The Current for Jan. 2, 2020
Today on The Current: A retired police officer in Australia describes how thousands took refuge on beaches as bushfires ravaged his community in Mallacoota. Plus, how can you tell if the clothes in your closet were made using forced labour, possibly from the million ethnic Uighurs detained in camps in China? And culinary geographer Lenore Newman explains which of our favourite foods might be on the endangered list, and why “if the food system falls apart, civilization basically is not far behind.”
Today on The Current: A retired police officer in Australia describes how thousands took refuge on beaches as bushfires ravaged his community in Mallacoota. Plus, how can you tell if the clothes in your closet were made using forced labour, possibly from the million ethnic Uighurs detained in camps in China? And culinary geographer Lenore Newman explains which of our favourite foods might be on the endangered list, and why "if the food system falls apart, civilization basically is not far behind."