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Professor in the business school at Georgetown University, she is the author of “The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy.”
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Pietra Rivoli
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Woman Found Alive in Bangladesh, after Death Toll Surpasses 1,000 More than 2 weeks since a clothing factory collapsed in Bangladesh, a woman was pulled alive from the rubble today. But the death toll has risen to more than 1000 — the worst in garment-industry history. Georgetown University Professor Pietra Rivoli, author of “The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy” speaks with Warren.
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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.
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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.
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Trump's new look at civil rights and global warming President Trump is reportedly ready to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. We look at the possible consequences. On the second half of the program, we hear about cuts in Obama-Era civil rights programs called for by the Trump Administration's first budget plan.