On Today's Show:Rashida Tlaib is set to become the first Muslim American woman elected into Congress come November. Tlaib joins Worldview to discuss her heritage, her political concerns, and the representation of Muslim women in American politics. During July’s NATO summit, President Donald Trump met with Turkish President, Tayyip Erdoğan, to discuss the release of two prisoners. Activists were outraged that Aloha Poke Co., a company owned by non-Hawaiians, would claim ownership over their Hawaiian language and culture.

On Today's Show: Youth in Bangladesh took to the streets after a bus accident killed two students and injured several others in Dhaka on July 29, 2018. What followed were massive public demonstrations against poor road safety laws.  Since Hurricane Maria, 80% wind farms in Puerto Rico are out of service. Yet, power plants that operate on fossil fuels, such as oil, coal, and natural gas, are performing at 100%. The Trump administration has made no major effort to invest further in clean renewable energy on the island Violence against members of the LGBTQ+ community in Central America has caused an influx of migrants to seek asylum in the U.S. Often times, these particularly vulnerable asylum seekers are met with no little to no resources, support, or understanding. 

On Today's Show:British Deputy Ambassador to the U.S., Michael Tatham, discusses Russia, NATO, Brexit, US-UK trade, and what Bob Dylan taught him about diplomacy. Actor John David Washington joined Milos Stehlik, WBEZ film contributor and director at Facets Chicago, to discuss 'BlacKkKlansman,' the relevance of Stallworth’s story today, and choosing a path that was different from that of his famous parents Puerto Rican singer, songwriter and visual artist, Sandra Antongiorgi to perform with ¡ESSO! Afrojam Funkbeat and Beats y Batería this Saturday.

On Today's Show: In 2008, Mary McLaughlin, her husband Mike, and her brother, Paul, established the not-for-profit Trees That Feed. The foundation has planted more than 16,000 fruit-bearing trees to feed people, create jobs, and help the environment.  In her book Can We Solve the Migration Crisis?, Jacqueline Bhabha, a professor of Practice of Health and Human Rights at Harvard University, uses philosophy to justify her claim that aiding and assisting refugees is not only an obligation that foreign governments must uphold, but is also the morally right thing to do.

On Today's Show:July 2018 has been an unfortunate month for the planet’s climate. Severe heatwave has caused dozens of wildfires and deaths in Europe. Last weekend, Saudi Arabia expelled its Canadian Ambassador, Dennis Horak, after a tweet from Canada’s Foreign Ministry that called for the Saudi government to “immediately release” women’s rights activists, Nassima al-Sadah and Samar Badawi

On Today's Show: The Trump administration moves forward with economic sanctions on Iran, just three months after withdrawing from the Iran Nuclear Deal. Joining us to discuss these sanctions, and how they will affect the people of Iran, is George A. Lopez. He’s professor emeritus of Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame.The gaokao, is an intense nine-hour exam that's taken over two days. Chinese students spend their high school careers focused on taking this test.  Joining us to discuss are Natalie Young, a PhD Candidate within the University of Pennsylvania’s department of Sociology, and Wen Huang, journalist and author of the books The Little Red Guard and A Death in the Lucky Holiday Hotel: Murder, Money and an Epic Power Struggle in China. A Chicago startup, Docademia connects filmmakers to educators, and university student-activists to drive social justice discussions in classrooms around the world. We speak to the founders of the organization Babak Shahmansouri and Nassim Abdi

On Today's Show:President Donald Trump's decision to impose tariffs on Chinese goods has contributed to the ongoing trade war between U.S. and China. Magnitude 6.9 earthquake hits Indonesia.Among other austerity measures, oversight board proposes the University of Puerto Rico close seven of its eleven campuses and double its tuition. In many parts of the world, the debts that come from deficits leads to periods of great austerity.

On Today's Show:Worldview talks with Mary Giovagnoli, the director of Refugee Council USA, which represents a coalition of refugee resettlement and advocacy groups, about the Trump administration's new refugee cap. WBEZ Film Contributor and Director at Facets Chicago, Milos Stehlik, interviews filmmakers Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui about their new documentary McQueen.On today's Weekend Passport, Syrian Poet Osama Alomar reads from his newest work of fiction, Teeth of the Comb and Other Short Stories. 

On Today's Show:The mystery surrounding the 43 missing Mexican students led to an international scandal that forever marked the legacy of outgoing president Enrique Pena Nieto. Thousands of people are expected at the Hilton Downtown Chicago this weekend for WakandaCon 2018, a celebration of Afro-Futurism inspired by the fictional country in Marvel Comics. Detroit-based visual journalist, Rachel Woolf, discusses the story of an undocumented immigrant in her new project, "Deported: An American Division."

On Today's Show: President Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, is facing his second day on trial in a Federal courtroom in Virginia. We’re joined by investigative reporter Michael Isikoff of Yahoo News to discuss the trial. He’s the co-author of Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump.More than 300 people have been killed in anti-government protests in Nicaragua over the past few months, according to the U.N. high commissioner for human rights. We’ll discuss the crisis with Julio Martinez Ellsberg, an adviser to one of the main Nicaraguan student movements opposing the Nicaraguan government.On this week’s Global Notes segment, Vocalo’s Beat Latino host and producer Catalina Maria Johnson will discuss Doris Muñoz, concert promoter and artist manager, who created the recurring concert series Solidarity for Sanctuary to support immigration activism.