Iran is on the second day of a three-day general strike. It's been 11 weeks since protesters first poured onto Iran's streets. Despite progress toward gender parity in many professions, there's one in which women had not played much of a role. And why in America that's changing so fast.
The enforcers of the hardliners’ mores may have been disbanded; it is
hard to know if the regime is bending to protesters or sowing confusion. Either way the disquiet looks set to continue. We take a look at China’s widely watched nightly news and the narrative it hopes to promulgate. And why women are suddenly
flooding into America’s funeral-services industry. Help us make the show better: take our listener survey at
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