On today's show:Global markets reacted poorly to Italy’s political crisis earlier in the week and Luigi Zingales, a professor of entrepreneurship and finance and director of the Stigler Center at the University of Chicago, joins us to discuss. Licensed social worker Tamara Sharifov tells us about the harrowing experience of witnessing the U.S. bombardment of Syria in April 2018, while doing mental health work for refugees and humanitarian workers. Poet and author Ruth Goring and photojournalist Michael Bracey visited Afro-Colombian neighborhoods in Colombia. They talk about how their work turned into a new book.

On today's show: James Clapper, former top spy, discusses the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election.The Council of American-Islamic Relations talks Islamophobia after ABC's Roseanne gets the boot.

On today's show: James Clapper, former top spy, discusses the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election.The Council of American-Islamic Relations talks Islamophobia after ABC's Roseanne gets the boot.

On today's show:Ireland voted, overwhelmingly, to repeal its near-complete constitutional ban on abortion. Dr. Gilda Sedgh, a researcher at the Guttmacher Institute, discusses the potential impact. A group of local organizers have been putting their faith into action with a jail bailout campaign. Nabihah Maqbool, a member of the Believers Bail Out campaign team, and Irene Romulo, director of advocacy at the Chicago Community Bond Fund, join us to discuss. This year, Chicago will be only U.S. site of six Rotary Presidential Peace Conferences hosted around the world. Conference chair Patricia Merryweather-Arges joins us to highlight the opportunities for partnerships and action towards building a more peaceful world.

On today's show:Ireland voted, overwhelmingly, to repeal its near-complete constitutional ban on abortion. Dr. Gilda Sedgh, a researcher at the Guttmacher Institute, discusses the potential impact. A group of local organizers have been putting their faith into action with a jail bailout campaign. Nabihah Maqbool, a member of the Believers Bail Out campaign team, and Irene Romulo, director of advocacy at the Chicago Community Bond Fund, join us to discuss. This year, Chicago will be only U.S. site of six Rotary Presidential Peace Conferences hosted around the world. Conference chair Patricia Merryweather-Arges joins us to highlight the opportunities for partnerships and action towards building a more peaceful world.

On today's show: This week, the BBC broke a story that alleged President Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, received $400,000 to secure a meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. We speak with Eugene Bondarenko, a lecturer in the Slavic department at  the University of Michigan. WBEZ film contributor Milos Stehlik interviews Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi. Weekend Passport: The Chicago House Music Festival comes to Millennium Park.

On today's show: This week, the BBC broke a story that alleged President Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, received $400,000 to secure a meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. We speak with Eugene Bondarenko, a lecturer in the Slavic department at  the University of Michigan. WBEZ film contributor Milos Stehlik interviews Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi. Weekend Passport: The Chicago House Music Festival comes to Millennium Park.

On today's show: President Donald Trump has cancelled the planned June 12 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. To discuss, we’re joined by George Lopez, professor emeritus of peace studies at the University of Notre Dame. Dublin, Ireland’s Druid Theatre Company has revived Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot. Chicago Shakespeare Theater's Doreen Sayegh discusses the play, which is running at CST through June 3, 2018. For our Global Activism segment, Dr. Josephine Kulea shares her hardships and triumphs in her quest to rescue girls in Kenya and support their education through college.

On today's show: President Donald Trump has cancelled the planned June 12 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. To discuss, we’re joined by George Lopez, professor emeritus of peace studies at the University of Notre Dame. Dublin, Ireland’s Druid Theatre Company has revived Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot. Chicago Shakespeare Theater's Doreen Sayegh discusses the play, which is running at CST through June 3, 2018. For our Global Activism segment, Dr. Josephine Kulea shares her hardships and triumphs in her quest to rescue girls in Kenya and support their education through college.

On today's show: Members of the European Parliament gathered in Brussels yesterday to question embattled Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the platform’s compliance with a new European privacy law, and other concerns about Facebook’s protections for users. To discuss, we’re joined by Zizi Papacharissi, professor of political science and communications department chair at the University of Illinois at Chicago. It’s been nine months since Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, and austerity measures make it difficult to meaningfully invest in rebuilding. Cristina Pacione-Zayas, co-chair of the Puerto Rican Agenda of Chicago, joins us to discuss aid coming from Chicago. Within Jamaica’s history of slavery and British colonization, there also existed a history of rebellion and resistance. On this week’s Global Notes, Worldview production assistant Galilee Abdullah talks about this outlaw narrative in reggae and dancehall music.