This week on War News Radio, we host a piece from Human Rights Hummus, a new podcast started by Swarthmore alums Lily Tyson ’17 and Marissa Cohen ’17… Human Rights Hummus: Voices of the Holy Land is your passport to the front lines of one of the most contentious issues…
War News Radio’s Joelle Hageboutros spoke with three students from Professor Atshan’s Israeli Palestinian Conflict class who traveled to the region to see and experience first-hand what they had been studying for a semester. Here’s their story.
United States: CIA Torture Report Released on Tuesday On Tuesday, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released its report on CIA interrogation and torture methods. The report criticized CIA methods on grounds that the “enhanced interrogation” was not effective at gaining information, that these methods were not necessary in providing…
This week on War News Radio, Boko Haram is suspected in a deadly attack on the Nigerian city of Damaturu, an Egyptian judge sentenced almost 200 members of the Muslim Brotherhood to death, a United Nations report found that the United States failed to comply with the international convention against…
This month on War News Radio, “Neighbors.” We collect a wide variety of voices on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. First we hear from Aladdin Attari, a 25-year old Palestinian-Jordanian engineer residing in Saudi Arabia, on his perspective on the recent Gaza violence. Next, we explore how the exclusion of women on…
WELSH: For War News Radio at Swarthmore College, I’m Tyler Welsh. BAILIN: And I’m Nora Bailin. Peace talks in South Sudan were delayed this week following attacks by rebel forces on a United Nations base in the city of Bentiu. At least 100 civilians were killed and 400 others were…
Asma Noray: For War News Radio at Swarthmore College, I’m Asma Noray. Dylan Okabe-Jawdat: And I’m Dylan Okabe-Jawdat. Pro-Russian demonstrators in Ukraine seized government buildings in several cities near the Russian border, including Kharkiv, Donetsk and Luhansk. Similar tactics were used by protesters in February to oust former Ukrainian President…
This week on War News Radio, “Changing Perspectives.” First, we learn how the mainstream American media has sensationalized mass shootings and normalized urban gun violence. Next, we present our editorial segment, “Filibusted.” Finally, we hear from Ukrainian citizens and expats about Ukraine’s upcoming elections, internal tensions, and uneasy relationship…
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This week on War News Radio, anti-government protests in Ukraine and Bangkok, a ceasefire in South Sudan, the militant targeting of health care workers in Pakistan, the inauguration of the new Central African Republic president, and more. Dylan Okabe-Jawdat: From War News Radio at Swarthmore College, I’m Dylan Okabe-Jawdat. Jerry…