The Current for May 21, 2021
Today on The Current:
Lumber prices have skyrocketed to the point that, in B.C., someone is stealing trees. We discuss the thefts, and what's driving prices up, with Keta Kosman, the publisher for Madison's Lumber Reporter, an industry price guide for lumber, and Janette Bulkan, associate professor of forestry at the University of British Columbia.
A ceasefire has gone into effect in Israel and Gaza, but recent events will have a lasting impact, particularly on the children of the region. We speak to Rasha, a doctor of internal medicine in Gaza. We are only using her first name as she fears professional consequences. We also hear from Dr. Esti Galili-Weisstub, director of child and adolescent psychiatry at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem, and co-leader of the Binational School of Psychotherapy.
And at 90 years old, veteran journalist Marvin Kalb has published a retrospective on his work covering the Soviet Union during some of the chilliest and most dangerous days of the Cold War. He tells us more about those years, what they can tell us about today, and his book Assignment Russia: Becoming a Foreign Correspondent in the Crucible of the Cold War.