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Washington Post
Mexico City Bureau Chief, and former Kabul correspondent, for the Washington Post. He is the author of A Kingdom of Their Own: The Family Karzai and the Afghan Disaster.
PROFILE
Joshua Partlow
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FROM Joshua Partlow
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Mexico Still Embroiled in Protest Massive protests continued in Mexico over the weekend, seven weeks after they were set off by the disappearance of 43 students. We now know that the students were abducted by gang members dispatched by a local mayor, and appear to have been murdered. Mexico has a long history of civilian kidnapping and violence. So why has this particular crime set off such national outrage?
To the Point
Karzai Criticizes Troop Withdrawal Timeline In Kabul today, Afghan President Hamid Karzai met with a congressional delegation and then released a statement saying that President Obama's July deadline to start withdrawing troops has "given courage to the enemies of Afghanistan." Joshua Partlow is in Kabul for the Washington Post .
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Press Play with Madeleine Brand
What did Trump accomplish on his first trip abroad? President Trump is wrapping up his Mideast and European tour. We find out what he has accomplished -- good and bad -- and look at what he faces when he comes home.
Design and Architecture
Securing Public Spaces, Super Wealthy Asians Vehicles are increasingly being used as weapons, as seen in the London Bridge attack over the weekend and in New York’s Times Square last month. The Compton-based company Calpipe is designing security bollards to help make public spaces safer. And novelist Kevin Kwan satirizes the “crazy rich” Asian jet set and their luxurious tastes in his latest book, “Rich People Problems.”
The Business
In 'Speechless,' Scott Silveri combines comedy, family & disability Scott Silveri has written and produced sitcoms for more than 20 years. In all that time, he never encountered a TV family that looked anything like the one he grew up in -- with a mom, a dad...and a brother with cerebral palsy. He changed that with his show Speechless on ABC. Silveri tells us about looking to his own past for stories, and why he was determined to make a family comedy and not just a "disability show."