Opinion: Relaxing Brazil’s Gun Laws Could Make A Murderous Country Even Deadlier
Brazilians are desperate for public safety, but the president’s plan to dismantle firearm legislation is the wrong way to reduce crime, writes security researcher Robert Muggah.
Congo’s Powerful Catholic Church Disputes Results Of Presidential Election
Congo’s electoral chief announced the provisional results naming opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi as the new president. The Catholic Church immediately challenged the results based on observations.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Sworn In For 2nd Term
NPR’s Audie Cornish speaks with journalist Mariana Zuniga about Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s swearing in for his second term after an election that has been criticized as illegitimate.
Where Does Illegal Immigration Mostly Occur? Here’s What The Data Tell Us
The Trump administration has claimed there is a national security crisis at the southern border. In fact, the majority of undocumented immigrants in this country crossed the border legally.
In Flint, a future built on schools as well as safe water
The infamous Flint crisis over lead-tainted water, while not definitively to blame, was a possible cause of her son’s lead exposure, as for many others in this economically depressed Michigan city. “The nonprofit sector was here to respond and lessen …
In Mexico, Reynosa Has Become An Unintended Home For A Growing Number Of Migrants
Hundreds of migrants deported to Mexico are sent back through the Reynosa border crossing. It is Mexico’s most dangerous border towns and foreign to many of those being sent there.
Dozens Of Stranded Seals Flounder In Canadian Town
As winter closed in on the town of Roddickton-Bide Arm in Newfoundland, a pod of seals became separated from open water by miles of ice.
Moscow’s Libraries Are Experiencing An Unexpected Revival
Moscow’s neighborhood libraries are having a moment as they’ve turned from shabby houses of Soviet learning to well-designed work spaces for MacBook-toting hipsters.
Bipartisan ‘talking stick’ session? Not in this shutdown
Nearly one year ago, more than 20 Democratic and Republican senators were sequestered in the corner office of GOP Sen. Susan Collins, passing around a beaded African “talking stick,” as they worked earnestly toward some kind of deal to end the governme…
Pompeo Delivers Speech In Cairo Describing His Vision Of America’s World Role
In Cairo, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a stinging rebuke of the Obama administration’s approach to the region. But the comments left some wondering what the Trump administration’s strategy is.
Of The 9 Countries On Pompeo’s Visit, 5 Don’t Have A Senate-Confirmed U.S. Ambassador
NPR’s Ari Shapiro speaks with Richard LeBaron, a former ambassador to Kuwait, about how the diplomatic vacancies in the region affect a mission such as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s this week.
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