New Trends in Global Trade are Changing How Women Work in the Developing World
Global trade is changing how women work. Supermarkets and major brands source much of their materials and manufacturing in the developing world as part of a "Global Value Chain." This is a way of obta...
27 Mar 201927min
"It's Really Worrying Right Now." An Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is Not Under Control
The second worst Ebola outbreak in history is currently unfolding in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Since August last year there have been nearly 1,000 confirmed cases and over 600 deaths. The DRC ...
22 Mar 201923min
Snakebites are a Global Health Problem
Getting bitten by a poisonous snake is not just an individual injury -- rather it is now recognized as a global health hazard. In fact, the World Health Organization estimates that between 80,000 and ...
19 Mar 201930min
UN Correspondent Chat, With Carole Landry of AFP
Today's episode is the second installment of my new series "UN Correspondent Chat." As the name suggests, this series includes wide ranging conversations with in-house reporters at the United Nations ...
16 Mar 201927min
CNN's Clarissa Ward Spent 36 Hours With the Taliban. This is What She Learned
I caught up with CNN's Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward not long after she returned from reporting inside Taliban controlled territory in Afghanistan. She is one of the only western jou...
14 Mar 201931min
Trump's "Remain in Mexico" Policy is a Fiasco
In late January, the Trump administration began a pilot program on the border between Tijuana and San Diego in which migrants who claim asylum are sent back to wait in Mexico as their asylum claims ar...
8 Mar 201924min
Is an "Arab Spring" Coming to Algeria?
For the past several weeks Algeria has been rocked by mass protests that harken to the Arab Spring. The protests were triggered by the decision of longtime ruler Abdelaziz Bouteflika to run for anoth...
6 Mar 201922min
North Korea: What's Next For Nuclear Diplomacy After the Trump-Kim Summit Ends in Failure
"Sometimes you gotta walkaway," That is how Donald Trump described the failure of he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to come to an agreement during their summit in Hanoi, Vietnam. So now that ...
1 Mar 201922min
