The Real World: Ukraine
What A Day11 Nov 2019

The Real World: Ukraine

  • Public impeachment hearings begin this week. We tell you who’s taking the stand and how to tell them apart using some high-art, elevated cultural touchstones.
  • A public defender supported by the co-founders of Black Lives Matter was elected as San Francisco’s new DA. We talk to former public defender and politician Tiffany Cabán about what it means to be a prosecutor who runs on ending mass incarceration.
  • And in headlines: the women who inspired “Hidden Figures” are honored by Congress, Dion Waiters got too high, and Sesame Street celebrates 50 years of puppets and letters.

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The Impact Of Texas's Abortion Ban, Six Months In

Ukraine rejected Russia’s demand that soldiers surrender the city of Mariupol, on Monday, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky saying in part, “Ukraine cannot fulfill ultimatums.” And in Kyiv, ...

22 Mar 202221min

Conservatives Dig Deep To Oppose Ketanji Brown Jackson

Conservatives Dig Deep To Oppose Ketanji Brown Jackson

Russia's attacks on the Ukrainian city of Mariupol continued through the weekend, with missiles striking an art school where 400 people had taken shelter. Russia is claiming that a bombing it carried ...

21 Mar 202218min

Week Two of Teachers Striking In Minneapolis

Week Two of Teachers Striking In Minneapolis

Teachers in the Minneapolis Public School district are in the second week of their strike, led by The Minneapolis Federation of Teachers Local 59. Tequila Laramee, an associate educator who has been w...

18 Mar 202219min

Zelensky's Address To Congress And The View From Lviv

Zelensky's Address To Congress And The View From Lviv

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed U.S. Congress on Wednesday to ask for a number of things including a no-fly-zone over his country. The Biden administration did not agree to that reque...

17 Mar 202221min

Hong Kong's Surge And The Pitfalls Of 'Zero COVID'

Hong Kong's Surge And The Pitfalls Of 'Zero COVID'

A missile strike on apartment buildings in the Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv on Tuesday killed at least four people and resulted in fires for hours after. The attack prompted a frantic rescue effort, and ...

16 Mar 202227min

Baseball's Back, Alright!

Baseball's Back, Alright!

On Monday, delegations from Russia and Ukraine met again for talks in hopes of reaching a ceasefire, but the negotiations ended without reaching an agreement. Meanwhile, Russia expanded its missile at...

15 Mar 202221min

Season Premiere Of COVID Season Three

Season Premiere Of COVID Season Three

Russia launched 30 missiles at a Ukrainian military base over the weekend, killing at least 35 people and wounding at least 134 more.New COVID cases in the U.S. have dropped from 800,000 cases per day...

14 Mar 202218min

Russia's Economic Isolation

Russia's Economic Isolation

Russian forces continued to advance in Ukraine after diplomatic talks between the two countries failed to stop the fighting or even to reach a temporary cease-fire on Thursday. As the violence continu...

11 Mar 202224min

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