Politics

North and South Korea to hold historic first summit in decade

April 26, 2018

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is set to cross his country's heavily militarized border with South Korea on Friday for the first intra-Korea summit in more than a decade.

Madeleine Albright thinks it's time to sound the alarm on fascism

PRI's The World

April 25, 2018

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says we might not recognize the resurgence of fascism worldwide until it's too late.

President Obama created DACA. Why won't courts let President Trump end it?

PRI's The World

April 25, 2018

A federal court ruling gives the government 90 days to explain why it changed the immigration policy — or to begin accepting new DACA applicants.

Global Politics

Some senators still have lingering questions about Mike Pompeo as secretary of state

PRI's The World

April 24, 2018

Sen. Bob Menendez says he will support Mike Pompeo if the CIA director wins Senate approval and becomes America's next top diplomat. But the Democratic senator from New Jersey says there are good reasons for him to vote "no" on Pompeo's nomination.

Justice

As the Supreme Court considers Trump’s travel ban, some want justices to remember a case they decided 74 years ago

PRI's The World

April 24, 2018

The president has certain powers to protect the country, but the children of people incarcerated in World War II say that power can be abused. The court should be a check.

Conflict

Assassins murdered Honduran activist Berta Cáceres. Her mother and daughters have taken up the fight.

GlobalPost

April 24, 2018

The 43-year-old Cáceres was killed in 2016 by gunmen who entered her home in La Esperanza, Honduras. She had fought against a dam project from Desarrollos Energéticos S.A., or DESA, that was to be built along the Gualcarque River, considered sacred to her indigenous Lenca people.

Global Politics

US senator, 4 congressional candidates say they’ll reject embattled veterans PAC’s cash

The Center for Public Integrity

April 23, 2018

Put Vets First! PAC and sister charities spend most of their money on telemarketing, leader’s salary

Music

South Korea switches off propaganda broadcasts

Reuters

April 23, 2018

South Korea halted the propaganda broadcasts it blares across the border with North Korea on Monday, aiming to set a positive tone ahead of the first summit in a decade between their leaders as the US president cautioned the nuclear crisis was far from resolved.

Global Politics

Tyler Environmental Prize winner James J. McCarthy has hope for the future

Living on Earth

April 22, 2018

Distinguished oceanographer and leading climate scientist James J. McCarthy of Harvard University is a co-recipient of this year’s Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement.

Conflict

Armenian police detain almost 200 in protests

Reuters

April 22, 2018

Armenian police detained three opposition leaders on Sunday and held nearly 200 protesters during the latest demonstrations against the appointment of the former President Serzh Sarksyan as prime minister.