oliker, a senior adviser and director of the Russia and Eurasia Program at Center for Strategic and International Studies, has the details.
Boston is trying to confront its troubled reputation and history about race that dates back more than four decades, but will it work? This summer, Mayor Marty Walshis launching a series of dialogues in neighborhoods across the city to address racial inequity. He discusses the program today on The Takeaway.
A 17-year-old Muslim girl was killed after leaving her mosque in Fairfax, Virginia early Sunday morning. Late yesterday, authorities said the incident was a case of road rage and have not labeled it a hate crime. Margari Aziza Hill, co-director of the Muslim Anti-Racist Collaborative, joins The Takeaway to explain how the community is processing this tragedy.
On Tuesday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will discontinue the Family Case Management Program, which provides asylum seekers counseling, legal services, and assistance. The federally-funded program, which advocates say was a success, was piloted last year. Katharina Obser, senior program officer in the Women’s Refugee Commission’s Migrant Rights and Justice program, explains what losing the program will mean.
Otto Warmbier, an American student, was detained in North Korea 17 months ago and released last week. He returned to the U.S. in a coma, and his family announced Monday that 22-year-old died at a hospital in Cincinnati. John Sifton, Asia advocacy director at Human Rights Watch, says Warmbier’s story reflects the brutality of the North Korean government.