On today's show: We get analysis on the U.S. missile attack in Syria from historian and security expert John Mearsheimer.  A conversation about Petra Epperlein's documentary Karl Marx City, which chronicles her search for truth in her family history. Pioneering photographer French photographer Sabine Weiss joins us on Weekend Passport

On today's show: The Gary-Chicago International Airport is a hub for the deportation of many Mexican immigrants. A group of community leaders are protesting the practice. We speak with Ruth Needleman, a professor emerita of Labor Studies at Indiana University and a long-time Gary resident. We're also joined by JoAnn Persch, a Sister of Mercy nun and co-founder of The Interfaith Community for Detained Immigrants. They help us chronicle the actions at Gary Airport. Then, an analysis of the evolution of U.S. policy towards China as President Trump meets with his Chinese counterpart. We speak with Daniel Drezner, a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

This hour: we discuss this week's bombing in St. Petersburg and the current state of U.S. Russian relations; we take a look at how the Trump administration could impact press freedom around the world; our resident historian takes us back to 1240.

In his budget plan released last month, President Donald Trump proposed eliminating all government agencies tasked with supporting arts and culture in the United States. This hour, we take a deep dive into the history of public funding of arts and culture in the United States as well as in Europe.

In his budget plan released last month, President Donald Trump proposed eliminating all the government agencies tasked with supporting arts and culture in the United States.  We take a deep dive into the history of public funding of arts and culture in the United States as well as in Europe.

On today's show:  We talk about the political crisis in Venezuela, where the Supreme Court stripped the country's legislative body of authority before partially backing off, with David Smilde, senior fellow at the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA). Plus, a Syrian doctor who led 14 medical missions into Aleppo talks about his experience ahead of an award ceremony in his honor later this month.

Worldview’s in-depth look at Japan’s first lady and the political leanings of Japan’s elite with Linda Hasunuma, an assistant professor of government at Franklin and Marshall College.

On today's show:Has U.S. policy in Syria changed under President Donald Trump? We talk to Slate's Joshua Keating about whether higher civilian fatalities point to a different strategyOur resident historian recalls the exile of the Dalai LamaFim contributor, Milos Stehlik, speaks to the director of The Islands and the WhalesGlobal citizen Nari Safavi offers picks for the weekend

Jewish Voice for Peace has accused the Jewish United Fund of Chicago of supporting Islamaphobia. We hear from both sides.

On today's show:President Trump has signed what the administration calls the “Energy Independence Executive Order.” Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, calls the new policy “a senseless betrayal of our national interest.”On Global Notes, a play that recently toured Australia: The Manganiyar Classroom, which provides a commentary on how India’s public education system is threatening a musical tradition.