On this week’s show, we’re looking at different facets of poverty. Why did a hospital decide to crackdown on new mothers over medical bills? And why is the UK, a tech leader, struggling with digital poverty? Plus, stories from Mexico and Ethiopia.
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Folge vom 21.06.2023Searching for a way out of poverty
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Folge vom 14.06.2023World in Progress: What is going on in Myanmar?Since the military coup in Myanmar over two years ago that ousted the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, the ruling military regime has arrested tens of thousands of people. We hear from former political prisoners, talk about the targeted killings of civilians and hear from displaced Rohingya in camps in Bangladesh.
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Folge vom 07.06.2023World in Progress: Family affairsA deep dive into family affairs: Children and grandchildren holding their relatives accountable for crimes during Argentina's dictatorship, a dedicated foster parent in Germany who's opened her home to children in need and how a café in Vienna is bringing together generations.
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Folge vom 24.05.2023The Bronx: Fires, Hip Hop and GentrificationIt's a vibrant borough with a bad reputation: some 1.5 million people, many of them immigrants, live in New York city's Bronx. For decades, poverty and crime made headlines here, but it's also the birthplace of Hip Hop culture and home to the famous Yankees baseball team. The locals say that things have improved a lot since the notorious fires of the 1970s, yet there are still many issues.