Wbez's Worldview

On today's show: We discuss the intersection of Trump’s economic policy, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA),... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show: Are states like Illinois prepared for the 2018 elections, or could foreign actors actually change election results?... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today’s show: Community organizer Jahmal Cole proposed a bold idea to improve the quality of life for low-income Chicagoans: make the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show:In response to an alleged chemical weapons attack by Syria’s government on the Syrian town of Douma, President Donald Trump... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show: In Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s ruling party won in a technical supermajority. But that is not to say the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show:President Trump signed a proclamation Thursday aiming to send thousands of National Guard members to the border to meet the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show:We discuss how China's tariffs — in response to the Trump administration’s newly announced trade policy — impact... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show: Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a sermon at New York’s Riverside Church 51 years ago on April 4th, 1967. It was called... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today’s show: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the South African anti-apartheid activist and former wife of the late President Nelson Mandela,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show:  The Battle of Adwa in 1896 was the bloodiest of all colonial battles in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show: The screening process for asylum seekers in Germany is changing. We speak with journalist Graeme Wood about... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show: In a sign of solidarity with the U.K., the U.S. joined a growing number of countries to expel Russian diplomats. To... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show: Protests have swept Brazil after Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco, a queer black woman, was... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show: China’s government called President Donald Trump’s threat to impose up to $60 billion in tariffs on Chinese... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show:  The film, Black Panther, based on the popular Marvel comics series, has become a global phenomenon since... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show: Stanford professor Walter Scheidel’s book, The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show:The poisoning of a former Russian spy in the U.K. has created a political fracas. We talk about it with Luke Harding,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show:It’s been 15 years since the United States invaded Iraq. Years later, the U.S. still has a presence in the region, and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show: We’re joined by Anna Nemtsova, the Moscow correspondent for The Daily Beast, to discuss how although Russians... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show:To discuss President Donald Trump’s selection of Gina Haspel to head the CIA, we’re joined by Joseph Margulies, a professor... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]