The killing of Jan Kuciak, 27, who investigated corruption among politically-connected business people, and his fiancée at their home in February increased widespread anger about persistent corruption allegations, leading to the largest near-weekly protests since the end of communism in 1989.
Oklahoma has had the highest female incarceration rate in the nation. It's been that way for the last 25 years. The state imprisons 151 out of every 100,000 women, according to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics — more than double the national rate. Cherise Greer is out of the system but is now faced with the challenges of life on the outside.
Flip Schulke’s photos of the funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. highlight the emotions felt by mourners and around the nation as America came to terms with an assassin’s bullet. Fifty years on, many of those emotions continue to be felt in a divided nation questioning what sort of country it wants to be.
Her uncompromising methods and refusal to forgive contrasted sharply with the reconciliation espoused by her husband Nelson Mandela as he worked to forge a stable, pluralistic democracy from the racial division and oppression of apartheid.
Globally, close to 1 billion people are learning English as a Foreign Language and all of them encounter binary gender pronouns from the earliest lessons.
In 2012, Sweden erupted in a national debate over the pronoun "hen." Traditionally, Swedish has gendered pronouns when referring to people. There is no gender-neutral pronoun for people. "Hen" was a new word meant to fill a gap in the language. This week on The World in Words podcast we explore how a little-known and little-used word went mainstream in Sweden.
An adult-film actress who claims she had sex with Donald Trump before he was president said on Sunday she had been threatened in 2011 while in a parking lot with her infant daughter to discourage her from discussing the relationship.
Kristina Krump and her husband don't want to raise teenage boys in this country, in the current political climate, so they're starting a new life south of the border.
Japan and India signed a controversial civil nuclear deal on Friday that will allow Japanese companies to export atomic technology to the Asian giant as the two countries deepen economic and security ties.
Reciting "Rosary to the Borders," they called to be protected from the dangers facing them. The episcopate insisted that it was a purely religious initiative.
Women’s rights groups are furious at what they see as a regressive judgment that prioritizes keeping children in families over the rights of the woman.
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to dismantle DACA — a federal program that offers temporary reprieve to undocumented immigrants brought to the US as minors. We spoke to DACA recipients about how they see their future under a Trump administration.
The Trump phenomenon was built, in large part, by television. Michael Schneider tells us how the former star of "The Apprentice" is shaking up Hollywood — and creating some unexpected winners.
Marie Collins was sexually abused as a child by a Catholic priest in Ireland. In 2014, she joined the Vatican's commission for the protection of minors, hoping to help make changes. Now, she has resigned in frustration.
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This Arizona family is moving to Nicaragua to get away from Trump's America
PRI's The World
February 17, 2017
Kristina Krump and her husband don't want to raise teenage boys in this country, in the current political climate, so they're starting a new life south of the border.
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'Controversial' nuclear deal signed by Japan and India
Agence France-Presse
November 11, 2016
Japan and India signed a controversial civil nuclear deal on Friday that will allow Japanese companies to export atomic technology to the Asian giant as the two countries deepen economic and security ties.
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Polish Catholics come together at the country's borders, praying to 'save Poland'
Agence France-Presse
October 07, 2017
Reciting "Rosary to the Borders," they called to be protected from the dangers facing them. The episcopate insisted that it was a purely religious initiative.
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Indian court rules that men need protection from women making unsubstantiated domestic harassment claims
GlobalPost
August 15, 2017
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Women’s rights groups are furious at what they see as a regressive judgment that prioritizes keeping children in families over the rights of the woman.
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Members of Congress scoring personal loans from political supporters
The Center for Public Integrity
August 29, 2017
Repayment terms often undisclosed, transactions together worth millions
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Young, undocumented and worried. What's next for those who received DACA.
PRI's The World
November 09, 2016
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to dismantle DACA — a federal program that offers temporary reprieve to undocumented immigrants brought to the US as minors. We spoke to DACA recipients about how they see their future under a Trump administration.
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Chile's forest fires have been raging for weeks. What caused them?
GlobalPost
February 10, 2017
Conspiracy theories are raging about what's behind the “greatest forest disaster” in Chilean history.
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South Korea makes a bold move with a former ‘comfort woman’ at its state dinner with the US and Japan
PRI's The World
November 08, 2017
South Korea sent a provocative message to Japan and the US by inviting a former "comfort woman" to a state dinner with President Donald Trump.
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How Trump is changing TV
Innovation Hub
April 21, 2017
The Trump phenomenon was built, in large part, by television. Michael Schneider tells us how the former star of "The Apprentice" is shaking up Hollywood — and creating some unexpected winners.
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The Vatican is 'all words, no action' on addressing child sex abuse
PRI's The World
March 16, 2017
Marie Collins was sexually abused as a child by a Catholic priest in Ireland. In 2014, she joined the Vatican's commission for the protection of minors, hoping to help make changes. Now, she has resigned in frustration.