Kakhovka dam collapse is an environmental catastrophe
The collapse of the Kakhovka dam is an environmental catastrophe for people in southern Ukraine. Destroying a dam goes against international law. And, the Migrant Trail walk continues for a 20th year,...
View ArticleUkrainian counteroffensive underway
Military officials say Ukraine has retaken four small towns from Russian-held territory. This follows much talk of a Ukrainian counteroffensive. And, US and Mexican authorities confirmed that eight...
View ArticleUkraine makes small gains in early counteroffensive
Ukrainian leaders say their military is making progress on the battlefield. In less than a week, they have liberated seven villages from Russian occupation. And, John Bolton, former President Donald...
View ArticleWhy Ukrainians Targeted the Author of “Eat, Pray, Love”
Earlier this month, the writer Elizabeth Gilbert announced her next book. Readers who know her only as the author of “Eat, Pray, Love” might have been surprised by its subject: a group of Russians who...
View ArticleMutiny in Russia
David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, host of The New Yorker Radio Hour, and author of several books on Russia including Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire and Resurrection: The...
View ArticleWhat's Next for Putin
Anne Applebaum, staff writer for The Atlantic, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and the author of many books including Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism (Doubleday, 2020),...
View ArticleUS pushes for using cluster munitions in Ukraine's counteroffensive
The Biden administration and Kyiv are making the case that cluster munitions would make a critical weapon in Ukraine's counteroffensive, even though they are widely condemned, and even banned, by many...
View ArticleNATO Summit Roundup
Jen Kirby, a senior foreign and national security reporter at Vox, and Ian Bremmer, president of Eurasia Group and GZero Media, talk about the NATO summit in Lithuania, Turkey's decision not to block...
View ArticleFIFA Women's World Cup creates buzz around women’s sports
The upcoming FIFA Women's World Cup is being billed as the biggest edition to date, with host countries Australia and New Zealand hoping to leverage the buzz and ensure the momentum surrounding women’s...
View ArticleRussia quits Black Sea grain deal
Russia announced it's walking away from an agreement that allows Ukrainian grain shipments to leave Black Sea ports. The deal brokered by the UN and Turkey in 2022 has helped guarantee grain shipments...
View ArticleIsrael's judicial overhaul passes
In a vote boycotted by the Israeli opposition, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bid to overhaul the judiciary is in motion with a vote passed 64-0. Israelis have protested day after day for months,...
View ArticleInvestigating Russia's War Crimes Against Ukrainian Children
The researchers at Yale's Humanitarian Research Lab gather in a carpeted underground bunker, beneath the campus library, to steadily gather evidence of Russia's alleged war crimes. In a report...
View ArticleThe Case for Charging Putin for His Invasion of Ukraine
There is no shortage of charges to bring against Putin for his actions in Ukraine — the alleged mass deportation of children to Russia is one of them. But his first crime in this war was the very...
View ArticleTo Catch a War Criminal
Click here to support this work.President Biden just ordered U.S. investigators to share evidence of Russian war crimes with The International Criminal Court. On this week’s On the Media, what will it...
View Article20 Days In Mariupol: A Look Behind the Documentary
In February of 2022, Mstyslav Chernov, a video journalist for the Associated Press, director, and novelist, decided to go to Mariupol — the critical port city on Ukraine’s southeastern edge, just 35...
View ArticleRegina Spektor on “Home, Before and After”
Twenty years ago, Regina Spektor was yet another aspiring musician in New York, lugging around a backpack full of self-produced CDs and playing at little clubs in the East Village—anywhere that had a...
View ArticleWhat The US’ New Cooperation with the ICC Means for Ukraine
In March of 2023, the International Criminal Court issuedarrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, for the alleged crime of...
View ArticleRegina Spektor on “Home, Before and After”
Twenty years ago, Regina Spektor was yet another aspiring musician in New York, lugging around a backpack full of self-produced CDs and playing at little clubs in the East Village—anywhere that had a...
View ArticleWest African leaders threaten force to stop Niger coup
International condemnation for last week's military coup in Niger continued to grow over the weekend. West African leaders have threatened economic sanctions, travel bans, and possible use of force if...
View ArticleHow the Wagner Group Became Too Powerful for Putin to Punish
On June 23, 2023, tanks rolled into Moscow and into the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, and troops surrounded military and government buildings. They were fighters from the Wagner Group, a...
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