The Emerald Ash Borer is a wood boring beetle that's killed tens of millions of ash trees in the U.S. and on its way to ruining millions more. Cutting down these trees is just one way to get rid of the pest, but it’s not enough. Jerome and Kate Sackman from EcoMyths Alliance talk with two experts about other options and the tree's significance to Chicago.
Rashid Khalidi of Columbia University joins Jerome to discuss his new book on the United States' role in the Middle East. Nari Safavi brings you his picks for your international weekend.
Zaher Sahloul gives context on chemical weapons in Syria. Following Jerome's trip to Pakistan, Worldview examines women's rights in the country. Milos Stehlik shares his thoughts on a new film about a Chilean musician.
Worldview spends the entire hour with Vali Nasr, a former State Department official and author of the new book "The Dispensable Nation." He and Jerome will speak about Afghanistan, the Middle East, and the politics of how America engages with the world in the Obama era.
Charles King tells Worldview about how Russia is reporting on the Boston bombing and its suspected Chechen-American perpetrators. Aaron Freemen on finding the silver lining in tragic event. In Paraguay, the Colorado Party returns to power. A new documentary on the climate change-challenged Maldives.
Jason Glaser runs La Isla Foundation. It supports workers in Nicaragua’s sugar cane industry who suffer from epidemic levels of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Protestors in Nicaragua trying to draw attention were beaten and arrested by secuity forces. After giving support to a new study on the high occurrence of kidney disease in sugar cane workers, some Nicaraguan government officials and sugar cane industry supporters implied Glaser was a drug runner and a CIA operative.
Amnesty International speaks with Worldview about how to resolve the Guantanamo Bay hunger strike. The United States and North Korea each present preconditions for talks. One group seeks to help sugar cane workers in Nicaragua fight Chronic Kidney Disease.
