Stories from Carol Hills
Senior Producer and host.
Carol Hills was part of the original team that created and launched "The World" in 1996. Currently, she is a producer, occasional reporter and host who proudly calls herself a generalist. Carol is interested in everything from US policy options in Afghanistan to the rise in pet ownership in the Middle East. She also has an interest in global humor (yes, sometimes it actually does translate) and produces a weekly narrated slideshow of political cartoons from around the globe.
Over the years, Carol has reported from Cuba, Nigeria, and Vietnam. She was a Knight Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology during 2001-2002 and has a master's degree from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Carol got her journalistic start in Boston on "The Ten O’Clock News" with Christopher Lydon.
Recent Stories
Arts
The World
June 02, 2017
President Trump thought pulling out of the Paris climate accord would make other countries stop laughing at America. It didn't work.
Global Politics
The World
May 21, 2017
Donald Trump gets a lot of attention for what he says and how he says it. Try putting all those quips and tweets through a Russian language filter and seeing what comes out.
Culture
The World
May 19, 2017
President Trump arrives in Israel on Monday. Satirist Uri Fink draws and comments on what awaits him.
Media
The World
May 18, 2017
Donald Trump is making headlines by the hour.
Conflict
The World
May 10, 2017
President Trump fired his FBI Director. Cartoonists: pick up your pencils.
Justice
The World
May 05, 2017
It's the occupation, stupid. Palestinian cartoonist Mohammad Sabaaneh says the Arab-Israeli struggle is not about a particular conflict. It's about the daily humiliations of occupation.
Arts
The World
May 03, 2017
You're kidnapped and put in a room with no windows, no books, no TV, nothing, and you're handcuffed to a radiator. You have no idea if or when you're going to be released. Cartoonist Guy Delisle captures the desperation of this true story.
Global Politics
The World
April 28, 2017
Two Armenian PhDs, just trying to push their country forward by making jokes about it. Meet the anchors of Armenia's first satirical news program, ArmComedy.
Culture
The World
April 21, 2017
The already confusing and uncertain French presidential election just got a little more so.
Culture
The World
April 13, 2017
When Lebanese American Nemr About Nassar told his Arab dad he was going to become a comedian, his response was, "You want to become a clown?"
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