How Mexico Is Working To Reunite Separated Families
Reyna Torres Mendivil, Mexico’s consul general in San Antonio, speaks with NPR’s Audie Cornish about her involvement in reuniting Mexican families that have been separated.
Former Top-Secret Submarine Base In Crimea Is Now A Museum
A secret underground naval base in Crimea designed to preserve Soviet submarines in case of a nuclear attack is now a museum with an anti-American message.
For Next U.S. Commander In Afghanistan, ‘This Is About Protecting U.S. Citizens’
“I can’t guarantee you a timeline or an end date” for the war, Lt. Gen. Austin “Scott” Miller, President Trump’s pick to lead U.S. forces in Afghanistan, told a Senate panel on Tuesday.
After a long war, Colombia embraces peace at the ballot box
After ending a half-century of civil war with a peace pact two years ago, Colombia held its first presidential election last Sunday. The presence of peace was palpable. For the first time in generations, there was no political violence on voting day.
US exits UN rights body: Principled, or another retreat?
It is the only item of business that appears automatically on the agenda of the 47-nation council, the world’s preeminent human rights body, year in and year out. The biased treatment of Israel has drawn criticism and admonishments to act more evenhan…
In wave of new cities, promise and pitfalls for black middle class
Five years ago, Jason Lary attended a workshop on how to build your own city. 5.5 million) carve 10 medium-sized cities out of unincorporated county parcels like his own in south Dekalb County in just over a decade.
Rescuers Search For At Least 180 Missing After Ferry Sinks In Indonesia
Rescuers say only 18 survivors have been found so far. The boat capsized late Monday afternoon during Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
Macedonia renamed: Countries’ name-changes try to ‘clean the slate’
When Greece and Macedonia signed an agreement Sunday to bring an end to their vicious, three-decade diplomatic dispute, the story had an unlikely hero. Yes, the force that finally brought an end to the poisonous conflict that had long kept Macedonia o…
In Italy, how one cooperative is trying to counter the Mafia’s influence
The first time Simmaco Perillo arrived in the Italian hamlet of Maiano di Sessa Aurunca, everything around him was abandoned. Today, the social cooperative Al di là dei sogni, or Beyond the Dreams, is making pasta and growing organic vegetables on lan…
U.S. Pulls Out Of U.N. Human Rights Council
The Trump administration pulled out of the U.N. Human Rights Council, saying it’s hypocritical in who it criticizes. But that could cede influence to some countries with a record for violations.
Afghanistan Cease-Fire Ends
Rachel Martin talks with Candace Rondeaux, a security analyst for New America, about a recent three-day cease-fire in the war in Afghanistan and what it means for peace talks.
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