U.N. Calls For Investigation Into Assassination Of Black Activist In Brazil
The U.N. has called for an investigation into the assassination of black activist Marielle Franco. Her death in Rio de Janeiro two weeks ago prompted huge demonstrations demanding an end to the bloodshed.
In Philadelphia, students get a chance to build boats – and launch them
An educator and sailor, Nicholas Pagon was struck by the scenario of middle-school students reading a novel about an ocean voyage in a sailboat. “I make sure at the end of the project that the students launch the boats onto the Schuylkill River,” he s…
What Kim Jong Un’s Trip To China Means For Negotiations With North Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un traveled to China this week on his first trip to another country since taking power. NPR’s Audie Cornish talks with David Kang of the University of Southern California about the summit and what it means for ongoing negot…
Russia Has Yet To Formally Respond To Expulsion Of Its Diplomats
Russian journalist Konstantin von Eggert speaks with NPR’s Audie Cornish about how Russia is viewing the expulsion of its diplomats. So far, the Kremlin has not offered a formal response.
Eastern Ghouta exodus: As rebel area falls, many take leap into ‘unknown’
Three weeks ago, Amer Zeidan saw no way out of eastern Ghouta but death. It was impossible, he said, for civilians to trust a Syrian regime that devoted so much energy to bombing and starving the opposition enclave into submission. Recommended: How …
Why Facebook must ‘like’ ethical investors
Among those that fled the stock, many equity firms that specialize in ethical investing, such as BetaShares, dropped the company’s stock from their portfolios. As the giant of “surveillance capitalism,” Facebook had met its match with another giant fo…
In Slovakia, children of the Velvet Revolution lead fight to be ‘normal’
Marian Kulich is one of tens of thousands of protesters on the streets of Slovakia in the biggest show of people power since the Velvet Revolution. On Friday afternoon he joined 25,000 protesters in a candlelight vigil in downtown Bratislava, the four…
Post-poisoning, Russian expats feel London heat
In leafy west London, Olga Ivanova is spending her lunch break in a park near the recruitment agency where she works, but her mind is elsewhere. Blaming Russia for poisoning Sergei Skripal and his daughter with a banned nerve agent, the British govern…
An English City Grapples With The Slave-Trading Past Of Its Most Celebrated Figure
He’s known as “one of the most virtuous and wise sons” of Bristol, but the philanthropist Edward Colston made his fortune as a 17th century slave trader. Many want his name erased from city landmarks.
Ambassador Branstad: Trump Position On North Korea Is Clear
David Greene talks to U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad about North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s unannounced visit to Beijing and the possibility of a trade war with China.
#AskCokie: U.S.-Russia Relations
NPR’s Noel King talks with commentator Cokie Roberts, who answers listener questions about the history of U.S.-Russia relations.
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