Politics

The White House suggests no one should question its chief of staff

October 23, 2017

A historian, who lost a son in Iraq, says the White House is putting military officers on a sort of pedestal that doesn't serve democracy.

Politics

Catalan party threatens 'massive' civil disobedience against Spain

Agence France-Presse

October 23, 2017

Catalonia's parliament will hold a plenary session on Thursday to decide its response to the central government's move to dismiss the region's government while other independence activists have promised civil disobedience.

Politics

Japan's Abe promises to 'deal firmly' with North Korea after resounding election victory

Agence France-Presse

October 22, 2017

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's conservative coalition was on track to win 311 seats in the 465-seat parliament, putting the nationalist premier on course to become Japan's longest-serving leader.

Politics

Niger raid highlights US military's growing role in Africa

Agence France-Presse

October 21, 2017

The killing of four American special operations soldiers in Niger has highlighted the increasing role elite units are playing across Africa, where their mission is to counter the advances of a slew of jihadist movements, including al-Shabab in Somalia, ISIS affiliates in the Sahel region and Boko Haram in Nigeria.

Politics

Spain says it will dismiss Catalonia's government and call elections

Agence France-Presse

October 21, 2017

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Saturday that his government will move to dismiss Catalonia's separatist government and call fresh elections in the region in a bid to stop its leaders from declaring independence.

Politics

The populist tide has spread to one of Central Europe's last liberal democracies

GlobalPost

October 20, 2017

Andrej Babis and his party are winning the Czech Republic’s parliamentary elections this weekend. Add him to the current president, and that would mean not one, but two Donald Trump admirers governing a liberal democracy in the EU.

Politics

Sexual harassment at work is a global problem. Now, the world is finally talking about it.

PRI's The World

October 20, 2017

The sexual harassment allegations against film mogul Harvey Weinstein have sparked a global conversation about the issue of harassment in the workplace. We devoted all of Friday's program to this issue.

Politics

The roots of Catalonia’s differences with the rest of Spain

PRI's The World

October 20, 2017

With Catalonia threatening to declare independence from Spain, we look into the origins of the dispute between Barcelona and Madrid.

Politics

Medical marijuana legalized in Peru

Agence France-Presse

October 20, 2017

The proposal at first was controversial because of the thriving illegal drug trade: Peru is the world's second largest producer of coca leaves — the source plant for cocaine — and some worried that drug gangs would branch into the marijuana business.

Politics

Venice prepares for autonomy vote on Sunday

Agence France-Presse

October 20, 2017

In 2016, the Veneto region that includes Venice sent $18.35 billion more to Rome than it got back in public services - and taxpayers are not happy about it.

Politics

This Muslim purge in Myanmar is so awful you can see it from space

GlobalPost

November 15, 2016

Along Myanmar’s marshy coastline, villages keep going up in flames.

Politics

Fake HIV/AIDS cures persist around the world

GlobalPost

October 18, 2012

A list of some of the most outrageous claims of finding a cure to AIDS

Politics

Historians disagree on whether 'The Star-Spangled Banner' is racist

PRI's The World

August 30, 2016

The decision of 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick to stop standing for the national anthem has provoked a lot of debate, to say the least. One part of the argument is about the anthem's little-known third stanza, and whether it is racist.

Politics

One of the six US immigrant Nobel winners is 'totally speechless' over the push to limit immigration

PRI's The World

October 11, 2016

Sir J. Fraser Stoddart won a Nobel Prize in chemistry this year. Like the five others who won in the US, he is an immigrant.

Politics

Breitbart alumni shape the message at Trump's White House

PRI's The World

February 07, 2017

Sebastian Gorka's refugee parents escaped from Communist Hungary. Now he's a deputy assistant to President Donald Trump, making the case for the immigrant and refugee ban.

Politics

A cross-generational group of US women is planning a nationwide strike against Trump

December 05, 2016

They may be decades apart, but the women organizing the Dec. 12 strike have their eyes set on one prize: getting the electoral college to change their votes.

Politics

PHOTOS: It's official. The Women's March has swept the globe

PRI's The World

January 21, 2017

Updated

01/21/2017 - 9:45pm

Tens of thousands of women and men turned out for the March on Washington's sister marches in cities and countries around the globe. See the pictures.

Politics

This Trump voter is stunned to find her Syrian relatives deported

PRI's The World

February 01, 2017

Sarmad Assali, an Orthodox Christian in Allentown, Pennsylvania, supported Donald Trump for president. She was stunned this weekend when his refugee and immigration restrictions meant her relatives were deported back to Damascus.

Politics

To fight hate crimes, philanthropist George Soros's organization begins by tracking them

PRI's The World

December 06, 2016

Billionaire philanthropist and Holocaust survivor will invest $10 million to help communities track hate crimes against them.

Politics

Policing the language of the Holocaust in Poland

PRI's The World

August 18, 2016

This week the right-wing Polish governing party proposed a new law to outlaw the use of phrases like "Polish death camp" or "Polish concentration camp."