Looking Back on the Week, Post-Charlottesville; Myanmar’s Rohingya Refugees; Eclipse Science
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After the violence on display last week at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, The Takeaway has a look at the news stories that helped frame the media coverage of where the nation stands after such a pivotal week. Susan Page, Washington Bureau Chief for USA Today, and New York Daily News columnist Shaun Kingjoin the discussion.
On Thursday afternoon, a terrorist attack struck Barcelona, when a van drove into pedestrians walking along Las Ramblas, a popular tourist boulevard. At least 13 died and scores of others were injured. And early Friday morning, police fatally shot five attackers in Cambrils, a coastal town 70 miles south of Barcelona, after the assailants drove a car into pedestrians, killing at least one and injuring several others. FionaGovan,editor for The Local, Spain, joins The Takeaway with updates from the ground.
After the violence in Charlottesville over the weekend, professional black athletes like LeBron James took to social media to speak out. Dave Zirin, sports editor for The Nation magazine and host of The Edge of Sports podcast, says black athletes have long shouldered the burden of speaking out against racism, and it’s time for white athletes to stand up as well.
It’s Friday, and that means movie reviews Rafer Guzman, film critic for Newsday and The Takeaway, drops by to discuss Steven Soderbergh’s heist film, “Lucky Logan,” and the comedic drama “Patti Cake$.”
Under the stewardship of President Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar has continued to make strides toward its goal of democratizing what’s long been a military dictatorship. But persistent persecution from the military has made life unbearable for the 1.5 million Rohingya, Myanmar’s largest Muslim minority. Tun Khin, the president of the Burmese Rohingya Organization UK, and Dan Sullivan, senior advocate for human rights at Refugees International, have the story.
On Monday, August 21, 2017 a strip of the country will experience several moments of darkness as the moon passes between the Earth and the sun in a total solar eclipse. While the exact time and path of an eclipse is completely predictable, it still can be an unnerving experience, says John Dvorak, author of “Mask of The Sun: The Science, History, and Forgotten Lore of Eclipses.”