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Our political system is falling apart over 4 million Syrian refugees. What happens when the world has to resettle a quarter billion climate refugees? Plus: what is it like to actually be a refugee who finds asylum in the United States? We’ll get the story of Farah Al-Mousawi, nine-year journey from Iraq, to Syria, to … Continued
We talk to one of the climate justice activists headed to Paris about what you work toward when you don’t have much hope for climate negotiations. Plus: Berkeley’s City Council is taking up dueling reports on how its police department turned a Black Lives Matter protest into a bloody street battle. But first: was the … Continued
When a center-left government took over Brazil in 2003, their policies helped spark a surge in growth and development, the rise of a high-consumption middle class, a spike in housing prices that put Rio de Janeiro almost on par with what we’re going through in the Bay Area. They also won a bid to host … Continued
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Nigeria has seen a rash of suicide bombings carried out by teenage girls on behalf of Boko Haram, a home-grown insurgency that is now formally affiliated with the Islamic State — we talk to Ajamu Baraka and Dr. Amina Mama about the roots of the conflict. Plus: the FDA has approved the first genetically-modified animal … Continued
Turkey shot down a Russian warplane it claims had crossed its border, the first time a NATO country has downed a Russian plane since the beginning of the cold war. Now Vladamir Putin’s lashing out, and Turkey has called a NATO meeting: we talk about what’s behind the conflict, and where it’s headed. Plus: interfaith … Continued
Climate change, utopianism, and what the way we think about the future says about how we’re living today — Hal Nedzviecki joins us to discuss his book Trees on Mars: Our Obsession with the Future. But first: the American Anthropological Association has just decided to send its members a ballot that would make it the … Continued
Movement for Black Lives and Palestine Liberation Philip Maldari speaks with Nation writer Dani McClain about how the Movement for Black Lives is making connections with the Palestine liberation movement. Okinawa Says No U.S. Military Base Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced this week that he is suing the local Okinawan government to get land … Continued
France is poised to extend its state of emergency, and announced it won’t permit mass demonstrations during next month’s climate talks in Paris–we’ll go live to Paris to get a sense of what the clampdown looks like. Then, a look at the fate of refugees fleeing Syria: we’ll talk to an attorney who works with … Continued
Last Friday, multiple coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris left over 120 people dead, leaving France and the Western world reeling with shock. We start the show with a live report from Paris followed by analysis and perspective on the events from the Arab and Muslim world by Professor Hatem Bazian, co-editor and founder of the Islamophobia Studies Journal. In the … Continued
