Global Politics
PRI's The World
August 19, 2013
The ongoing conflict in Egypt has deep roots in history, religion, politics and economics. But journalist Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed says another underlying cause is a growing resource crisis--shortages of food, water, energy, and a booming population.
Business, Economics and Jobs
A Younger Generation Speaks to Power
The Takeaway
February 11, 2011
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak addressed the youth of his country with what many perceive as paternal condescension. We take a closer look at the generation gap between the President and his populace.
Conflict & Justice
Saudi Arabia's youth problem
PRI's The World
March 20, 2008
Most of Saudi Arabia's population is under the age of 30, and a growing number of them is frustrated with the Kingdom's tight restrictions on social freedoms, and that could pose problems for the Saudi state
Arts, Culture & Media
Global hit
PRI's The World
March 21, 2008
The government of Liberia has commissioned a new pop song to raise awareness about the country's first census in nearly 25 years. The census gets under way today. Anchor Marco Werman has today's Global Hit.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Endless cities
PRI's The World
April 18, 2008
Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the co-editors of a book called "The Endless City;� Ricky Vurdett and Deyan Sudjic set out to document how six of the world's largest cities got to be so big.
Conflict & Justice
France wrestles with statistics
PRI's The World
April 21, 2008
France is officially color-blind: it's against the law there to collect statistics on race, religion or ethnicity, but some critics say just because you don't ask questions, doesn't mean discrimination doesn't exist
Environment
Indonesia's vanishing rice farms
PRI's The World
May 20, 2008
Rice paddies across Asia are being replaced by golf courses and luxury hotels and workers are leaving the fields for factory jobs, as Rebecca Henschke reports on an endangered species - the rice farmers of Indonesia.
Environment
China to relax one-child policy
PRI's The World
May 27, 2008
China says it will relax its one-child policy to help parents in Sichuan Province who lost children in this month's devastating earthquake; many of those killed in the May 12th quake were children
Global Politics
China urbanization series: Shenzhen
PRI's The World
July 07, 2008
The World's Mary Kay Magistad begins a series of reports on China's rapid urbanization. More than half of China's population now lives in cities,
Global Politics
China urbanization series: Beijing
PRI's The World
July 08, 2008
The World's Mary Kay Magistad continues her series on China's rapid urbanization. Today, she reports on the forces that have shaped Beijing, a city that some say has lost its soul because of urban growth.
Global Politics
China urbanization series: Wangwan
PRI's The World
July 09, 2008
China's rapid urbanization is drawing hundreds of millions of people to its cities. And that's having a profound impact on those in the villages left behind. The World's Mary Kay Magistad has the third in our series on China's urbanization.