“The sad fact is that it’s just too weak, too broken to decide its own fate”—Syria’s decade of war
Also on the daily podcast: the steep costs of violence against women and meet the self-decapitating slug
Also on the daily podcast: the steep costs of violence against women and meet the self-decapitating slug
AS THE COUNTRY marks ten years of civil war, the economy is crippled; it has broken up into statelets and ethnic enclaves that may never be reunified. Violence against women is sparking a global wave of protest. We examine why it is more widespread, and more damaging, in the poor world. And the creature that can shed its entire body. Runtime: 22min
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