Politics

August 19, 2019

Rachel Engmann, a professor at Hampshire College, found her surname in a slave castle in Accra, Ghana, and decided to do some digging.

Climate Change

Spain's coal miners continue to wait for their country's 'Green New Deal'

PRI's The World

August 16, 2019

As Europe transitions away from coal, it's unclear whether the newly-elected Spanish Socialists can offer hope to the region of Asturias, where people have mined coal for 150 years.

'We have suffered enough,' say families of the missing and detained in Syria

PRI's The World

August 16, 2019

UN figures say more than 100,000 people have so far been detained, abducted or gone missing — largely, but not only, at the hands of the Syrian government. Their families want answers.

Immigration

Cuccinelli’s ‘bootstraps’ line reflects historical amnesia of ‘public charge’

PRI's The World

August 15, 2019

The "likely to become a public charge" clause originally targeted southern and eastern European immigrants. It has since become a tool to exclude "undesirable" immigrants du jour.

Immigration

Public charge rule has history of ‘racial exclusion,’ says immigration historian

PRI's The World

August 14, 2019

Two California counties are suing the Trump Administration to block a new rule that would make it harder for immigrants to gain permanent residency in the US. But the "public charge" rule isn't anything new.

Social media

Hong Kong protesters challenge surveillance with apps and umbrellas

PRI's The World

August 14, 2019

Protesters organize via forums and apps while demanding something that many 19th-century era demonstrators wanted: universal suffrage.

Commentary

Mexico wants to run a tourist train through its Mayan heartland — should it?

The Conversation

August 14, 2019

Cancun, on the Yucatan peninsula, is one of Mexico's most visited cities, while nearby Mayan villages struggle with poverty and lack of economic opportunities. A newly proposed train line could help fix that, but at what cost to the people and ecosystem?

Conflict & Justice

Kashmir conflict 'stakes are high for the whole world' says former ambassador

PRI's The World

August 13, 2019

Pakistan has asked the UN Security to Council to meet over India's decision to revoke special status of two autonomous states. The tension in the region goes back to the very beginning of the creation of India and Pakistan, a former ambassador says.

Conflict

Maduro regime kills, tortures, with ‘minimal consequences,’ says opposition lawmaker

PRI's The World

August 13, 2019

President Nicolás Maduro's government has accused more than 20 lawmakers of treason and conspiracy or similar crimes, most recently on Monday. The World's Marco Werman speaks with opposition politician Juan Andrés Mejía, who recently fled to the US to avoid being detained by Maduro's regime.