Millions of Kenyans went to the polls on Monday to vote in presidential elections. The head of Mexico's teachers' union is arrested for embezzling. Social media tools are being used for documenting human rights abuses worldwide. Worldview hears from the head of The Peterson Garden Project.
Author Aaron Freeman joins Worldview to tackle the topic of forgiveness. We'll examine the South African example and explore how different groups in that society arrived at forgiveness.
Is the sequester America's own austerity program? Milos Stehlik brings us two films worth checking out. And we present our weekend picks, including a live performance from an Irish singer-songwriter.
On the pontiff's final day, Worldview quizzes listeners on papal history. Immigrants from the Philippines struggle for equality. Syrian doctors react to heightened U.S. aid for the rebels.
Iran meets with global leaders. Egypt's opposition gets organized. Protestant and Catholics in Ireland strive to resolve decades of differences. In Global Notes, Tony Sheridan, the Beatles, and rock and roll in Hamburg, Germany.
Park Geun-hye was inaugurated as South Korea’s first female president on Monday. Human Rights Watch reveals possible abuses by Mexico's former leadership. Italy's elections see a narrow victory for the left, but a spectacular showing for an upstart movement.
The March 1 deadline for the budget sequester is just around the corner, and defense cuts loom large. An art show in Indianapolis showcases the revolution in Syria. And why flushing unused pharmaceuticals is no longer the best way to go.
People often assume that the best way to dispose of unused pharmaceuticals is to flush them down the toilet or pour them down the drain. But the EPA and FDA backed off this recommendation. Medicines are among the thousands of “chemicals of emerging concern” in our drinking water that the EPA and scientists now monitor. Jerome McDonnell and Kate Sackman from the EcoMyths Alliance discuss flushing medicines with two experts.
