Constitution
A new government report is on hold because of errors — and now we know even less about immigration enforcement
Immigration officials are halting publishing a weekly report that names cities that don’t comply with requests to hold people beyond their release dates. They had published three reports — all with significant errors.
People in Burkina Faso are taking to the streets to protest their ‘president for life’
President Blaise Compoaré has ruled Burkina Faso for 27 years thanks to a series of constitutional changes that let him skirt term limits. Now he wants to do it again and set himself up for another 15 years in office, but huge protests are calling for him to finally step down.
The Magna Carta, nearly 800 years old, still influences modern perceptions of civil rights
The Magna Carta is seen by many as THE founding document for modern western constitutional government. Almost 800 years ago, a King was forced to surrender power to his subjects. Now one of the original copies of the Great Charter is on display at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. Host Marco Werman goes on a field trip with The World’s history guy, Chris Woolf.