Farai Chideya
SoundWorks is coming to a headset near you
Today, we introduce SoundWorks, PRI’s new podcasting network. It features a set of PRI personalities who will expose and explore issues that are shaping both daily life and global trends. Today, we introduce SoundWorks, PRI’s new podcasting network. It features a set of PRI personalities who will expose and explore issues that are shaping both daily life and global trends.
Follow Friday: Immigration at the Supreme Court, News Corp Inquiry, John Edwards Trial, Walmart Bribery
Every Friday, The Takeaway convenes a panel to look back at the week’s big stories. This week, we’ll hear more about Arizona v. U.S., the case that will determine the constitutionality of Arizona’s immigration law, known as SB 1070. James and Rupert Murdoch both testified before a British inquiry into media ethics, our partner The New […]
Follow Friday: Secret Service’s Public Scandal, Death of a Radio Icon, War on Moms
Every Friday, The Takeaway convenes a panel to look back at the week’s big stories. This week we hear more about the Secret Service’s risqué public scandal in Colombia, the death of radio icon Dick Clark, the so-called war on mothers that swept the mideast, Mitt Romney’s possible veep options, and more. This week we’re […]
Follow Friday: George Zimmerman’s Facing Charges, Santorum Exits the Race, Ann Romney Defends Motherhood and More
Every Friday, The Takeaway convenes a panel to look back at the week’s big stories. This week we hear more about the arrest of Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman, Rick Santorum’s exit of the GOP presidential nomination race, Miami Marlins’ Ozzie Guillen’s foot-in-mouth disease, and more. This week we’re joined by Mary Elizabeth Williams, staff […]
George Zimmerman Charged with Second Degree Murder: What Now?
It has been 46 days since 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed in Sanford, Florida, yet it will be months before there is any resolution in the case. Although second degree murder charges have been filed against the man who admits to shooting Trayvon, but it could be eight months or more before a […]
Trayvon Martin Case Prompts Reflections on Law, Order, and Community
By now, most of us have heard of Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old African-American boy who was shot and killed while walking through a friend’s gated community in Sanford, Florida. The shooter was George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watchman who is not black, and who thought Martin looked suspicious. Martin had no weapons on him – only […]