What Mattis’ Resignation Could Mean For Global Politics
NPR’s Scott Simon talks with Kori Schake of the International Institute for Strategic Studies about her work with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and the international consequences of his departure.
After Years In Refugee Camps, A Family Celebrates Its First Christmas In The U.S.
With the help of American volunteers, a family of refugees from the Democratic Republic Congo is navigating a new life and establishing new holiday traditions.
Ugandan Singer-Turned-Politician Says Government Continues To Harass Him
Bobi Wine is President Yoweri Museveni’s biggest challenger. Wine says Uganda’s constitution gives him the right to sing and to speak his mind, and how and when he does that is not up for debate.
What Is Left Behind When U.S. Troops Leave Syria
NPR’s Scott Simon speaks with Jasmine El-Gamal, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, about the regional reaction to President Trump’s announcement to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria.
Menstruating Women Are Blocked From Temple In Video Game — And In Real Life
In Darshan Diversion, avatars of menstruating women dodge Hindu priests trying to bar them from a temple. Meanwhile, women of childbearing age can’t enter India’s Sabarimala temple — for real.
What They Took With Them As They Fled Conflicts
As people escape from turmoil around the world, they often can carry only a few items with them. In hindsight these objects are often precious reminders of the lives they left behind.
Global Newsstand: Fossil fuel corporations should not lobby during climate conferences, and more
EUObserver / Brussels
Readers write: ‘Whose Colorado?’ fracking debate, cover art
‘Whose Colorado?’ fracking debate
North Korea Promotes Basketball As ‘An Important Project’
“We must rush to elevate the sport to global levels,” North Korea’s official newspaper reportedly stated this week. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has a well-known love for the sport.
Controversial. Chaotic. But not a do-nothing Congress
The 115th Congress is going out with a bang – but not the celebratory kind. Instead it is a deafening noise of shutdown drama and alarm bells over national security that is drowning out the accomplishments of the last two years. Republican Senate maj…
No room at the inn: Mexican Posada tradition inspires US migrants
La Posada, a rich Mexican and Latin American Catholic tradition, took place after dusk in the humblest of settings on a recent evening here – a bright half-moon illuminated a plastic tent festooned with lights in a weatherworn mobile-home park. Warmed…
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