Featuring events, interviews, archival films, and visits to college classrooms, museums, and historic places. As a big surprise to one of your grandfatherour shared his story late in his life. It was actually my husbands lthiest father a reporter who covers poverty and voting issues. It was because of this family experience. Was in it got started 1998, my fatherinlaw called us up one night out of the blue and said i have something i need to tell you. I have beenhing keeping inside for more than 60 years. When he was a teenage boy growing up in new york, he went to school one day and he came home and his father was gone and he never saw or spoke to his father again. He was not even quite sure what happened to them. He knew he had died a few years later but he did not know where he was taken and he did note his father had leprosy. It turned out that it was the hadic Health Service that taken him away and brought him. O carville it was a leprosarium that was run by the u. S. Government fo
A coming Vaccination Programs possible treatments and rapid testing. Do you think do you feel that these solutions will be spread out to distribute it in an equitable way. Well i think that as you say these are encouraging news especially on the vaccines i think we still need to look at that they dont we need to rely on more than press releases we need to look at very good publications of the results but in the meantime our regulators here in europe and the United Kingdom and the United States are proceeding with emergency authorization process is and thats important and understandable in terms of i could have the access i think its reasonable to assume that wealthier nations those with those advanced deals with companies will be the 1st to get the vaccine and distribute to their populations followed by resource constrained countries professor how long a way is there still ahead of us i mean people are so encouraged by this use of vaccines now are being approved but realistically are w
Life changing exam during the life or turning pandemic thousands of south korean students take the National University entrance exams of the shadow of the coronavirus crisis. Im british manager welcome to news asia glad you could join us for the 1st time in 19 yeahs the taliban and the Afghan Government have come to a written agreement just 3 pages long it is a document that lays out the rules of procedures for negotiations between the 2 sides aimed at ending nearly 2 decades of wall the Development Ends and impasse after nearly 3 months of talks in doha nato is one of a number of organizations to welcome the move saying theres no one ton of 2 such talks. Im not underestimating the difficulties on the risks for setbacks on disappointments on to move forward but im absolutely certain that the only way is. Going into the afghan negotiations and therefore we support them and knowing that it will be difficult from john but that is the only option for all of those who want peace in afghanis
Russian peacekeepers are deployed as part of a cease fire deal to end the fighting in nagornokarabakh and calls for a ceasefire in ethiopias, a region where hundreds have died and thousands are fleeing into sudan. About he discovered in doha, with your support as the head of english football, resigns of the using a racist slur while speaking about the game in his country. U. S. President elect joe biden has called Donald Trumps refusal to concede the president ial election an embarrassment, but biden says nothing will stop the transfer of power in january that will see him take on the worlds most powerful job. As despite the trumpet, ministration, reportedly refusing to assist the president elects transition team, and blocking them from accessing vital resources, biden himself has been calling some of americas biggest allies, including the leaders of the u. K. , germany, and france, who all congratulated him on winning the election. I just think its in the barest quite frankly, the onl
Book you are looking for and support independent booksellers across the country. With that out of the way, lets get started. You probably recognize the voices of both of our guest tonight. Our host is laura singular. She has been a producer with npr in washington d. C. International npr reported covering the midwest. Currently, she is producer and Community Engagement report a kansas citys npr. Thank you for joining us tonight. You are welcome. Good to be here. Im jumping in and i guess. Im delighted to be here and introduce you to pam fessler, whos a Award Winning journalist at npr. She has covered poverty and election issues, voter issues, for many years. Now, in the tradition of npr journalists who you recognize as excellent storytellers, podcast and online. She has proven the ability to translate that ability to tell stories on the radio. The platform of the printed word. Of course her new book is called carvilles cure. I have the opportunity to talk to you. Thanks so much. The one