PRI's The World

Father-daughter curators Julius Urbaitis and Agne Urbaityte pose behind a desk of a mannequin KGB duty officer wearing vintage military attire.

Shutdown slows already backlogged immigration courts, the KGB in NYC, a probe of the Mueller probe?

US soldiers killed in Syria and the latest on Brexit. Plus, the origins of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. And, a learning tour with the KGB in New York City.

Monessen, Pennsylvania, was once a prosperous steel town. The small city, 27 miles south of Pittsburgh, has fallen on hard times since its steel mills shut down in the 1970’s and ‘80’s.

Forgotten and crumbling, a PA steel town turned to Trump. Two years later, it's a mixed bag.

When presidential candidate Trump visited Rust Belt cities like Monessen, Pennsylvania, he made some bold promises to bring back jobs from overseas. Many voters, including lifelong Democrats, loved his message. How are they feeling now?

People form a line like a snake on the bed of a dry riverbed

'Congo Tales' book dramatizes myths from Mbomo people

A new photo book tells legends from the Mbomo people from the Republic of the Congo.

A boy whose body is painted white wears a crown of wooden sticks that looks like a sunburst behind his head poses for a photo

The crucial Brexit vote, tales from the Congo Basin, a steel town reflects

Explosions and gunfire shock a hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenya. Plus, how confirmation hearings for the US attorney general could impact the ongoing investigation into connections between the Trump administration and President Vladimir Putin of Russia. And, the crucial vote in the UK Parliament on Brexit.

A couple is backlit against a stark stone fort interior.

Pirates brought enslaved Africans to Virginia’s shores. Where, exactly, is debatable.

This year marks 400 years since the first Africans were taken from Africa and sold as slaves in the English colonies. It was the largest migration in history: 12 million or more Africans forcibly moved to places across the Atlantic Ocean to be slaves. Today, all of those places are still dealing with the fallout.

Five people are painted with a light green paint and post together. Another man is on his knees with bananas.

Excerpt: 'The Mole and the Sun' from 'Congo Tales'

"Congo Tales" is a new book featuring the stories of the Mbomo people in Congo, which includes portrait photography of the people acting out their myths.

The 'Green New Deal' started with six college grads. Now, they're recruiting an army of young people.

The Green New Deal is often linked to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the freshman congresswoman who is the idea’s most visible champion. But in its current form, it’s the brainchild of a bunch of 20-somethings sick of older generations’ inaction on climate change.

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin shake hands behind two podiums reading Helsinki 2018

No, the president can't destroy records. Here's why.

In 1978, Congress created the Presidential Records Act, which makes the records of a president public, not private. Here's what that means amid some of the latest revelations that US President Donald Trump has withheld records of his conversations with Vladimir Putin.

Snow from Winter Storm Gia falls over the White House

Sympathy pizza as the shutdown persists, a Green New Deal, the Presidential Records Act

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's talks with Saudi leaders. Also, the "Green New Deal." A proposal to fight climate change and, in the process, create new jobs. Plus, Canadian air traffic controllers send sympathy pizza to US colleagues struggling through the government shutdown.

hundreds of people stand in line at a gas station on a sunny day

Mexicans support president’s fight against fuel theft despite long lines for gas

What began as an inconvenience — longer lines at the gas station — is dragging into its second week after Mexico's president shut down fuel pipelines to prevent theft.

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