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White-gloved hand holds ancient artifact known as the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet.

Iraq needs to reclaim its cultural past to develop its future, art historian says

Culture

This week, the US agreed to return more than 17,000 treasures to Iraq. Nada Shabout, a professor of art history, joined The World’s host Marco Werman to discuss Iraq’s stolen cultural heritage. 

A member of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) takes his position during a patrol looking for militants of the Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), in a neighborhood in Ramadi, July 23, 2014.

Iraq is in serious trouble. Here’s how it got there

Global Politics
The World

GOP, White House Reach Deal on Tax Cuts, Unemployment Benefits

Global Politics
The World

The agenda: wrangling over tax cuts, Euro zone debt

Global Politics
Carol Rosenberg

Nine things we’ve learned from Carol Rosenberg’s 13 years covering Guantanamo

Conflict & Justice
The World

This week’s agenda: lame duck Congress returns, unemployment benefits expire

Business, Economics and Jobs

We speak with Charlie Herman, economics editor for The Takeaway and WNYC Radio, and Marcus Mabry, associate national editor for our partner The New York Times, to discuss the important decisions that need to be made.

The World

What does it mean to be ‘rich’ in America?

Business, Economics and Jobs

We break down the politics behind the Bush-era tax cuts and the proposals to allow the cuts to expire on individuals making more than $250,000 a year. Are there political agendas here?

Veterans Weigh In on U.S. Intervention in Syria

The Obama Administration is busy lobbying Congress to support another American intervention in the Middle East–this time in Syria, a country ravaged by civil war for over two years. As Congress and the country deliberates on U.S. involvement, we turn to veterans of America’s recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to find out how they […]

How a Former US Marine Intelligence Officer Views the Manning Trial

Conflict & Justice

The Manning court-martial has particular resonance with those serving in the military, given his role in intelligence. Anchor Marco Werman talks with Andrew Borene, a former US Marine military intelligence officer about the court-martial and sentence.

Chaos, controversy mark latest military commission hearings in Guantanamo

Global Politics

The alleged plotters behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks were back in court this week, but quickly the hearings became less about the accused and more about the court itself. Some unknown entity censored the court’s audio broadcast, which infuriated the defense and the judge, who ordered it not happen again.