A filmmaker on his harrowing new documentary from inside Syria. What is special about China's high speed rail system? A blogger's bold fight against the drug trade and The Human Rights Watch Film Festival comes to Chicago.
Worldview discusses Margaret Thacther's political and policy legacy. A Canadian professor takes a stand agains tthe XL Keystone project. A local theater company wants its audience help to tell the story of Muslims integrating in America. An Afghani activist fights for girls' rights to education.
A Serbian director discusses Roger Ebert's global significance. The Executive Editor of the Associated Press discusses how it will the word "illegal" in the future. Nari Safavi helps plan your international weekend. Plus in Foreign Policy magazine, disturbing signs of a possible new pandemic.
Examining the state of the debt crisis with Stephen Nelson of Northwestern University. How to help a developing country get back on track with its Census. Worldview speaks with a group who encourages faith-based activism the world over.
Bright Hope International helps faith communities provide aid and assistance to the extreme poor in some of the world’s most devastated countries. The group works in areas such as crisis response, orphan relief, and recently started a program to rescue girls from the sex trade in northern India. We’ll talk with Bright Hope's CEO and president, C.H. Dyer.
A hunger strike at the Guantánamo prison continues to grow. Barbara Ransby discusses the upcoming Global Activism Expo. Morning Shift host Tony Sarabia previews a new album from Mali.
Too many guns with too many bullets.A nearly permanent underclass of black and brown people struggling just to eat and educate their children on wages that make everyone uncomfortable on some level.Woman marginalized across the globe.Rape culture being redefined.The homeless.The hopeless.The War on.
Longtime Global Activist, Julie Siegel, has a new NGO called Sustainable Sharing with Guatemala. Fresh off a trip to Guatemala, she joins us to talk about how factors like climate change and the mining industry have impacted sustainability, biodiversity and people's way of life.
