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Photo montage. Each week, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. – an award-winning journalist, civil rights icon, and consummate intellectual influencer – inteviews famous leaders and politicians, doctors and scientists, cultural leaders and influencers from around the globe.

THE CHAVIS CHRONICLES: Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton & Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba

Airs Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. on KPBS 2

Taliban fighters wave from the back of a pickup truck, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. Many Afghans are anxious about the Taliban rule and are figuring out ways to get out of Afghanistan.

The Taliban Is Celebrating Its Takeover Now That The U.S. Withdrawal Is Complete

Taliban fighters watched the last U.S. planes disappear into the sky over Afghanistan around midnight local time on Monday and then fired their guns into the air.

Radiohead circa 2000. Singer Thom Yorke (second from right) says that as much as the albums <em>Kid A</em> and <em>Amnesiac</em> channel the dread that loomed over their moment, they are also full of hope that another world is possible.

20 Years After The End Of The World

At the turn of the millennium, Radiohead turned creeping melancholy and desolation into two albums that changed the band's career. Two decades later, maybe we've caught up to their prophetic vision.

Senate Budget Committee Chair Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York walk out of a budget resolution meeting at the Capitol on Aug. 9.

As Democrats look to cut their spending bill, here's a reminder of where they started

The party laid out bold priorities this summer, including major investments in climate initiatives, health care and the child tax credit. But it's become clear that some cuts will have to happen.

President Biden was ebulliant as he described the contents of the infrastructure bill and what it took to get it across the finish line.

Biden's infrastructure win gives him some momentum. Here's why he needs that

President Biden's polls have plunged. As his agenda stalled, his party lost the Virginia gubernatorial race. The infrastructure win gives him some lift as he now tries to pass a much-tougher bill.

COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation Has Been Catching On In Lebanon

Misinformation about the coronavirus has been catching on easily in Lebanon, where sectarian rivalries leave groups searching for answers that back their world view.

Apartments in Qixingguan, a new district in Bijie, China, were built for the residents of poor, remote villages. A patriotic slogan on one building says: "Resettlement to a new home. Thank the Communist Party for a happy, peaceful new home."

China Says It Has Ended Poverty. Is That True?

The government has declared victory over poverty. NPR talks to the people who've been moved from poor rural villages to brand-new apartment buildings to see how they're now faring.

The stock market fell after President Trump tested positive for the coronavirus at a time when investors were already getting concerned about the pace of the economic recovery and the lack of a new stimulus bill from Congress.

Trump's Positive Coronavirus Test Result Roils Financial Markets

Markets face a double whammy of bad news after the president's health upended an election heading into its final stretch and the September jobs report proved disappointing.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen listens during a meeting with President Biden in the White House on March 5. Yellen on Monday proposed a minimum global tax rate for corporations.

Janet Yellen Proposes Bold Idea: The Same Minimum Corporate Tax Around The World

The Treasury secretary is adding her support to a widely discussed proposal as part of the Biden administration's tougher approach to corporate taxes.

Netanyahu's Legacy After 12 Years As Israel's Prime Minister

Benjamin Netanyahu ends the longest term for any Israeli prime minister, 12 years, with a history of alliance with U.S. Republicans.

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