Leaders

October 09, 2018

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is calling on Riyadh to prove its claim that Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who has been missing since last week, left the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

Conflict & Justice

China demands US 'dispel obstacles' to military ties and stop slander

Reuters

September 27, 2018

China demanded the United States "dispel obstacles" to improving military ties and stop slandering it, amid growing tensions over trade, Taiwan, the South China Sea and President Donald Trump's claims of China meddling in the upcoming US election.

Conflict & Justice

North Korea's Kim agrees to inspections in bid to salvage nuclear talks

Reuters

September 19, 2018

North Korea said on Wednesday it would permanently abolish its key missile facilities in the presence of foreign experts, the latest gesture by leader Kim Jong-un to revive faltering talks with Washington over his country's nuclear program.

Serena Williams’ catsuit controversy evokes the battle over women wearing shorts

The Conversation

September 05, 2018

This is simply the most recent chapter of a centurylong debate over the place of informality and immodesty in our dress: how short can that skirt be? Should the first lady be able to don a tank top? What about wearing sneakers to prom?

Former top Vatican official calls for resignation of pope over abuse crisis

Reuters

August 26, 2018

In a detailed 11-page bombshell statement given to conservative Roman Catholic media outlets during the Pope's visit to Ireland, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano accused a long list of current and past Vatican and US Church officials of covering up the case of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who resigned last month in disgrace.

Religion

For Irish Catholics, there’s both enthusiasm and anxiety about Pope Francis’s visit

PRI's The World

August 23, 2018

Pope Francis visits Ireland this weekend for the first time as head of the Catholic Church. In a country where 4 out of 5 people identify as Catholic, the trip will not be easy.

Religion

A new chapter, with the same old words, in the Catholic child abuse scandal

PRI's The World

August 20, 2018

To people who have spent their lives studying and combating the Catholic child abuse scandal, the revelations from last week’s grand jury report on six dioceses in Pennsylvania are numbingly familiar.

This sex trafficking survivor is moving on — by learning how to code

GlobalPost

August 17, 2018

Jessica Hubley, one of the founders of AnnieCannons, wanted to teach survivors something that was actually viable in the job market — and in the Bay Area, where she is based, nothing made more sense than software development.

US Diplomacy

Steve Bannon's 'The Movement' is an umbrella group of anti-establishment, populist parties in Europe

PRI's The World

August 16, 2018

Bannon is in the process of setting up an umbrella group with a headquarters in Brussels to help support and coordinate these different nationalist parties. One of the people helping him is his friend, Benjamin Harnwell.

This woman bodybuilder in Myanmar is using Facebook to advocate for harsher penalties for rape

PRI's The World

August 13, 2018

A recent Myanmar government report says the number of rape cases in Myanmar increased by nearly 30 percent from 2016-2017.

Leaders

Turkey tells Saudis to prove missing journalist left consulate, US urges Saudis to support inquiry

China demands US 'dispel obstacles' to military ties and stop slander

North Korea's Kim agrees to inspections in bid to salvage nuclear talks

Serena Williams’ catsuit controversy evokes the battle over women wearing shorts

Former top Vatican official calls for resignation of pope over abuse crisis

For Irish Catholics, there’s both enthusiasm and anxiety about Pope Francis’s visit

A new chapter, with the same old words, in the Catholic child abuse scandal

This sex trafficking survivor is moving on — by learning how to code

Steve Bannon's 'The Movement' is an umbrella group of anti-establishment, populist parties in Europe

This woman bodybuilder in Myanmar is using Facebook to advocate for harsher penalties for rape

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