About P. J. @PJTobia
P.J. Tobia is a Foreign Affairs Producer at PBS NewsHour, covering the Middle East and North Africa. He is also the host and producer of the foreign affairs podcast "Shortwave." Prior to this Tobia spent two years in Afghanistan covering Afghan politics, life and the U.S.-led war.
P. J.’s Recent Stories
Nation Dec 12
On the ground with ICE agents enforcing Trump’s immigration crackdownSince President Trump took office, immigration arrests are up 42 percent, and arrests of undocumented immigrants who don't have criminal records are up 145 percent compared to last year. The NewsHour's P.J. Tobia takes us along as ICE officers use…
World May 31
At least 90 killed, hundreds wounded after bomb explodes in Kabul, Afghanistan“The blast was so huge that it dug a big crater as deep as four meters,” or 13 feet.
Politics May 30
‘Why all the cloak-and-dagger secrecy’ on Russia, asks former Director of National Intelligence James ClapperIn a wide-ranging interview with PBS NewsHour's Judy Woodruff, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper addressed Trump’s handling of classified information, and he called recent reports that the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner had requested a secret back channel to…
Nation Aug 29
How a former extremist became a counterterrorism analystFederal prosecutors once regarded Jesse Curtis Morton as a threat to national security. Now, he is a terrorism analyst at a George Washington University-based think tank.
World Apr 01
How sending aid landed one Libyan family in prisonOn his Shortwave podcast this week, P.J. Tobia reports on the story of one Libyan family, how they suffered under Muammar Qaddafi’s regime, and how after he was captured and killed, things got much, much worse.
Nation Mar 12
U.S. cracks down on products made by slave labor, but hurdles remainLast month President Obama signed a bill banning the import of goods made by slave labor. But implementing it may be a challenge. On this week's Shortwave podcast, we talk about what comes next with Melysa Sperber of the Alliance…
World Feb 12
Here’s the real story behind your cup of teaWhen you wrap your hands around a toasty cup of tea this winter, consider the source. Human rights groups allege tea-pickers worker in dangerous conditions. This week’s Shortwave investigates the claims.
World Jan 28
Meet the private companies that sell spy tech to the NSA and SudanThe multi-billion dollar private surveillance industry does some of the US government’s most critical electronic snooping.
World Jan 15
The government’s making a watchlist and checking it twiceNearly two million names populate U.S. government terrorism watchlists. That’s a big number, and there are a lot of lists. Who are the people on these lists? Are they all potential terrorists?…
World Dec 31
Was 2015 the end of America as a superpower?Year-end shows are usually a yawn. A few big events of the soon-to-be past year are duly noted and analyzed before the view shifts to the year to come. But 2015 has been truly remarkable.
