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History

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In ancient Greece, the heart and soul of the festival was the experience shared by all who attended.
History
What would the ancient Greeks think of an Olympics with no fans?
Pittsburgh skyline at night
Infrastructure
Why we can’t quit cities
S4 E1 – Fee-fi-fo-fear
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Truth Gap Emerges as White House Attempts to Conceal President Trump’s Full Medical Picture 2020-10-05
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S3 E4 (The Wrong Apocalypse) – This Is Not a Drill
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Privacy Concerns Mount as Coronavirus Spreads 2020-04-09
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Trump Administration Targets U.S. Intelligence Community 2020-02-24
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Climate Change Finds Its Way onto the Debate Stage in Nevada 2020-02-20
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Mixed Messages As Secretary Pompeo Visits Africa 2020-02-19
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Trump Administration Escalates Crackdown on Sanctuary Cities 2020-02-17
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Iowa Prepares to Caucus as Impeachment Trial Kicks Off 2020-01-21
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Richmond Braces for Major Rally Against Gun Control 2020-01-20
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Why Some Newspapers Are Rethinking Presidential Endorsements 2020-01-16
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The United Methodist Church May Split Over LGBTQ Issues — Here’s What May Happen 2020-01-15
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Anti-Regime Protests Break Out in Iran Over Shot Down Ukrainian Jet 2020-01-14
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What’s the Relationship between Journalism and Patriotism? 2020-01-09
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Iran Retaliates, Firing Missiles Into Iraq 2020-01-08
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Are the Iranian People United Behind Their Government? 2020-01-07
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The Aftermath of Soleimani’s Death Since the U.S. Airstrike 2020-01-06
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“The World’s Most Exclusive Club” 2020-01-03
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Law

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Protesters wa;l through the streets of a city carrying Russian flags and large signs written in Russian.
Global Politics
Laws are chipping away at democracy around the world
Inter-Korean Peace Through The Eyes of a North Korean Defector
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Arts, Culture & Media
Special Guest: Scott Turow
Arts, Culture & Media
Aha Moment: Perry Mason vs. “The Paper Chase”
Throwing Away the Key on ICE Detentions
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The Top Risks Facing the World in 2018
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America: The Most Dangerous Wealthy Nation for Kids
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View of white building with columns from behind blue, still water fountain
Justice
The Supreme Court is considering whether immigrants detained for more than six months should have a chance at bail
Connecting Disaster Survivors With Radio Waves
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Why Americans Love Their Flag
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books in a library
Education
Florida allows any resident to challenge textbooks — and it has some science supporters concerned
Women at protest
Conflict
Coming to America: A mistake? Many parents of DACA recipients are wondering.
Trump Takes a Trip, A Foiled Terror Plot, A Teacher’s Warning
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FBI Fallout Continues; Minnesota’s Measles Outbreak; Wheelchair Dancing
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Gen. Michael Hayden, The American Bison, Anxious Culture Wars
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Technology
A new law rolls back certain internet privacy measures. How can you shield your browsing data?
Conflict & Justice
Takeouts: Gulf oil spill threatens Democrat’s climate bill, listener responses
Trump’s Mid East Strategy, A Quest for Identity, Beyond Standing Rock
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The Gorsuch Gamble, Historic Lies and Leaks, Justice and Juries in America
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Trump Looks for a Reset, An Emotional Release, The Music of Resistance
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Marco Werman

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A person wearing a backpack looks out at the ocean from a rocky coastline with pine trees and a cloudy sky.
Out of Eden Walk
How coastlines propelled ancient humans across the planet 
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A person leads two camels laden with goods across a desert, with a clear sky in the background.
Out of Eden Walk
To rediscover time, go for a walk
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A person pouring red wine into a glass, with other filled glasses in the background, on a wooden table.
Out of Eden Walk
Out of Eden Walk: Raising a glass to global wine
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Six people smiling at the camera; the group appears to be outdoors, surrounded by greenery and a cloudy sky. Some are wearing backpacks, suggesting they are on a hike or travel adventure.
Out of Eden Walk
Walking around the world takes a village
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A person in a military uniform with several medals and insignia sitting in front of a red background, appearing serious and focused.
Military
China’s stunning military purge
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A man in a dark shirt is flanked by police officers and another person wearing a colorful shawl, standing outdoors in a group setting with trees in the background.
Global Politics
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine speaks from hiding after ‘rigged’ election
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A person wearing a hat and backpack stands at the end of a narrow, brick tunnel, which appears part of an ancient ruin, with rocky terrain visible outside.
Out of Eden Walk
Out of Eden Walk: Is the world closing its doors?
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Out of Eden Walk
Out of Eden Walk: Walking through Turkey between conflicts
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Religion
Examining the question: What is and isn’t antisemitic?
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COVID-19
Here’s what to know about the new COVID variant ‘razor blade throat’
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Out of Eden Walk
Out of Eden Walk: Getting by on the generosity of strangers
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Out of Eden Walk
Out of Eden Walk: Walking through COVID
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Out of Eden Walk
Out of Eden Walk: An untold history of the US presence in Korea
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Inside Myanmars ‘demoralized’ army
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Frantz Fanon sitting at a table during a press conference
Arts, Culture & Media
New book explores the life of psychiatrist and writer Frantz Fanon
People board a truck as they leave Khartoum, Sudan, on June 19, 2023.
Displacement
‘I no longer have a dream’: Sudan has the largest displacement of children in the world
A back shot of a man wearing a bookbag and hat looking into a grass pathway
Out of Eden Walk
Out of Eden Walk: The first steps
Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler, co-hosts, "The World."
Media
The World adds co-host to public radio’s longest-running global news program
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid enter Gaza Strip from Egypt in Rafah as a temporary ceasefire went into effect, Nov. 24, 2023.
Israel-Hamas war
‘We’re bracing for what comes after’ the truce, MSF Gaza director says
Activists from the Standing Together Movement play drums at a demonstration.
Israel-Hamas war
Standing Together leaders discuss attempts to open Jewish-Arab dialogue amid Gaza war

Science

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Embryos in a dish
Science
Walter Isaacson on how gene editing will change lives
Truth Gap Emerges as White House Attempts to Conceal President Trump’s Full Medical Picture 2020-10-05
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How “Learning Pods” Could Heighten Inequities in the U.S. School System 2020-08-03
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Reckoning with Race in Public Media 2020-07-09
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What Will COVID-19 Mean for Higher Education in the Fall? The Takeaway-2020-07-08
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How the Spread of COVID-19 Could Impacted the Treatment of Other Global Diseases 2020-04-20
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House Managers Begin Their Case Against President Trump 2020-01-23
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Despite Billions in Aid, Farm Bankruptcies Are on the Rise 2019-12-30
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Podcast: Diplomats, Experts Convene in Bonn to Address Climate Change, the “Fight for Our Lives” 2019-06-19
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A red car and a large salt truck drive on a snowy road next to a mountain.
Science
Can bacteria help us prevent salt damage to concrete roads and bridges?
A black and white photo showing three scientists in an old looking laboratory.
Science
Why history’s most famous scientists are usually a bit weird
Medical Breakthrough Prompts Reflection for People Living with HIV
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Devastating Fires Rage Throughout California
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For American Muslims, 9/11 Shaped Careers, Politics, and Identity
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A Year After Harvey, Communities Are Still Rebuilding
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Yes, Climate Change is to Blame for Devastating California Wildfires. But Societal Growth is As Well.
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Authorities are Tracking Your Cellphone: It’s Not Just ‘Bad Guys’
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A humpback whale surfacing from the water surrounded by seagulls
The World in Words
If you could talk to the animals
Beach Health, Extraterrestrial Communication, Maggots. April 13, 2018, Part 1
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Immunotherapy, The Evolution Of Eyebrows, Unconventional Bird Calls. April 13, 2018, Part 2
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Steve Curwood

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Soldiers of the Puerto Rico National Guard and volunteers of the Puerto Rico State Guard clear a road at Punta Santiago in Humacao, Puerto Rico. Scenes of utter devastation were found throughout the island after Hurricane Maria hit last September.
Report: FEMA wasn’t ready for Hurricane Maria, destruction in Puerto Rico
Elkhorn coral is one of the main varieties of coral that workers on the northern coast of Puerto Rico have been able to restore following damage done by Hurricane Maria in 2017.
Science
Local NGOs repair Puerto Rico’s coral reefs in Maria’s aftermath
Under a new carbon offset program that is gaining popularity in Congress, oil and gas companies — and other manufacturers of products involving — fossil fuel would have to pay $40 for every ton of carbon emitted into the atmosphere.
Politics
New carbon offset program may have the bipartisan support it needs on Capitol Hill
Since 2002, scientific data pointed to a slower decline of CFC-11, one of several chemical substances banned by the Montreal Protocol in 1987. The amount of CFC-11 found in the atmosphere has actually gone up during that time, prompting the United Nations
Environment
Scientists detected a spike in ozone-depleting chemicals. They’ll use the Montreal Protocol to stop the pollution.
Growing high tides have turned this photo — taken from Pompano Beach, Florida, after Hurricane Sandy in 2012 — into a regular occurrence along the U.S. coastlines.
Climate Change
New report forecasts a troubling picture of rising tides, frequent flooding on coasts
The overall catch from lobstering in Maine was down 16.4 percent in 2017 from the year before. Those who catch lobsters for a living in the state are hoping that downfall does not continue in 2018.
Jobs
The feast-or-famine life of lobstering in Maine
Snow is blown off of the calving front off of Thurston Island in western Antarctica in this photo, taken in November 2014. New findings show the western side of Antarctica to be more vulnerable to warming oceans — and increased ice loss — than first thoug
A scientist’s response to Antarctic ice loss: ‘We can act.’
Mastodons (this one on display at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles) are just a small part of the story of how humans first migrated to the Americas 15,000 years ago — or longer.
Books
Retracing paths that people first traversed while migrating to the Americas
Protestors hold up signs at a rally against a proposed Kinder Morgan oil pipeline expansion on Burnaby Mountain in 2014 in British Columbia. In late May, the Canadian government announced it would fund an expansion project for the Kinder Morgan Trans Moun
With pipeline decision, Canada’s Trudeau draws ire of environmental supporters
Certain hair products — many of which are used on black girls from birth to help straighten their hair — have been linked to such health issues such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and breast cancer.
Health
Study shows hair care products targeted to black community contain harmful chemicals
The Marshall Islands are made up of an archipelago of islands that sit not that far from the current sea level, as evidenced by this photo of the Jaluit Atoll Lagoon.
Climate Change
Documentary chronicles climate change through three children growing up in the Marshall Islands
A child stands in front of a herd of cows in Samburu County in Kenya, one of the many tropical countries that would have a larger hit to its overall gross domestic product if the overall global temperature continues to steadily rise. Climate change has le
Limiting temperature increase to 1.5 Celsius could result in $30 trillion of savings for global economy, study shows
Members of environmental groups hold up banners calling for renewable energy at the United Nations climate talks that took place in Bonn, Germany in 2015. Bonn was the site of the last United Nations Climate Change Conference in November 2017, in which co
Climate Change
As latest UN climate change summit looms, delegates have plenty of work to do
Bits of icebergs can be seen that have broken off the Sawyer Glacier in Alaska, where the effects of climate change are being felt at a higher rate than the Lower 48.
Environment
Alaskan youth sue state government for lack of action against climate change
The Rumney Marsh, a haven to both birds and fish, sits in a highly industrial area north of Boston. For decades, the marsh's welfare has been in jeopardy due to its close proximity to an incinerator.
Residents worry Massachusetts waste incinerator is contaminating waterways
The West Virginia State Capitol building in Charleston sits on the Kanawha River, which is fed in part by the Elk River — the main water supply for nearly 300,000 of the state's residents.
Science
Documentary uncovers contaminated truths behind water crisis in West Virginia, other locations
Tropical forest Indonesia
Environment
Tropical forests are becoming net carbon producers, instead of carbon sinks
White Mountains — Pines
Environment
Tree species are leap-frogging up mountains in reaction to climate change
Smokestack and trees
Environment
As global carbon dioxide levels climb, plants are becoming better at photosynthesis
Farming in PA
Environment
Wild swings in the weather mean that some farm crops will flourish, while others struggle

Obama

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COP 24 session in Katowice, Poland
Climate Change
The Trump administration continues to undercut its own climate report
A person walks through a puddle in Shismaref, Alaska.
The Big Melt
An Alaskan village is falling into the sea. Washington is looking the other way.
Kavanaugh 2006
Politics
What would a Justice Kavanaugh mean for the environment?
C-CHANGE group photo
Climate Change
Former EPA chief Gina McCarthy launches Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment at Harvard
The entrance of Trump International Hotel
Justice
Commentary: Americans should demand reforms that ensure government serves the people
Business, Economics and Jobs
Taxes for the rich, equality for the rest, says economist
Global Politics
Military’s ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy is history
Global Politics
Obama in Puerto Rico: The politics behind the visit
Global Politics
How strong is Obama’s support for gay marriage?
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Global Politics
Citing human rights violations, Obama freezes assets of Venezuelan officials
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Justice
Undocumented immigrants play the waiting game after the White House pauses immigration action
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Global Politics
Uninvited by Obama, will Netanyahu speak to Congress?
Vintage Postcard of Cruise from Miami to Havana
Global Politics
No cigar just yet: Many obstacles remain before complete normalization with Cuba
Ukrainian servicemen patrol a village in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine.
Conflict
Deja vu in Ukraine: Russia is on the move (again)
President Barack Obama shakes hands with Saudi Arabia's King Salman at the start of a meeting at Erga Palace in Riyadh.
Justice
Would you take 100 lashes to spare a Saudi blogger? They say they will
State of the Union 2015
Global Politics
What Obama didn’t mention in the State of the Union
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Economics
Cuban Americans know to shop at this sassy-named store if they want to send goods back home
President Obama announces the thaw in US-Cuban relations
Global Politics
In Havana, Cubans are already welcoming a new era with the US
President Obama meets with King Abdullah of Jordan
Conflict
Why Jordan is at the epicenter of nearly all Middle Eastern issues
Gisela Chavez-Garcia is an immigration lawyer in New York City. She says the president's immigration plan raises a lot of questions among her clients, but she reminds them that a new president in 2016 could reverse the new changes.
Justice
Obama’s immigration plan leads to scams, rumors and a lot of questions

Islam

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Muslims pray in a mosque during celebrations of Eid al-Fitr holiday, a feast celebrated by Muslims worldwide, in Grozny, Russia, on Thursday, May 13, 2021.
Religion
The world celebrates Eid — including some of The World’s listeners
Arts, Culture & Media
Qawwali
Arts, Culture & Media
The 99
Arts, Culture & Media
Taqwacores
shukor in space
Islam and the cosmos
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Two men sit on sofa with large books in laps, pointing at texts and talking
Conflict
How hate and debate came to a Connecticut mosque
A woman wearing a headwrap and as shimmering blue and gold dress stands in front of a camera, with her hands to her hips.
Culture
Fashion, faith and culture come together through the global art of head wrapping
doctors in afghanistan
Bioethics in Islam
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A woman gets her pulse checked at Jericho Road Community Health Center, a health center that focuses on culturally sensitive health care for refugees.
Culture
Some refugees suffer culture shock — with their health care
Man in blue polo stands on street corner looking up, with sign for "Crunch" gym behind him
Global Politics
A ‘man of no land’ tries to find home in Saudi Arabia
President Donald Trump before his speech to the Arab Islamic American Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 21, 2017.
SHORT: Is Trump cutting the US program that could stop bombings like Manchester?
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Muslim men gathered in a basement transformed into a a prayer room in the neighborhood of Agios Nikolaos, in Athens
Belief
Athens doesn’t have a single mosque, so Muslims worship in makeshift prayer rooms
Sarah Zouak is one of the co-founders of Lallab, a new webzine featuring the voices of Muslim women in France.
Religion
One group aims to give Muslim women in France a voice
Two men in smile in posed photo in front of small market
Justice
A Muslim immigrant and a Christian pastor find common ground — and try to connect with their Latino neighbors too
Demonstrators spell out "# No Muslim Ban" during a protest against President Donald Trump's executive order travel ban.
Justice
Why this Muslim American, who fled Iran in 1979, backs Trump’s travel ban
Marrakech’s Koutoubia mosque has soaked up the Moroccan sun for nearly 900 years. Now it also puts those rays to work generating clean electricity with newly installed solar panels.
Environment
Muslim environmentalists give their religion — and their mosques — a fresh coat of green
Woman at front of room in mosque
Religion
They gave her the keys to the mosque — and now she wants to open its doors to the neighborhood
Black and white photo of man at table, with books
Education
How a Lebanese immigrant helped pave the way for the study of Islam and Muslim culture in the US
White Nationalism in The White House, Muslims for Trump, The Paris Attacks One Year Later
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Suud Olat is a refugee advocate in St. Cloud, Minnesota
Conflict
Despite discrimination and backlash, this Somali in St. Cloud says, ‘I love my state’

Barack Obama

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Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting Ben Rhodes is accompanied by Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz at a press briefing at Martha's Vineyard
Foreign policy
The post-9/11 generation ‘came to understand the limits of what America could accomplish,’ former Obama adviser says
Students stand in a line in front of the US Supreme Court with signs that read "Home is here"
Immigration
A new generation of DACA youth depends on Biden for support
Christopher Krebs is shown seated and wearing a blue suit and light blue tie while speaking into a small microphone.
2020 US presidential election
Trump fires agency head who vouched for 2020 vote security
A large coal processing plant is shown from above with several smokestacks billowing emmissions.
Climate Change
China, top global emitter, aims to go carbon-neutral by 2060
US President Donald Trump is shown sitting at a wooden table next to then Defense Secretary James Mattis with the US flag behind them.
Top of The World
Mattis, Obama speak out; The anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown; Arctic oil spill
Latino leaders and immigration reform supporters gather at the University of Colorado to launch a voter registration campaign to mobilize Colorado's Latino, immigrant and allied voters on Oct. 28, 2015.
Every 30 Seconds
The key to winning the Latino vote in 2020? Latinas.
Cuban Americans protest Raul Castro leaving office as Cuba's president and Miguel Diaz Canel named as the new president, in Little Havana neighborhood in Miami, Florida
Immigration
Analysis: Beyond Cuban exceptionalism and toward the 2020 elections
Samantha Power sitting The World's studio for a radio interview.
Conflict & Justice
Former Amb Samantha Power stresses ‘political evolution, rather than revolution’
Men and women sit around a negotiating table with flags in the background.
Nuclear
Things That Go Boom: In nuclear negotiations, diplomacy can be a slog
A sign reads: "It's 2 minutes to midnight"
Nuclear
‘Things That Go Boom:’ Nothing good happens after ‘nuclear midnight’
George W. Bush holds a loud speaker in his hand.
Global Politics
The US is currently in 31 other national emergencies. Here’s what that means.
Former US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano gives her final official speech at the National Press Club in Washington on August 27, 2013.
Immigration
Wall would be ‘wasteful and ineffective,’ says former Homeland Security chief Napolitano
The company Oneida Limited had been making flatware in Sherrill, New York since 1880, but the factory was shut down in 2005 and work was shifted to Asia. Today, 53 people are working at a new company, Liberty Tabletop, the only manufacturer of flatware in
Jobs
Trump hypes jobs relocating back to the US. Are they?
Copper and blue colored pipes are shown stacked on their sides in Gascoyne, North Dakota.
A judge has halted construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline
Police allow someone to pass outside the Time Warner Center
Conflict
Officials investigating bombs sent to top Democrats and CNN as election looms
US President Donald Trump speaks as UN Ambassador Nikki Haley looks on
Watch: President Donald Trump addresses the United Nations
US President Donald Trump is seen sitting at a table with his hands outstretched with other cabinet officials sitting adjacent.
Politics
The US military may house immigrant children as Trump policy beset by confusion
Members of environmental groups hold up banners calling for renewable energy at the United Nations climate talks that took place in Bonn, Germany in 2015. Bonn was the site of the last United Nations Climate Change Conference in November 2017, in which co
Climate Change
As latest UN climate change summit looms, delegates have plenty of work to do
President Donald Trump arrives in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington DC, May 7, 2018.
Global Politics
Trump expected to leave Iran nuclear deal; Tehran defiant
City streets and highway overpasses are shown in San Diego, California.
Economics
Scott Pruitt’s plan would double allowable auto emissions by 2025

Donald Trump

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Four people play cards at a table with flashlights, while a fire burns in the background on a dark street.
Energy
Cuba runs out of oil
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A man in religious attire stands at the top of airplane stairs, with Vatican and Cameroon flags visible above.
Religion
On Africa trip, Pope Leo XIV condemns war and brushes off Trump criticism
Several individuals in suits sitting around a conference table with phones, one wearing a USA cap, engaged in discussion with a large map labeled "Operation Epic Fury" in the background.
Conflict & Justice
The way we talk about war has changed
A person wearing a colorful hat and white shirt holds a blue fabric with a USAID logo in a room with cloth hangings and bags in the background.
Health & Medicine
Health aid pact between US and Zimbabwe collapses
woman at ceremony in front of line of people
Sacred Nation
Contempt for the messiah: The scandal behind Shinzo Abe’s murder
In this June 12, 2018, file photo, US President Donald Trump, right, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sentosa Island, in Singapore. 
Critical State
Political theater: Part II
people at a church
Sacred Nation
Brazil’s evangelicals work with the US on a political mission
Several people are shown wearing face masks and walking on a college campus with a ornate brick tower in the distance.
US-China relations
Chinese students hit by US visa rejections amid tension
Visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, center, speaks during a meeting with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, in Washington. 
Global Politics
Zelenskiy-Biden meeting signals ‘reassurance’ of ongoing US support to Ukraine, former Amb says
A woman stands in silhouette against a blue sky.
Immigration
Liberians hesitate to apply for permanent resident status in US over daunting process
Russian President Vladimir Putin is shown wearing a blue suit and purple tie while pointing with his right hand.
Cybersecurity
NSA discloses hacking methods it says are used by Russia
Supporters of President Donald Trump climb the West wall of the the US Capitol in Washington
Extremism
Critics say Biden’s plan to combat domestic extremism repeats past mistakes
Students stand in a line in front of the US Supreme Court with signs that read "Home is here"
Immigration
A new generation of DACA youth depends on Biden for support
Iran's new President-elect Ebrahim Raisi is shown standing at a podium with several dozen microphones.
Elections
Iran’s hard-line president-elect says he won’t meet Biden
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and US President Joe Biden are shown both wearing suits and sitting in white armchairs.
Biden administration
Biden at NATO: Ready to talk China, Russia and soothe allies
Facebook's square blue logo with a white "F" is shown at the top of the app's update page on a mobile phone.
Social media
Facebook suspends Trump for 2 years, then will reassess
Cardinal Reinhard Marx, who has white hair and beard, is shown in a profile view wearing glasses and sitting.
Top of The World
Influential German archbishop offers to resign over church abuse
Young man in blue shirt lifts a piece of concrete as other men sift through rubble after an airstrike
Top of The World
Prospects of a ceasefire offer hope to ending violence between Israel and Hamas
Figures of a 7-year-old migrant girl walking with a woman and unidentified man silhouetted at night
Borders
Many asylum-seekers are returned at the US-Mexico border under Title 42. Advocates call it a ‘sham.’
Woman in white dress laughs while talking to woman facing away from camera in red dress
Social media
Twitter’s ban on actor Kangana Ranaut could lead to confrontation with Indian government

immigration

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San Francisco Mayor London Breed Discusses the City’s Response to COVID-19 2020-04-22
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Coronavirus Continues to Spread Despite Mass Quarantines in China 2020-02-11
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Mexican Officials Attempt to Stop Migrant Caravan, Indicative of U.S. Pressure on Mexico 2020-01-22
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A man stands, smiling.
Immigration
Trump’s hard-line immigration policies build on the history of former US presidents
A man stands under a tent talking to people sitting down
Global Nation Education
This Brooklyn pop-up school taps immigrants’ expertise — by making them teachers
Podcast: 2019-05-20 5th Death of a Migrant Child Since December Occurs as Border Apprehensions Continue to Rise
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Podcast: 2019-05-06 President Trump Picks Former Obama Administration Official to Lead ICE in New Direction
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Two men sit on a prison bunk bed, one wearing an orange jumpsuit and the other in plain grey clothes.
Immigration
‘The Infiltrators’ film aims to open Americans’ eyes to the reality of deportation
CEO of Company Housing Migrant Children Detainees Steps Down
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Border Crossings Swell as Resources for Migrants Diminish
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Thousands of Children Complained of Sexual Abuse in Immigrant Detention
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President Trump’s National Emergency Draws Multi-State Challenge; Does the Lawsuit Have Standing?
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A young man sits at a table and talks with his mother.
Getting legal status opened the path to college for this Arizona immigrant family
A group of young people walk in front of the Arizona state Capitol.
Immigration
As DACA fix remains elusive, Arizona ‘Dreamers’ focus on in-state tuition
The Ongoing ‘Humanitarian Crisis’ on the Border, and the Community in El Paso Rallying To Help
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Inside the Power of ICE
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Migrant Family Separation Continues at the Border, Despite Executive Order
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People sitting in chairs at a clinic
Proposed ‘public charge’ rule change stirs confusion over green card eligibility
Caravan Migrants Face Mexican Protesters on Road to U.S. Border
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The Role of the President as “Consoler-in-Chief”
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Disaster

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A man in shorts and a baseball hat stands next to construction workers covered in soot.
Media
HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ revisits nuclear catastrophe with a nod to climate change
As Hurricane Florence Approaches, What About the People Forced to Stay?
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A young girl looks back after getting her shoe stuck in the mud while carrying supplies
Health
The real death toll in Puerto Rico is probably 450 — much higher than the official count
Conflict & Justice
Takeouts: Gulf oil spill threatens Democrat’s climate bill, listener responses
A dog on a street destroyed after flooding and mudslides caused by heavy rains
Environment
Colombia mudslides kill at least 200 after rivers burst their banks
Port Salut
Justice
A once-dreamy Haitian beach town picks up the pieces after Hurricane Matthew
The interior of a destroyed house
Development
Hundreds are dead in Haiti from Hurricane Matthew
A homeowner cleans up debris from her home in Louisiana.
Development
It takes an army of trucks from around the country to haul away the damage from Louisiana’s floods
Development
West Coast tests how it would respond to a big quake
A seismologist poses for the media
Science
How your phone could help scientists detect and measure an earthquake
Moose in the Exclusion Zone
Environment
Wildlife in Chernobyl is thriving 30 years after the nuclear accident
Rebuilding efforts in Bhaktapur, Nepal
Development
One year after Nepal’s devastating earthquake, much of the country is still in ruins
24-year-old Prapti Tamang's two-story house was destroyed during the 2015 earthquake.
Development
Portraits from Nepal: Survivors struggle to rebuild a year after the deadly quake
People walk past debris of a collapsed building
Development
Ecuador carries on amidst chaos and grief after weekend’s earthquake
Man looks for a missing loved one in Fukushima
Environment
Five years after Fukushima, the clean-up has just begun
Flint residents receive bottled water and filters
Justice
A network of churches are among those trying to reach undocumented immigrants with water in Flint
Dr. Zoi Livaditou (R) greets Dr. Shimrit Eliyah of Israid in Skala Sykaminia, Lesbos, Greece. Dr. Andreas Iliadis looks on.
Conflict
On Lesbos, a courageous doctor struggles to save Syrian refugees and help locals
Near Al Mukalla, Yemen, where people were isolated by heavy flooding from Cyclone Chapala
Culture
A rare first-person account of living through the tropical cyclone that struck Yemen
Paris climate change summit logo
Environment
A veteran of the Katrina response says climate change will force us all to be first responders
All but five of the victims in the crash were Russian citizens
Conflict
Why the airplane crash in Egypt sent Russia into mourning

Todd Zwillich

562 posts
Panelists at The UnConvention: Political Correctness, From Left to Right in NYC
Election 2016
Could Trump’s attack on ‘political correctness’ help the US discuss race?
Women from St. Louis area protest Donald Trump comments on women
Election 2016
Millennials get their political say during week-long UnConvention in NYC
Global Politics
How strong is Obama’s support for gay marriage?
Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) shrugs at a question from reporters as he walks to a closed-door briefing on talks with Iran in 2013. Corker is a leading proponent of raising gas taxes to boost the nearly-dry Highway Trust Fund.
Economics
Can a rebrand make Republicans raise the gas tax?
Global Politics
2011 State of the Union: assessing the language
Global Politics
GOP, White House Reach Deal on Tax Cuts, Unemployment Benefits
Conflict & Justice
House Censures Rep. Charlie Rangel
Arts, Culture & Media
War Bonds, Congress’ Declaration of War, Americans on the War
Conflict & Justice
A gun-toting congress?
Global Politics
RNC chair Reince Priebus, GOP look to 2012
Global Politics
Politics, policy and The Tea Party: the top 5 things to look for in the new congress
Global Politics
House passes compromise tax package, Senate postpones funding bill, DADT
Global Politics
The agenda: wrangling over tax cuts, Euro zone debt
Conflict & Justice
Pentagon paves way for ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ repeal
Arts, Culture & Media
What will historians see when they look back on 2010?
Global Politics
Five senate races that tell the story of the 2010 elections
Business, Economics and Jobs
What does it mean to be ‘rich’ in America?
Global Politics
Republicans strategize about health care reform
Conflict & Justice
Obama administration sues Arizona
Can Gen. Petraeus turn things around in Afghanistan?

Vladimir Putin

473 posts
Police officers walk near the Basmanny District Court in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, March 24, 2024.
Violence
Politics over intelligence: Crocus Hall shooting in Moscow raises security concerns
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu after their meeting with the top military brass in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023.
Leaders
Putin preps for presidential reelection campaign amid ongoing war
A portrait of the owner of private military company Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin lays at an informal memorial next to the former 'PMC Wagner Centre' in St. Petersburg, Russia, Aug. 24, 2023.
Conflict
Reported death of Wagner Group leader ‘strengthens Putin’s hold on power,’ analyst says
A group of mothers and guardians meet to discuss an upcoming trip to Russia and occupied parts of Ukraine to retrieve their missing children.
Ukraine
Ukrainian parents take risky trips to Russia to retrieve their deported children
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko talk during their meeting in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022.
Ukraine
Putin reinforces military, security bonds with Belarus at Minsk meeting
A voter moves to cast their vote after filling out their ballot at a polling site inside The Shed arts center, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022.
Ukraine
Russia is placing ‘a major bet’ on US midterm election outcomes, journalist says
headshot of man
Ukraine
Russian dissident remains in prison on trumped-up charges
Funeral workers burry a coffin with an unidentified civilian body, who died in Bucha during the Russian occupation period in February-March 2022, during a funeral in Bucha, Ukraine
Conflict & Justice
Digital clues and the stories Ukraine’s mass graves tell
man at podium
Conflict
The controversial Chechen leader who supports Putin in Ukraine
A view of the Big Kremlin Palace and Churches with the Moskva River in Moscow, Russia
Global Politics
Russian propaganda tries to convince youth that Russia is “always a victim of the West,” great-granddaughter of Nikita Khrushchev says
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as French President Emmanuel Macron, looks on before a meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine
Ukraine
Many Germans fear ‘active participation in war’ as country increases military aid to Ukraine
Yörük Işık, an independent Istanbul-based geopolitical analyst, is among a small group of ship watchers —  some hobbyists, some professionals — who observe ship traffic in Turkey’s Bosphorus Strait. 
Ukraine
At the mouth of the Black Sea, a ship spotter watches for clues amid Ukraine war
Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza lays flowers near the place where Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was gunned down, in Moscow, Russia
Conflict & Justice
‘I know that he will not stop fighting,’ wife of Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza says
A natural gas power plant of RWE AG in Lingen, Germany
Ukraine
Can heat pumps help bring peace to Ukraine?
Posters of French President Emmanuel Macron and centrist candidate for reelection in Saint Pee sur Nivelle, southwestern France
Elections
Ukraine and COVID give Macron a boost in the polls ahead of French elections
man and sheep
Ukraine
In southern Romania, villagers are uneasy about a NATO missile defense system in its backyard
Firefighters hose down a burning building after bombing in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 3, 2022. Russian forces have seized a strategic Ukrainian seaport and besieged another. Those moves are part of efforts to cut the country off from its coastline even as Mosco
Ukraine
For many Syrians, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine feels painfully familiar
Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba attend their news conference in Kyiv, Ukraine
Ukraine
‘We have the means to support them’: Canada prepares to welcome thousands of Ukrainian refugees
Pipes at the landfall facilities of the 'Nord Stream 2' gas pipeline are pictured in Lubmin, northern Germany
Energy
The invasion in Ukraine could mean less reliance on energy from Russia, analyst says
Smoke rise from an air defense base in the aftermath of an apparent Russian strike in Mariupol, Ukraine, Feb. 24, 2022.
Ukraine
Russia attacks Ukraine; peace in Europe ‘shattered’

Kurt Andersen

417 posts
Alec Baldwin and Kurt Andersen
Arts, Culture & Media
Kurt Andersen’s exit interview with Alec Baldwin
Studio 360 staff through the years.
Arts, Culture & Media
Aural History: How Studio 360 began
A small boat heads out into the sea ice in western Greenland.
Arts, Culture & Media
‘Human Intelligence’: a holiday tale
Frederic Tuten
Arts, Culture & Media
Frederic Tuten’s young life
Arts, Culture & Media
Commentary: HBO Goes Public
Arts, Culture & Media
Liar, Liar
Arts, Culture & Media
I saw the light in Naoshima
Arts, Culture & Media
Kurt, Pico, and Bambi
Arts, Culture & Media
New Amsterdam, New Paris
Arts, Culture & Media
Post-Tokyo high
Arts, Culture & Media
We have a show!
Arts, Culture & Media
See Kurt Become a Beautiful Girl
Arts, Culture & Media
Palm trees and power lines
Arts, Culture & Media
Kurt on the Red Carpet
Arts, Culture & Media
Kurt in the LA Times
Arts, Culture & Media
No Particular Place to Go
Arts, Culture & Media
Kurt Goes Vaudeville
Arts, Culture & Media
Kurt wins Deadline Club award
Arts, Culture & Media
Gay Flag Controversy in Paper Magazine
Arts, Culture & Media
They Might Be Puppets

refugee

403 posts
Sotomayor Invokes WWII Era Korematsu Case to Repudiate Travel Ban
Full Episode
The Political Price of Betting on Immigration
Full Episode
The Migrant Detention Business is More Profitable Than You Think
Full Episode
Arts, Culture & Media
We’ll Always Have Casablanca
EMILY is a livesafing device being used to safe refugee and migrants found at sea.
Conflict
It’s a buoy, it’s a life raft, it’s Emily — the robotic craft that’s saving refugees off the coast of Greece
Afghan journalist Habib Zahori made a cold trek across the US-Canada border on foot and on bicycle. "I remember thinking, wishing, 'Oh God, please, please send someone to arrest me!’ "
Conflict
Habib Zahori was scared to seek asylum in the US. So he pushed a rickety bicycle through snow to get to Canada.
A U.S. flag hangs over fake palm trees inside the compound of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad in 2011.
Conflict
Translators who worked for the US military in Iraq wonder if their American dream is slipping away
Das
Culture
Some persecuted writers get a new life in the US. But exile isn’t easy.
Devastation in Syria, Cybersecurity, The Evolution of Glam
Full Episode
Zozan Khaled Musa, 25
Conflict
This Syrian’s decision to pass as a non-refugee came at a personal cost
Poet and essayist Ocean Vuong was born in Saigon and raised in Hartford, Connecticut.
Books
Read this brilliant new poet’s take on the US immigrant experience
Amira, who married at 16, says she faced severe abuse at the hands of her husband and found it difficult to escape.
Justice
The refugee crisis is turning more girls into child brides
#OscarsSoWhite, Gang Life to College Life, Inside a Refugee Camp
Full Episode
German Chancellor Angela Merkel poses after recording her New Year's speech in the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, December 30, 2015.
Conflict
The refugee crisis was the story of the year in 2015. And that story is far from over.
Filming the Police, Life After Vietnam, and A Culinary Computer
Full Episode
Filming the Police, Life After Vietnam, and A Culinary Computer
Full Episode
Syrians asylum seeker, Nawras Soukhta travel by train during a three-year journey to escape his country and live a better life in Sweden.
Conflict
The long journey Syrian refugees take is confusing. Now imagine doing it as a teenager.
EU leaders have committed extra ships, planes and helicopters to save lives in the Mediterranean at an emergency summit. More than 1,300 migrants have died in April 2015.
Justice
Destroying smugglers’ boats won’t fix the Mediterranean refugee crisis, this man says
Men in orange jumpsuits purported to be Egyptian Christians held captive by the Islamic State (IS) are marched by armed men along a beach said to be near Tripoli, in this still image from an undated video made available on social media on February 15, 201
Conflict
Italy is seeking UN intervention in Libya after jihadist terror threat
Safi Haso, about 70 years old, from Girik village of Kobani. "We are probably the last generation that has tattoos," she says. "All Kurdish women had them." In addition to facial, hand and neck tattoos, Haso has tattooed her own breast with circles around
Culture
These Kurdish refugee women are proud owners of facial tattoos

Hillary Clinton

361 posts
In this Aug. 20, 2020, file photo supporters watch the program outside the venue where Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden is speaking, during the Democratic National Convention at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware.
Every 30 Seconds
How Puerto Ricans in central Florida may decide the US election
Latino leaders and immigration reform supporters gather at the University of Colorado to launch a voter registration campaign to mobilize Colorado's Latino, immigrant and allied voters on Oct. 28, 2015.
Every 30 Seconds
The key to winning the Latino vote in 2020? Latinas.
confetti
Arts, Culture & Media
Searching for Hillary Clinton’s unused confetti
donald trump and hillary clinton at a debate
Elections
Russian Twitter propaganda predicted 2016 US election polls
Men and women sit around a negotiating table with flags in the background.
Nuclear
Things That Go Boom: In nuclear negotiations, diplomacy can be a slog
US President Donald Trump walks to board Air Force One as he travesl to Florida for Easter weekend, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, April 18, 2019.
Politics
Mueller Report: Did Trump commit conspiracy? No. But collusion? Maybe.
Vicente Zambada Niebla takes the witness box, at the trial of accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, right, in this courtroom sketch
El Chapo trial shows why a wall won’t stop drugs from crossing the US-Mexico border
Former Trump 2016 campaign chairman Paul Manafort is shown wearing a suit and blue tie surrounded by cameras in Washington, 2017.
Ex-Trump campaign head Manafort denies ever meeting with Wikileaks’ Assange
Police allow someone to pass outside the Time Warner Center
Conflict
Officials investigating bombs sent to top Democrats and CNN as election looms
John Kerry stands behind the mic in The World studio
John Kerry: ‘It is a dangerous time’
rosenstein
Russians charged with DNC hack during 2016 campaign
FBI Director Robert Mueller
Justice
Mueller investigation targets secret Seychelles meeting
Vitali Shkliarov
Global Politics
Meet the man who volunteered for Obama, worked for Bernie and is now consulting Putin’s opponent
The Trump Tower logo is pictured in New York, May 23, 2016.
Business
Did Donald Trump profit from his own presidential transition?
Rep. Adam Schiff, carrying a green bag, arrives for closed meeting of the House Intelligence Committee in Washington.
Global Politics
House Intelligence Committee votes to release Republican memo alleging anti-Trump bias
Flynn
Global Politics
Michael Flynn, former Trump aide, expected to plead guilty in Russia probe
confetti
Arts
Searching for Hillary Clinton’s unused confetti
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a joint news conference with German President Frank Walter Steinmeier
Global Politics
Vladimir Putin’s grudge with Hillary Clinton
Facebook logo with the Russian flag
Global Politics
Britain asks Facebook for information about suspected Russian influence in Brexit
The entrance of Trump International Hotel
Justice
Commentary: Americans should demand reforms that ensure government serves the people

Bashar al-Assad

359 posts
People who lost their houses in the devastating earthquake, lineup to receive aid supplies at a makeshift camp, in Iskenderun city, southern Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023.
Global Politics
‘Assad can’t clean up his act with a natural disaster,’ US Amb. to UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield says
people at gas pump
Protest
Renewed calls in Syria to overthrow Assad regime
Firefighters hose down a burning building after bombing in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 3, 2022. Russian forces have seized a strategic Ukrainian seaport and besieged another. Those moves are part of efforts to cut the country off from its coastline even as Mosco
Ukraine
For many Syrians, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine feels painfully familiar
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad heads a cabinet meeting, in Damascus, Syria
Economics
Report: Syrian government manipulates exchange rates to pocket aid money
A Syrian grocery shop in Istanbul sells brands that are familiar to Syrian customers, such as canned meats and condensed milk.
Migration
Syrian refugees and migrants in Turkey face a difficult decision to return home 
People wearing masks stand in front of white bags of food aid
Conflict & Justice
Russia’s vote at UN could cut off humanitarian aid to northwest Syria
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken are show sitting in opposite armchairs with two wooden side tables between them.
Top of The World
Blinken continues diplomatic mission in the Middle East
A person is shown in the near ground with their fist in the air and wearing a white construction helmet with a large crowd of people sitting and holding candles.
Top of The World
Myanmar declares martial law on deadly day
People walk past the looted premises of cellphone company Syriatel, which is owned by Rami Makhlouf, the cousin of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Deraa March 21, 2011.
Conflict
Syria’s first family is caught in a feud
A man is shown sitting and bent over while pulling his hood over his head and another man sitting next to him pointing.
Top of The World
High-profile Syrian war crimes trial opens; Countries debate rescue packages, billionaires ask for bailouts; Missouri sues China over economic coronavirus losses
Syrian defendant Eyad A. hides himself under his hood prior to the first trial of suspected members of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's security services for crimes against humanity, in Koblenz, Germany, April 23, 2020.
Conflict & Justice
Syrian officials on trial for war crimes in Germany
A large portrait photograph is show of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad with several Syrian flags flying behind it.
Violence
First Syria torture trial opens in Germany
A large helicopter is shown in the distance making its landing approach with the shadow of soldiers in the nearground.
Top of The World
ICC says US can be investigated for war crimes; Putin and Erdoğan hold talks over Syria; Governments, businesses take measures to halt spread of COVID-19
Several Syria soldiers are shown walking alongside and riding on a tank in a dirt road.
Military
Syrian forces consolidate control of Aleppo, air strikes under way
Portrait of foreign correspondent and author Sam Dagher.
Conflict
How Syria’s Assad regime clings to power
Older women hold a cartoon graphic depicting Donald Trump and a Turkish tank.
Does US withdrawal leave Syria open to Russia?
Vladimir Putin walks between two rows of people clapping their hands and taking photos with their cell phones
Conflict & Justice
20 years of Putin in power: A timeline
Two displaced Syrian girls is shown sitting on a mat and one holding a baby.
Conflict & Justice
Fleeing into the fields, a family runs from Idlib attacks
woman wearing military fatigues holds a gun
Thousands of ISIS fighters sit in prison. Kurdish leaders call for a special tribunal.
A woman walks wearing jeans and a plaid shirt is shown near a picture of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus.
Conflict & Justice
Syria’s Assad struggles to reap spoils after military gains

Infrastructure

330 posts
No Tap or Toilet: Over One Million Americans Lack Access to Running Water
Full Episode
Recover, Rebuild: Updating Our Communities for a New Climate Reality
Full Episode
As Detroit Schools Shut Down Water Over Lead Concerns, Contamination Points to a National Crisis
Full Episode
Mexico City
Environment
When disaster hits home: The Mexico City quake one month on
Oroville Dam
Technology
Does a ‘green spot’ signal trouble for California’s massive Oroville Dam?
The moon over Earth, as seen from the GOES-16 satellite
Technology
Satellites are destined to become space junk. But in the future, we may be able to retool them.
Stockholm's highly-efficient subway system. Trains are known for running frequently and on time. They have large ridership but are not overly crowded because of the frequency of the trains.
Economics
US transportation is so far behind Sweden’s it’s not even funny
Activist Engineers: The Solution to America’s Water Crisis?
Full Episode
How Innovative Problem Solving Keeps You Safe
Full Episode
A magnetically levitating (maglev) train operated by Central Japan Railway
Economics
How to bring high-speed trains to the US
Protesters march through São Paulo recently demanding equitable distribution of water throughout São Paulo state. Unofficial rationing has brought frequent water outages to neighborhoods throughout the Brazilian megalopolis of 20 million people.
Environment
São Paulo residents demand their city take a new attitude about water
Global Politics
Obama holds national infrastructure meeting
Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
Environment
Mexico Battered by One-two Tropical Storm Punch
Global Politics
In Germany, Asylum Seekers Demand Same Rights as new Syrian Arrivals
Conflict & Justice
Syrian Conflict Reaches Grim Milestone: Two Million Refugees and Counting
Global Politics
South Sudan: A Young Nation on a Razor’s Edge
students praying at madrassa
Development & Education
The Madrassa Myth: in Pakistan, Public Schools may be the Problem
Global Politics
Behind the Egyptian Crisis: Resource Stress?
Development & Education
North Korea’s Planned Ski Resort Takes A Fall
Health & Medicine
Part I: Rethinking the Model Family

Bush

323 posts
How We Say Goodbye: Presidential Funerals and Moments of Unity
Full Episode
Environment
Solar power booming in the United States
Carol Rosenberg
Conflict & Justice
Nine things we’ve learned from Carol Rosenberg’s 13 years covering Guantanamo
Dick Cheney lost influence as the Bush administration moved into its second term. Here are the two men at a Pentagon ceremony in December 2006.
Global Politics
Who was the ‘alpha male’ inside the Bush White House?
Global Politics
Iranian American dismayed to learn State Department no longer wants his services
Global Politics
12 years after Bush v. Gore, election controversies still exist in absence of reform
Global Politics
As Gingrich presses, fiction becomes fact on food stamp debate
United States plans’ for leaving Iraq include large military presence in Kuwait
Business, Economics and Jobs
BET’s Robert Johnson wants companies to be required to interview minority candidates
Gitmo
Global Politics
Guantanamo Bay and an unending war on terror
Global Politics
Bush v. Gore and the coming election recounts
Global Politics
Osama Bin Laden’s Hollywood ending
Changing U.S. strategy in Afghanistan
Global Politics
Does one Senator make a political trend?
Global Politics
Barack Obama’s speech: Osama Bin Laden Killed
Business, Economics and Jobs
The Family Leave Medical Act
Business, Economics and Jobs
One Laptop Project faces economic reality
Global Politics
Treatment of terror suspects to change
Environment
President Obama lifts ban on stem cell funding
Global Politics
Condoleezza Rice interview

Mitt Romney

310 posts
President Biden speaks at a podium while VP Harris stands to his right to listen
COVID-19
Amid growing pressure, Biden announces plans to distribute more COVID-19 vaccines worldwide
A photo taken from a video above the US Senate chamber showing lawmakers, two rounded wooded tables and the dais.
Trump impeachment
Watch live: House impeachment managers to conclude their case as Senators relive horror of riot
US President Donald Trump's personal attorney Jay Sekulow is shown wearing a dark suit and walking among several people.
Trump impeachment
Watch live: Trump lawyers wrap up defense in Senate impeachment trial
Global Politics
Tax reform a popular topic among presidential candidates
Global Politics
Obama’s jobs bill, GOP debate make active week
Global Politics
GOP candidates ‘pile on Perry’ at the Tea Party debate
Undocuemnted Colorado college students are now able to pay in-state tuition rates, joining recent graduates like US citizen Cristina Chacon.
Development & Education
Undocumented students in Colorado get a better shot at college
Global Politics
In Texas, Hispanics hoping to flex political muscle to help get immigration reform
Global Politics
Mass. governor allows in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants
Netanyahu makes a push to shore up relations in wake of Obama’s election victory
Global Politics
Voting underway across the country as Americans choose between Romney, Obama
Low expectations for any U.S. president to jumpstart Middle East peace
Global Politics
Viral video mashups play prominent role in campaign cycle
Global Politics
Obama’s deportation deferral program provides legal status, no healthcare
Global Politics
Romney vows to increase trade relations with Latin America
Global Politics
Author argues politicians have wrong focus; America needs to cultivate, retain talent
Global Politics
VIDEO: Another GOP senatorial candidates gets in trouble over comment about rape, abortion
Global Politics
Turkish pastry chef bakes Barack Obama into a baklava
Environment
New PBS documentary ‘Climate of Doubt’ looks at organizations fueling doubt in climate change
Environment
Politicians focused on clean energy jobs, but not climate benefits of being green