The DNA of the News

The DNA of the News – Hidden cost of mining – Oct 12 2023

Hoy penetramos en el mundo de la minería, una industria con un vasto alcance global. Pero este alcance conlleva consecuencias innegables, especialmente para nuestro medio ambiente, las comunidades indígenas que han llamado hogar a estas tierras durante generaciones y la intrincada red de fauna y flora que las rodea.

DNA of the News – Rusia y el Factor Putin SPA – Sept 18 2023

Después de casi 25 años en el poder, ¿podemos esperar más sorpresas de Vladimir Putin? ¿Cómo se está reposicionando Rusia en Europa y Asia? ¿Dónde está Rusia tres décadas después de la caída del Muro de Berlín? Un experto de talla mundial sobre la región comparte sus impresiones.

DNA of the News – Community Roots – Sept 13 2023

A New York-based TV channel with a team of 400 producers, which has won multiple Emmy Awards, was able to reinvent itself overnight and continue its broadcasts. The channel is known for its strong roots in the community it serves.

DNA of the News – The World Trade Center – Sept 5 2023

The World Trade Center, at 110 floors, became the world's tallest buildings of their time and had rentable space equivalent to 130 professional football fields. This is the story of the engineering that saved thousands of lives 28 years later on September 11, 2001.

DNA of the News – They Are Sores Part 2 SPA – Aug 8 2023

After being initiated into trafficking and sexual exploitation before her 9th birthday, she was sold to international mafias. After 37 years, she manages to escape from it and becomes an activist defending women victims like she was: her story, the book, and the documentary.

DNA of the News – Child labor in the USA SPA- July 26 2023

Child labor has been part of communal and familial life. But the abuses of industrialization drew a line between acceptable work and harmful exploitation for minors. Despite this 85-year-old protection, some US states are now lowering the legal working age. Why?

DNA of the News – Blood Money SPA – July 6 2023

Imagine an industry that earns more than 24 billion dollars a year from exports, surpassing the US soybean sales to the world in 2021 or the total export of coffee of the top 10 countries in the same period. The blood plasma extraction industry sources its raw material from about 20 million people here in the US. To uncover the operations of this hidden industry, we have with us a journalist who recently wrote the book Blood Money. It is a captivating story.

DNA of the News – Micro Satellites Democratize Outer Space – June 13 2023

Technology has made it possible for satellites in the shape of small cubes measuring 10 cm (about 4”) per side and weighing 1 Kg or 2.2 lbs to orbit the Earth and other planets. They perform many of the duties of their conventional satellites at less than 2% of the cost. Private enterprises and universities worldwide are now players in space exploration. This is the story.

DNA of the News – China and Taiwan Reunification or Annexation?

Taiwan remains the most contentious issue in US-China relations. Taiwan is prominently identified as a "core" national interest of China. Is it a vital issue to the US's security? Why is it identified as the likely location for a military confrontation between the two superpowers?

DNA of the News – right to possess weapons ENG – May 9 2023

232 years ago, the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution was proposed, granting citizens the right to bear arms. Today, there are an estimated 120 firearms for every 100 US citizens of all ages and over 300 armed militias in operation. An expert on the history of the Second Amendment helps us understand its origins and evolution