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Caitlin Shamberg

Caitlin Shamberg is a radio producer for Warren Olney's current affairs programs, "To the Point," and "Which Way, LA?."

I'm a producer for PRI's "To the Point" and KCRW's "Which Way, LA?" Before joining KCRW — my hometown radio station — I lived in Brooklyn and braved eight years of brutal New York winter.

Youth in India

India’s a young country — and the youth want to change the world

Books

India is a massive country, a massive country of young people. And all of those young people want to challenge the rules that keep them from achieving what they truly want to.

Tehran skyline

How a Jewish reporter got a visa for Tehran

Global Politics
GOP presidential hopefuls

This group of former Mitt Romney foreign policy advisers is consulting for virtually all current GOP contenders

Global Politics
Watts riot burning buildings

The Watts Riots 50 years ago were ‘a rebellion, a protest against the system’

Global Politics
South Sudan refugees

South Sudan’s festering civil war is every bit as violent and deadly as decades of independence struggles

Conflict
Activists from Hefajat-e-Islam, a Bangladeshi fundamentalist Muslim group that calls for the executions of atheist bloggers in the country, shout slogans during a 2013 rally.

Bangladeshi bloggers are only the latest victims of rising anti-free speech forces

Conflict

Three Bangladeshi bloggers have been killed thus far this year, and the message of their killers is simple: Don’t you dare publish things that offend our version of religion. And outside of Bangladesh, that message is spreading fast among terrorist groups and other anti-free speech forces.

Former Congressman Barney Frank

Barney Frank: Easier to be gay than a member of Congress

Justice

An LGBT trailblazer, the former lawmaker sees greater acceptance in America on sexual orientation — and greater antipathy toward Congress. However, he notes, Indiana’s anti-gay bill shows that ”prejudice is alive and well.”

An internally displaced Afghan child stands outside a shelter outside Jalalabad city.

Here is why government corruption can spawn religious extremism around the globe

Global Politics

In her latest book, a former NPR correspondent claims that governments from Afghanistan to Nigeria “are vertically-integrated, criminal organizations bent on stealing.”

Highway Patrol Captain Ron Johnson talks to people during a peaceful demonstration, as communities react to the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, on August 14, 2014. Tensions in Ferguson eased after the Highway Patrol relieved St. Louis Cou

Here’s how police can get protests right instead

Justice

Tensions subsided in Ferguson after lightly-equipped police largely replaced SWAT teams and armored vehicles on city streets. After more than a decade of such “Darth Vader gear” being the norm at protests, it may be time for a shift in tactics.

This man’s job is to account for the billions of US aid spent in Afghanistan

Global Politics

The US has spent billions of dollars on Afghan reconstruction, but much of it not very smartly. A special inspector general has been appointed to try and find the misspent funds and discern who’s responsible.The US has spent billions of dollars on Afghan reconstruction, but much of it not very smartly. A special inspector general has been appointed to try and find the misspent funds and discern who’s responsible.