39th President of the United States
Thirty-ninth President of the United States, well known for his work worldwide promoting peace, human rights, and free and fair elections; founder of the Carter Center; Winner of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize and author of many books, including, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid and, most recently, A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence and Power; former two-term Georgia State Senator, naval officer, and peanut farmer
Jimmy Carter's Fight for Women's Rights Since leaving the White House in 1981, former President Jimmy Carter has written 28 books and won the Nobel Peace Prize for working to solve international conflicts. Now he's focused on women's rights. At a conference on civil rights last night in Austin, Texas, Carter spoke about the mistreatment of women and girls as the next front in the civil rights movements. That's the subject of his latest book, A Call to Action : Women, Religion, Violence and Power.
Jimmy Carter Draws Heat over Israel-Palestine Book As President, Jimmy Carter brought Israel together with Egypt in 1978. In 2002, he won the Nobel Peace Prize , in part for his work in the Middle East . But his latest book has raised a furor for its descriptions of what's going on in that region and who's responsible. Carter's 26th book is Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid . Its title alone has done what he says he intended the book to do: provoke debate and discussion--much of it very angry.
White House budget proposal slashes and burns President Trump's first budget request is considered dead on arrival in Congress — a familiar development in Capitol Hill. We hear what it reveals about the priorities of the new administration. What's likely to die… and what might survive?
The Trump agenda: where's the beef? President Trump says big things are happening. After celebrating a House bill on health care, he doesn’t yet have Senate agreement. With James Comey’s public testimony scheduled tomorrow, the President today tweeted his selection of a new FBI Director. Is the Chief Executive all style and no substance? Later, terror attacks in Iran and conflicting claims about who’s behind them.
The longest US war: Will Trump send more troops to Afghanistan? The Trump White House is divided over the Pentagon's request for more troops in Afghanistan—where the US has been fighting for the past 16 years. Is there a formula -- either for "victory" or a political settlement? Is there an end in sight for America's longest war?
Human Rights in the era of Donald Trump President Trump’s UN Ambassador, Nikki Haley, said today the US might pull out of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council. Serious violators of human rights are members of the Council itself–and a US resignation could make things worse. Later on today’s show, now that he’s into his second term, comedian turned US Senator Al Franken is telling jokes again.