Falafel made from algae, #TweetYourThobe, a new Congress is sworn in

Falafel made from algae, #TweetYourThobe, a new Congress is sworn in

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It’s day 1 for the new Democratic-led Congress. We hear from a Minnesota teacher goes to Washington to witness the swearing-in of her new representative, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. Also, the former captain of Afghanistan’s women’s national soccer team talks about what she says has been a long pattern of sexual harassment and abuse of players by Afghan soccer officials. And, Israeli students dare to make falafel out of algae.