Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's battle with a political nemesis heats up. Guatemala's former dictator is facing genocide charges in his home country. One journalist examines how shale gas is affecting both Poland and Pennsylvania.
A Syrian-American college student talks about his recent trip to Aleppo. 'Worldview' also learns more about Mars One, a Dutch nonprofit planning a trip to the red planet.
Islamist fighters no longer control most of Mali’s major towns in the north. Worldview examines what is next for the nation. Milos Stehlik takes a tour of Egypt's century-old film industry. And, get tips on how to plan your international weekend.
Jared Diamond’s new book The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies is causing a lot of uproar. During the next several years Nicaragua hopes to revolutionize how and where its energy comes from. A former Rush Hospital nurse helps send bicycles overseas.
For Global Activism, we talk with Alice Teisan, an avid cyclist diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in 1992. Despite her major health setback, she channeled her passion for bicycling into helping others suffering from disabilities globally. She created His Wheels International, out of her own home, recycling old bicycles and their parts to send overseas.
Worldview examines how countries like France and Germany reconcile and forgive and whether reconciliation works for other seemingly-intractable conflicts.
A group of Republican and Democratic senators have come out strong in support of immigration reform. And a new play at Chicago Shakespeare Theater sheds light on life and sex in Europe's last dictatorship.
Violence continued on the streets of Egypt for the fifth straight day. Gays face violence and oppression in post-coup Honduras. Photographer Tim Laman and ornithologist Ed Scholes find out more about rare species of birds in New Guinea.
