We take it for granted that the majority calls the shots. But in one NY school district, that idea — majority rules — has led to an all-out war. School board disputes are pretty common, but not like this one. This involves multimillion-dollar land deals, lawyers threatening to beat up parents, felony criminal charges, and the highest levels of state government. Meanwhile, the students are caught in the middle.

När jag var nio skilde sig mina föräldrar och familjen delades på mitten. Mina två äldre syskon växte upp med pappa. Jag och min lillasyster fick bo hos mamma. Vi barn fick helt olika liv. Från 2016.

John Simpson visits Hong Kong 20 years after reunification with China to find out how much has changed. On 1 July 1997, after 150 years of British rule, Hong Kong rejoined China under the “one country two systems” formula whereby the territory would continue to enjoy much of its autonomy. Twenty years on, Hong Kong continues to prosper but amid political unrest and a growing sense that Beijing is trying to influence Hong Kong affairs.

This hour two stories about what remains after the fighting stops. Guilty Landscape By Anik See for Earth Beat from Radio Netherlands Worldwide (2012) World War I started nearly one hundred years ago. As far as wars go, it was epic – ten million soldiers died in just four years. Over two million of them alone died on the Western Front near Ypres, and the landscape of Flanders was completely devastated. Not a living tree or blade of grass survived. But are the marks of war still visible? What’s it like there now? To find out, Anik went there with her young son. Saigon, 1965 By Malcolm Gladwell, Mia Lobel, Roxanne Scott and Jacob Smith Revisionist History (2016) In the early 1960s the Pentagon set up a top-secret research project in an old villa in downtown Saigon. The task? To interview captured North Vietnamese soldiers and guerrillas in order to measure the effect of relentless U.S. bombing on their morale. Yet despite a wealth of great data, even the leaders of the study couldn’t agree on what it...

Each year 35,000 New Yorkers end up in jail because they can’t afford bail. Campaigners want to end cash bail to preserve the idea that people are innocent until proven guilty.

Korruptionsvorwürfe, Todesfälle, katastrophale Arbeitsbedingungen auf WM-Baustellen und nun Wirtschaftsboykott wegen Terrorismusvorwurf. Die Vergabe der WM 2022 an Katar ist für die FIFA zum Dauerproblem geworden. Wegen der Menschenrechtsverletzungen im Ausrichterland wird sie von internationalen Gewerkschaften verklagt.

When Peter White jets, sails or walks into a new city, it is the sounds, not the sights, which assail him. In this programme Peter explores the twists and turns of Marrakesh. He listens to local radio; he takes in the sounds of restaurants, travel systems and the voices of the locals. He also meets other blind people and uses their experiences of an area to understand it better and to appreciate the aural clues which help guide them.

Why is Germany such a reluctant military power? Germany’s grown in international influence. And its potential military role has been hitting the headlines. US President Donald Trump’s criticised Germany in particular for not spending enough on defence. And Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that Europe can no longer completely depend on the US - or the UK after Brexit. Germany, she argues, must do more in the military sphere. But Germans themselves are very reluctant to do this. As Chris Bowlby discovers in this documentary, German pacifism has grown since World War Two, when Nazi armies caused such devastation. Today’s German army, the Bundeswehr, was meant to be a model citizen's force. But it’s often poorly funded and treated with suspicion by its own population. Some now say the world of Trump, Putin and Brexit demands major change in German thinking - much more spending, more Bundeswehr deployments abroad, even German nuclear weapons. But most Germans disagree. So could Germany in fact be trying something historically new - becoming a major power without fighting wars?

De mens en zijn verhaal. Afl. 1: welke vorm kies je?: Hoe vertel je een goed verhaal? Mensen schijnen geboren verhalenvertellers te zijn, maar wat nou als dat je niet zo makkelijk afgaat? Luuk Heezen schaart zichzelf in die laatste categorie, en zoekt in een driedelige serie uit hoe je een goed verhaal vertelt. Aflevering 1: welke vorm kies je? - Het Pretpark Voorbij: Pretparken bestaan al eeuwen, maar hun toekomst is onzeker. Want de pret-industrie is door de hekken naar buiten gebroken, het dagelijks leven in. En je kunt nu thuis met een virtual reality-bril de achtbaan in.Dus moeten parken steeds meer investeren in steeds spectaculairder wildwaterpythons. Waar loopt dat dood? En waarom blijft die simpele Klimduin achter Kraantje Lek in Overveen ook na vierhonderd jaar nog populair?Radiomaker Marten Minkema probeert het antwoord te vinden in: 'Het Pretpark Voorbij.'

Mikael och Emelie landar i Tbilisi för att hämta sin son. Surrogatmamman Nino har just fött honom med kejsarsnitt. Men varför valde hon att hyra ut sin livmoder?