2013-08-29 Global Talks

08/30/13 • 54 min

Global Talks: Today we are debating Obama tells PBS he is certain the Syrian government was behind last Wednesday's chemical attack. The Egypt government retracts from an earlier decision to dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood. US rejects links between the jailed American and stalled nuclear diplomatic talks and much much more.

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2013-08-29 Civil Rights

Panel discussion: Events marking the 50th anniversary of the civil rights march on Washington have been taking place across America this week - culminating in a commemoration by the Lincoln Memorial and the Mall in DC on Wednesday. Of course, it was a march made famous and is still remembered for that Martin Luther King "I have a dream' line. But what is its relevance today? -Yohuru R. Williams, Professor of History and Director of Black Studies at Fairfield University -Brandon Blackburn-Dwyer, Editor in Chief at Quo Vadimus News

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2013-08-30 Public transport in big cities

Panel discussion: Wherever you are in the world, consider these questions. Have you ever used your city's public transport and then complained about it? It's too crowded, or too slow; or too expensive, too dirty, too smelly or it doesn't go near me, and so you drive?! Well, if you live in a big city, we've all said those things at one point or another. -Dong Shanfeng, General Manager of Bluepath City Consultanc -Hung Wing Tat, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University -Vukan R. Vuchic, Professor of City and Regional Planning from University of Pennsylvania