Poland’s Populist Government Also Wants to Stack its Supreme Court, Puerto Ricanstruction: Investigative Report on Failures of FEMA, BBC Witness

Poland’s Populist Government Also Wants to Stack its Supreme Court, Puerto Ricanstruction: Investigative Report on Failures of FEMA, BBC Witness

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On Today’s Show:

  • Last week, tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Warsaw to support the country’s highest court. To discuss, we’re joined by John J. Kulczycki, professor emeritus of history at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he taught Polish history.
  • Kari Lydersen, Martha Bayne and Northwestern student, Hannah Wiley, join us to talk about what they report as FEMA’s failures to serve Puerto Ricans who found their way to Chicago after Hurricane Maria.
  • BBC Witness takes us back to 1957 as we follow Marie Tharp, an American female cartographer, who created the first scientific map of the Atlantic Ocean floor.