Business, Economics and Jobs
PRI's The World
December 13, 2016
President-elect Donald Trump's tweet about a US-made fighter jet, the F-35, caused its manufacturer's stock to tumble. Here's why critics of Lockheed Martin's Joint Strike Fighter program say that the plane, designed to be efficient and economical, is neither.
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Conflict & Justice
What do American troops have to do with medical emergencies? A lot
PRI's The World
September 17, 2014
President Obama has deployed 3,000 troops to combat Ebola in West Africa. That may seem like a stretch for a group of people who aren't medical experts, but the US military has a long history of stepping into humanitarian crises – and can add real value to aid efforts.
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Conflict & Justice
Meet the hacking prodigy you definitely want on your side
PRI's The World
December 08, 2014
Chris Doman doesn't want to scare you, but cyber attacks are only getting worse. That's why some hackers like him are pouring their time into "network defense," trying to keep out cyber intruders that want to steal everything from credit card numbers to industrial secrets.
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Conflict & Justice
South Koreans raise voices against a new US anti-missile system aimed at North Korea
PRI's The World
November 10, 2016
Despite assurances from the US and South Korean governments, South Koreans living near the site of a new anti-missile shield worry about potential health impacts.
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Business, Economics and Jobs
Trump has a point about the F-35 fighter jet, but the full story is complicated
PRI's The World
December 13, 2016
President-elect Donald Trump's tweet about a US-made fighter jet, the F-35, caused its manufacturer's stock to tumble. Here's why critics of Lockheed Martin's Joint Strike Fighter program say that the plane, designed to be efficient and economical, is neither.
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Conflict & Justice
The US just made it harder for Saudi Arabia to bomb Yemen. The people of Yemen barely noticed.
PRI's The World
December 16, 2016
Updated
President Barack Obama signaled his concern about civilian casualties in the Yemen war on December 13 when he halted a major resupply of smart bombs to the Saudi Arabian air force. But the same day, the US Air Force delivered the Saudis four new fighter jets.
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Conflict & Justice
A veteran from Wisconsin explains why he joined the fight against ISIS
PRI's The World
October 21, 2014
Jordan Matson, from Racine, Wisconsin, was once a soldier in the US Army. Today Matson is a volunteer fighter with a Kurdish militia in northern Syria, fighting against ISIS and hoping to bring more Americans over to join the war.
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Politics
Trump is stacking top government posts with retired generals
Agence France-Presse
December 08, 2016
Donald Trump named retired four-star Marine Gen. John Kelly to head the Department of Homeland Security. If confirmed by the Senate, Kelly would join retired Marine Gen. James Mattis as defense secretary and retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn as national security adviser.
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Conflict & Justice
This Yemeni says US drone strikes are actually helping al-Qaeda
PRI's The World
December 11, 2014
Farea al-Muslimi says American drone strikes aren't just driving Yemenis away from the United States, they're also damaging their relationship with the very sky that feeds their crops and families in peacetime.
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Health & Medicine
The war against Ebola isn't over, but American troops can still come home
The Takeaway
March 01, 2015
The Ebola epidemic has slowed to a trickle in Liberia, and the American soldiers who helped with the medical response effort have ended their missions. But aid workers caution that vigilance — and more infrastructure — is still needed.
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Conflict & Justice
For Rosa Brooks, how drones turned from the abstract to the stuff of nightmares
PRI's The World
August 08, 2016
Brooks, the author of the new book "How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything," reflects on how the lines between war and peace have blurred since 9/11.