America

Where's the 'swagger' at the US State Department?

March 13, 2019

When Mike Pompeo took over at the State Department last year, he said he would bring the "swagger" back to American diplomacy. How do you square that with the Trump administration's call to slash funding at the State Department by almost a quarter?

Caste in America

Caste discrimination exists on college campuses. Some schools are trying to change that.

WGBH News

March 08, 2019

Brandeis University has moved to ban caste-based discrimination in its own campus policy. Other universities may be following suit.

Caste in America

The US isn’t safe from the trauma of caste bias

WGBH News

March 08, 2019

Many Dalits say the kind of caste-based discrimination and violence that erupts in India also exist in the US.

Caste in America

Love conquers caste for this couple, but Indian marriage traditions continue in US

WGBH News

March 06, 2019

The writer's parents defied Hindu conventions by marrying in India outside their caste, but decades later, members of her father's upper caste promote sticking with tradition in America.

Caste in America

Even with a Harvard pedigree, caste follows ‘like a shadow’

WGBH News

March 05, 2019

Suraj Yengde, part of the Dalit or "Untouchable" caste in Hinduism, rose from a segregated slum in India to a fellowship at Harvard, collecting advanced degrees along the way.

In search of refuge during the American Revolution, this enslaved black man joined the British army

PRI's The World

February 27, 2019

The American Revolution was a war for independence, but many enslaved black people found liberty by joining the British. New research documents the story of one South Carolina teenager who became a hero in the British army.

Global Satire

In new book, Lebanese Satirist Karl reMarks skewers Middle East pundits

PRI's The World

February 25, 2019

Karl reMarks talks about his upcoming book, "And Then God Created the Middle East and Said 'Let There Be Breaking News'" and tells us his views on Western media covering the Middle East.

Inside Donald Trump’s army of super PACs and MAGA nonprofits

The Center for Public Integrity

February 18, 2019

"Scams" is how the president once described such groups.

Conflict & Justice

If Trump wants a wall, eminent domain is the final frontier

Living on Earth

February 12, 2019

The government’s ability to exert eminent domain powers has literally paved the way for much of America’s fundamental infrastructure. Pipelines, highways, railroads, high-voltage transmission lines — all of these projects tend to require long paths across the landscape. Farms and even suburban neighborhoods can be caught in the middle.

How blackface — ‘America’s first cultural export’ — reinforces oppression across the world

PRI's The World

February 08, 2019

Blackface traditions across the world date back centuries, but America began to influence the international view of blackface in the 1800s. Nearly 200 years later, the racist practice is still being used around the globe.

The Creativity Crisis, Dean & Britta

Studio 360

July 23, 2010

July 4th Redesigned, Jason Moran

Studio 360

July 02, 2010

Spark: Kurt & Julie Talk Childhood

Studio 360

January 28, 2011

Erik Friedlander

Studio 360

January 21, 2011

Green Assassin

Studio 360

January 07, 2011

Traveling in Charley's Footsteps

Studio 360

February 04, 2011

Spark: Kurt & Julie Talk Materials

Studio 360

February 04, 2011

Arts, Culture & Media

Traveling in Charley's Footsteps

Studio 360

February 04, 2011

In the fall of 1960, John Steinbeck climbed into a camper truck and started driving. He and his standard poodle Charley roamed for ten thousand miles, completing a circuit around the U.S. The result of their exploration was the book "Travels With Charlie"

Spark: Kurt & Julie Talk Childhood

Studio 360

January 28, 2011

Erik Friedlander

Studio 360

January 21, 2011

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