• Italians march for abortion rights after far-right election victory

    Italians march for abortion rights after far-right election victory

    Sep 28, 2022 06:47 PM EDT

    The elections also swept away veterans of successful battles for civil rights, including divorce and abortion, as well as lawmakers still struggling for freedoms like same-sex marriage. Perhaps Italy's most celebrated living civil rights activist, Emma Bonino, lost her Senate seat to a Rome city councilwoman from Brothers ...

  • Right-wing victory in Italian election raises concerns across Europe

    Right-wing victory in Italian election raises concerns across Europe

    Sep 26, 2022 10:45 PM EDT

    ... create a Europe that would include all the truly European states. Nick Schifrin: But each of those coalition leaders actually lost votes to Meloni's Brothers of Italy. Nathalie Tocci, Former E.U. Special Adviser: The pro-Kremlin parties took a real beating, and Brothers of Italy, Giorgia Meloni's ...

  • How a right-wing party of neo-fascist roots became poised to lead Italy

    How a right-wing party of neo-fascist roots became poised to lead Italy

    Sep 26, 2022 04:31 PM EDT

    ... center on the Tiber River, with its obelisk still bearing Mussolini's name. The Italian Constitution bars the reconstitution of the Fascist party, but far-right groups still display the fascist salute and there continues to be an acceptance of fascist symbols, said Brennan. "You don't have to look ...

  • Italians vote in election that could put 1st far-right leader in power since WWII

    Italians vote in election that could put 1st far-right leader in power since WWII

    Sep 25, 2022 04:00 PM EDT

    ... in the eurozone’s third-largest economy is being closely watched in Europe, given Meloni’s criticism of “Brussels bureaucrats” and her ties to other right-wing leaders — she recently defended Hungary’s Viktor Orban after the European Commission recommended suspending billions of euros in funding to Hungary over concerns ...

  • Far-right Italian leader Meloni gaining popularity ahead of election next month

    Far-right Italian leader Meloni gaining popularity ahead of election next month

    Aug 16, 2022 03:42 PM EDT

    ... States, a fellow Group of Seven country. But she often views European Union rules as an infringement on Italy's sovereignty. If Meloni's far-right forces dominate Italy's next government, there's concern about the support Italy will give to right-wing governments in Hungary and Poland “for ...

  • Transcripts reveal Chris Cuomo's off-air role as brother's strategist

    Transcripts reveal Chris Cuomo's off-air role as brother's strategist

    Nov 29, 2021 11:24 PM EDT

    ... James found he sexually harassed at least 11 women. Chris Cuomo, the host of CNN's “Cuomo Prime Time,” said he never reported on his brother's situation for the network and never tried to influence coverage. On-air in August, he said: “I tried to do the right thing ...

  • Exhibition sheds light on Kalief Browder’s years in solitary confinement

    Exhibition sheds light on Kalief Browder’s years in solitary confinement

    Aug 01, 2021 09:44 PM EDT

    ... mass incarceration. Discussions center the voices of legal scholars, activists and formerly incarcerated people at the forefront of the movement to end solitary confinement. Jerome Wright: I’m standing in front of you as somebody telling you, I suffered the inhumanity the indignity the trauma and the torture of solitary ...

  • How the Kellogg brothers transformed breakfast and pioneered 'wellness'

    How the Kellogg brothers transformed breakfast and pioneered 'wellness'

    Nov 21, 2018 11:15 PM EDT

    ... doctor's employ after 25 years and founded what people Kellogg's. They did sue each other for almost a decade over who had the right to be the real Kellogg. The doctor said, well, I'm the famous Dr. Kellogg. And he was more famous than Will at the ...

  • She dreamed college would change her life. 10 years later, was she right?

    She dreamed college would change her life. 10 years later, was she right?

    Oct 26, 2018 06:36 PM EDT

    But she didn't. She thought the class was exactly right for her. "The people there is with the same condition as me," she said. "I am not a good grammar girl." As we walked to the campus center for a snack, Katy noticed a maintenance worker emptying trash bins ...

  • The brilliant brothers behind the Mayo Clinic

    The brilliant brothers behind the Mayo Clinic

    Jun 29, 2018 06:00 PM EDT

    ... headstrong query “Are you the head doctor here?” William Mayo responded without a hint of irony, “No, my brother is the head doctor. I’m the belly doctor.” Editor's note: An earlier photo caption misidentified the Mayo brothers; Charles is on the left and William is on the right.