Farai Chideya appears in the following:
Parsing the Obama housing plan with Alvin Hall, Part one
Thursday, March 05, 2009
The Obama administration has released the details of its housing plan, which is meant to be a finger in the dam for the tidal wave of homes facing foreclosure throughout the U.S. Yest...
The verdict is in for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Just this morning, the International Criminal Court in The Hague has issued a warrant for the arrest of the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. This is the first warrant ever issued ag...
U.S. guns go south, Mexico's drug war comes north
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
This this week, we’ve been taking a look at Mexico’s drug war and the ripple effect being felt throughout the Southwest United States. Perhaps nowhere has this been felt more keenly t...
A crowded race to fill Rahm Emanuel's seat in Congress
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
When Barack Obama selected Rahm Emanuel as his chief of staff, he left an opening in the U.S. Congress. Voters in Illinois just voted in the primary to choose the Democratic candidate...
Court may issue arrest warrant for Omar al-Bashir
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Later today the International Criminal Court will announce whether it is issuing an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, on charges of genocide, crimes against humani...
Your food may be organic, but that doesn't mean it's safe
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Over the past few years a rash of food-related illnesses caused by everything from tomatoes to spinach to peanut butter has sparked nationwide concern over food safety. Convention...
There are no residents here: Cleveland as the center of the housing crisis
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
The effects of the housing collapse are being felt acutely, daily, powerfully in Cleveland, Ohio. For a time, it led the nation in foreclosures, and now it’s a city that lives with on...
How low will the market go?
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Let's talk about your bottom. When do you think the market can go no lower? Is that when you bail out of the Dow and stick your money under the mattress? There's no sure way to predic...
Rim shot: Free throws are still hard
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Professional athletes in just about every sport imaginable are sprinting to new records: passing more accurately, throwing faster, jumping higher, swimming further. But there's one th...
Clinton announces two new envoys to Syria
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
During her first trip to the Middle East as Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton announced yesterday that the U.S. will be sending two high-level envoys to Syria. This is the latest si...
Your food may be organic, but that doesn't mean it's safe
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
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Over the past few years a rash of food-related illnesses caused by ev...
When election contributions taint justice
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
When judges have received campaign contributions from interested parties in a case, should they recuse themselves? Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co. goes before the U.S. Supreme Court ...
Continued turmoil in Guinea-Bissau after assassinations
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
The President of the West African Nation of Guinea-Bissau was shot and killed yesterday by renegade soldiers. The soldiers blamed the President for the bomb blast that killed his main...
Asylum cases skyrocket amid Mexico drug war violence
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
A rising tide of violence stemming from Mexico’s drug war has sent thousands of Mexican nationals fleeing across the border to the United States. Some of them go home, but thousands m...
In a secret letter Obama sought help from Russia on Iran
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Last month, President Obama sent a secret hand-delivered letter to Russia's President Dmitri Medvedev. It was an offer: the U.S. would back off from deploying a new missile defense sy...
It's a shake up in Castro's Cuba, hold the rum
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Cuban President Raul Castro replaced eight cabinet ministers yesterday in a shake-up that ousted politicians linked to Fidel Castro. This move could signal a new era for Cuba. To talk...
Bad sports as Pakistani gunmen open fire on Sri Lankan cricket team
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Bad sportsmanship took an ugly turn as Pakistani gunmen attacked a bus carrying the Sri Lankan cricket team on its way to play in the Pakistani city of Lahore. At least five Pakistani...
Global markets hit bottom, start digging
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
The global markets took a trip down memory lane yesterday, unfortunately not in a good way. The S&P; dropped to its lowest level since November of 1996. The Dow fell below 7,000 for t...
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown heads to his Obama photo op
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown begins an official visit to the United States today. He’ll be the first European leader to meet President Obama in the White House. And on the agen...
Mad at the Media (hour 1); Youth Vision and Values (hour 2)
Sunday, October 20, 1996
Why the public hates the media (and can't get enough of it).
