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EU finance ministers are expected to agree to a second bailout today. In exchange, Greece must agree to a set of severe austerity measures. Worldview discusses what this could mean for Greece and the global economy with Northwestern profesor Stephen Nelson and sociologist Costas Panayotakis. Also, over the weekend the Iranian government halted oil...
The customer service agents that help Americans sort out their credit card bill or troubleshoot computer issues are often not from the U.S. Usually, they’re from India. Many Americans have strong opinions about Indian call centers, most of them not good. But few people know what it’s like to work at one.  Worldview re-visits an interview with...
Worldview talks with Chicago native Susan Peters about her autobiography Sweet Liberia, Lessons from the Coal Pot.  The book tells the story of how Peters became stranded during the Liberian Civil War.  She’d moved to Liberia because she was disgusted with how African-Americans were treated in the U.S.  Also,  five ACCESSORIES...
Built decades ago, many of our nuclear weapons systems must be upgraded or replaced.  Is it worth spending hundreds of billions of dollars, however, to maintain American nuclear might? The Cold War is long over and lawmakers are looking for budget cuts, yet nuclear threats from the likes of North Korea and Iran seem to only grow. ...
The Honduran military fired tear gas and live rounds into the crowd of unarmed civilians celebrating the return of their deposed president in 2009. Nineteen year-old Isis Obed Murillo was shot in the head and killed. His parents, unable to find justice at home, filed a civil lawsuit in Texas. Worldview discusses the case with Laura Raymond of the...
As the U.S. economy struggles, South America's is booming — and so is its political influence. Author and Financial Times correspondent Hal Weitzman tells Worldview why he thinks we need Latin America more than it needs us. Also, the Syrian city of Homs has been under seige by government forces for a tenth day. Worldview speaks with a Chicago-area...
The Green Sahara desert in northern Niger is one of the harshest, most desolate places on earth. The region’s abundance of fossils, however, makes it a destination for scientists. University of Chicago paleontologist Paul Sereno tells Worldview what his team uncovered during his recent expedition there.  Also, Chicago journalist Kari Lydersen...
According to a new report by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, the CIA’s drone campaign targeting suspected militants in Pakistan has killed dozens of civilians who went to rescue victims or as they attended funerals. The report says that since President Obama took office, as many as 535 civilians have been killed, including more than 60...
The U.S. government and mainstream media often treat China as a threat, taking a negative view of the communist nation's power, influence and role in the global economy. Ann Lee, an economics professor at NYU and the author of What the U.S. Can Learn from China, says that by overemphasizing our differences, the U.S. is missing a vital opportunity...
We’re halfway through what may be the second mildest winter in U.S. history. But in Europe, they’re seeing some record lows. Over the weekend, Rome and the Netherlands recorded the lowest temperatures in 27 years. And at least 131 people have died in the Ukraine due due to winter storms. Worldview talks to climatologist Heidi Cullen, author of The...

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