Evan George

I’m a producer at KCRW in Santa Monica, where I work on “To the Point,” as well as our local news programs.

I’m a producer at KCRW in Santa Monica, where I work on “To the Point,” as well as our local news programs. Before radio, I was a newspaper editor and reporter covering health care and the California courts. I’ve published two vegetarian cookbooks.

Official posters of the candidates for the 2017 French presidential election, Emmanuel Macron, left, head of the political movement En Marche!, or Onwards!, and Marine Le Pen, of French National Front (FN).

Does it matter who won the French election? It might matter more who's running Facebook.

Technology is transforming societies more deeply than the political vibrations of 2017.

Does it matter who won the French election? It might matter more who's running Facebook.
Kirk W. Johnson

There's just one person this new tweeter wants to reach: @realDonaldTrump

There's just one person this new tweeter wants to reach: @realDonaldTrump
The entrance of the Icelandic Pirate Party headquarters

Pirates in Iceland are on the verge of gaining real political power

Pirates in Iceland are on the verge of gaining real political power
A protester stands in front of a burning barricade during a demonstration in Cairo January 28, 2011.

Authors argue it's too early to label the 'Arab Spring' a failure

Authors argue it's too early to label the 'Arab Spring' a failure
Donald Trump on CNN

Trump gets advantages on broadcast TV other candidates can only dream of

Trump gets advantages on broadcast TV other candidates can only dream of
Camp near Mecca

Should Muslims boycott the pilgrimage to Mecca?

One writer asks other Muslims to boycott in protest of unsafe conditions on the annual Islamic pilgrimage.

Should Muslims boycott the pilgrimage to Mecca?
Stacy Wood and her wife Michele Barr

This clerk says online marriage license applications will solve religious dilemmas over same-sex marriage

In Casey County, Kentucky, neither same-sex nor opposite sex couples are getting marriage licenses. The clerk there says his religious beliefs prevent him from issuing licenses to same-sex couples, but he doesn't want to discriminate. So he's calling for clerks to be removed from the process entirely.

This clerk says online marriage license applications will solve religious dilemmas over same-sex marriage
Trainees work on a dummy body.

Combat medics train for war in an LA emergency room

Navy medics are learning combat medicine by attending to victims of horrific accidents and shootouts, doing emergency surgery and amputations — in a Los Angeles emergency room.

Combat medics train for war in an LA emergency room
woman hijab

Women in Saudi Arabia have two choices: 'Either lose your mind or become a feminist'

Sometimes, taking off your headscarf is more difficult than putting it on, says Mona Eltahawy, who says in a new book that the Middle East needs a sexual revolution.

Women in Saudi Arabia have two choices: 'Either lose your mind or become a feminist'
Stenbock House

The ‘Estonian Express Card’ offers a glimpse of the future of digital citizenship

Estonia has the youngest prime minister in the European Union. It's also rushing headlong into creating digital ID for people there. And while they offer access to an array of government and private services, they'll also issue online IDs to anyone who wants one — though they come with much less access.

The ‘Estonian Express Card’ offers a glimpse of the future of digital citizenship
Evan Osnos at KCRW's To The Point

China's rapid evolution is giving citizens the chance to demand what they want

Evan Osnos says China's technological growth is changing way people experience everyday life. And it's all happening so fast that political change is lagging far behind, leaving censors in something of an awkward position.

China's rapid evolution is giving citizens the chance to demand what they want
Memorial for Daniel Pearl

A colleague and friend works to finish slain journalist Daniel Pearl's story

Twelve years ago this week, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl drove off for an interview in Karachi, Pakistan, and never came back. Now, a colleague thinks she has identified his murderer.

A colleague and friend works to finish slain journalist Daniel Pearl's story