Today, a Rabbi reflects on her recent visit to Iran and the lives of the Iranian Jewish community.

We'll talk with a former U.S. State Department official about the rampant corruption he witnessed in Iraq.

Today marks the day the State of Israel declared its independence. Palestinians mark today as “Nakba” or "The Catastrophe;" we’ll discuss U.S. efforts to revive the Middle East peace process.

DARFUR/DARFUR is a traveling exhibit of digitally-projected changing images that educates and exposes the horrors of the ongoing humanitarian crisis. It's now a book, and we'll speak with the author.

We'll discuss the recent fighting between Hezbollah and pro-government forces in Lebanon.

We'll discuss putting international pressure on China about its human rights record.

 

 

For our Global Activism segment, we'll speak with someone helping Zambians overcome poverty and superstition through education and empathy.

22,000 people are estimated dead after a cyclone hit Burma last weekend. We'll talk to someone who witnessed a more devastating cyclone in Bangladesh.

Meet two Dominican sisters who each spent years in federal penitentiary for their protest at a US nuclear missile base in Colorado.

The 1930s Dust Bowl left half a million people homeless.  We'll conclude our series Environmental War and Peace and learn how we can use the lessons of the Dust Bowl in facing the challenges of climate change.

As our Environmental War and Peace series continues, Producer Nissa Thompson will discuss what might happen to the Korean Demilitarized Zone.