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Sticking to their guns: violence in America

Sticking to their guns: violence in America

FromThe Intelligence from The Economist


Sticking to their guns: violence in America

FromThe Intelligence from The Economist

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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Aug 5, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Two mass shootings over the weekend add to the unrelenting stream of gun violence in America. We look at the political and social forces that ensure it will continue. The collapse of Venezuela’s infrastructure has left its people desperate for medical care. We meet some of the women crossing into Colombia to seek help. And, the politics behind the ever-shifting travel advice dispensed in the Middle East. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Aug 5, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Get a daily burst of global illumination from The Economist’s worldwide network of correspondents as they dig past the headlines to get to the stories beneath—and to stories that aren’t making headlines, but should be.