On today's show:We discuss the shakeup after President Trump announced Rex Tillerson will be replaced by Mike Pompeo as secretary of state with Stephen Walt, professor of international relations at Harvard University.Lissa Yellowbird-Chase, founder of Sahnish (The People) Scouts, a citizen-led organization dedicated to finding justice for missing people and their families, discusses how the “man camps” that pop up after an oil or gas boom affect communities.

On today's show: Human rights lawyer Sherizaan Minwalla, who specializes in gender-based violence in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, and Johanna Foster, assistant professor of political science & sociology and director of the sociology program at Monmouth University co-authored share their troubling research on Yazdi women's engagement with journalists. They believe in a frenzy to cover news of ISIS mass rapes against Yazidi women and girls, journalists repeatedly violate standard ethical guidelines for reporting on sexual violence in conflict zones.

On today's show: Human rights lawyer Sherizaan Minwalla, who specializes in gender-based violence in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, and Johanna Foster, assistant professor of political science & sociology and director of the sociology program at Monmouth University co-authored share their troubling research on Yazdi women's engagement with journalists. They believe in a frenzy to cover news of ISIS mass rapes against Yazidi women and girls, journalists repeatedly violate standard ethical guidelines for reporting on sexual violence in conflict zones.

On today’s show: We discuss International Women’s Day and women’s issues with two activists: Mrinalini Chakraborty, the head of field operations and strategy for the Women’s March, and Rafia Zakaria, a political philosopher and columnist for DAWN Pakistan. The main actors in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s Mary Stuart join us: K.K. Moggie, who plays Mary Stuart, and Kellie Overbey, who plays Queen Elizabeth I. Peace on Earth Film Festival co-founder and executive director Nick Angotti and A Crude Injustice director Jane Hammond talk about the documentary, which follows the aftermath of Australia’s biggest offshore oil catastrophe and its lasting impact on the people of West Timor.

On today’s show: We discuss International Women’s Day and women’s issues with two activists: Mrinalini Chakraborty, the head of field operations and strategy for the Women’s March, and Rafia Zakaria, a political philosopher and columnist for DAWN Pakistan. The main actors in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s Mary Stuart join us: K.K. Moggie, who plays Mary Stuart, and Kellie Overbey, who plays Queen Elizabeth I. Peace on Earth Film Festival co-founder and executive director Nick Angotti and A Crude Injustice director Jane Hammond talk about the documentary, which follows the aftermath of Australia’s biggest offshore oil catastrophe and its lasting impact on the people of West Timor.

On today's show:Kevin Martin, the President of Peace Action, joins to discuss what he sees as a victory with North Korea after North and South Korea announce they are holding a formal summit next week for the first time in 11 years. To discuss the state of American education in compared to other developed countries, we’ll talk with Linda Darling-Hammond, professor emeritus of education at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, president and CEO of the Learning Policy Institute, and education advisor to Barack Obama's presidential campaign. Paula Donovan of the Code Blue Campaign, which aims to end impunity for sexual exploitation and abuse by U.N. personnel, joins us to discuss the impact of the revelations within the larger context of international development aid and whether or not it’s possible to pressure change through applied ethical donations.

On today's show:Kevin Martin, the President of Peace Action, joins to discuss what he sees as a victory with North Korea after North and South Korea announce they are holding a formal summit next week for the first time in 11 years. To discuss the state of American education in compared to other developed countries, we’ll talk with Linda Darling-Hammond, professor emeritus of education at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, president and CEO of the Learning Policy Institute, and education advisor to Barack Obama's presidential campaign. Paula Donovan of the Code Blue Campaign, which aims to end impunity for sexual exploitation and abuse by U.N. personnel, joins us to discuss the impact of the revelations within the larger context of international development aid and whether or not it’s possible to pressure change through applied ethical donations.

On today’s show: We talk about Saudi Arabia’s large footprint in the Middle East with Rashid Khalidi, professor of Arab studies at Columbia University. Stav Shaffir,  Israel’s youngest member of the Knesset, says Israel’s progressive citizens and politicians work hard for a two-state solution and to fight corruption.

On today’s show: We talk about Saudi Arabia’s large footprint in the Middle East with Rashid Khalidi, professor of Arab studies at Columbia University. Stav Shaffir,  Israel’s youngest member of the Knesset, says Israel’s progressive citizens and politicians work hard for a two-state solution and to fight corruption.

On today's show: Saudi Arabia and Russia are increasing global anxiety over nuclear proliferation. We talk about the implications of the Russian and Saudi nuclear moves with Joseph Cirincione, president of the Ploughshares Fund, a non-proliferation NGO. Despite Venezuela being one of the Western hemisphere’s most oil-rich countries, most Venezuelans can’t afford basic commodities like food. We discuss the ongoing crisis with David Smilde, senior fellow at the Washington Office on Latin America, and Verónica Zubillaga, associate professor of Behavioral Sciences and Technologies at Simón Bolívar University in Caracas. For our weekly Global Activism segment, Brett Weiss explains his efforts to establish a scholarship fund to help deserving children in Dago, Kenya get through high school.