The Takeaway

December 07, 2015: 1. Obama Seeks to Calm a Nervous Nation in Prime-Time Address | 2. French Voters Push Right in Regional Elections | 3. Climate Activism: Balancing Hope With Despair | After Battling Depression, Dallas DA Launches Mental Health Diversion Unit

December 04, 2015: 1. Why It's Time to Treat Violence Like a Disease | 2. Meet the Young Journalists Covering COP21 | 3. Radio Drama: If Drones Replaced Santa’s Reindeer | 4. Holiday Drone Sales Worry FAA | 5. Movie Date: Films to Catch and Skip Before the Holidays | 6. Julian Fellowes on Life as a Baron and 'Downton Abbey'

December 03, 2015: 1. Locked and Loaded: Citizens Terrorize San Bernardino | 2. ISIS Draws Strength From Oil, Arms Trade | 3. Troops Free 900 Hostages in Victory Against Boko Haram | 4. China Cozies Up to Africa | 5. How Gene Editing Will Shape Our Future

December 02, 2015: 1. Will India's Prime Minister Act to Save the Planet? | 2. Texas Threatens to Sue Group Helping Syrian Refugees | 3. San Diego Outsmarts California's Drought | 4. Guttman Community College: Setting the Bar Higher | 5. Claims of Police Cover Up May Undo Chicago Mayor

December 01, 2015: 1. Clean Energy: The Next Investment Frontier? | 2. The Reporter Who Transformed the AIDS Crisis | 3. CDC: Diabetes on The Decline | 4. How Income Inequality Stifles Generosity

November 30, 2015: 1. The Link Between Anti-Abortion Rhetoric & The Colorado Shooting | 2. Meet the Wall Street Banker Backing Bernie Sanders | 3. World Leaders Convene for Paris Climate Conference | 4. Wealthy Californians Guzzle Water Amid Drought | 5. Taking a Stand Against Islamic Extremism

November 27, 2015: On Monday, a group of activists, scientists, and representatives from some 195 countries around the globe will gather in Paris for a landmark meeting on the environment called COP21. In a special hour-long broadcast, The Takeaway attempts to answer this question: Can the Paris climate summit save the planet?

Happy Thanksgiving from The Takeaway! As Americans sit elbow-to-elbow with family and friends and pile their plates high with turkey and stuffing, we’re taking a moment today to talk about listening.

November 25, 2015: 1. With Downed Jet, Tensions Rise Between Turkey and Russia | 2. The PACs and Politics of Thanksgiving | 3. #TheGreatListen 2015 | 4. Movie Date: Films to Catch and Skip This Thanksgiving Break | 5. Radio Drama Humanizes Syrian Refugee Crisis

November 24, 2015: 1. Turkey Downs Russian Warplane | 2. Obama Orders Investigation Into ISIS Intel | 3. A Gang Violence Ceasefire for the Holidays | 4. The Political Cost of a Climate of Fear | 5. Japanese Internment, Protest Remembered with Medal of Freedom