Worldview: February 27, 2018

Published: Feb. 27, 2018, 9:20 p.m.

On today’s show: University of Michigan professor Juan Cole analyzes the United Nations Security Council’s approval of a 30-day ceasefire between Syria's government and guerrillas in Eastern Ghouta. Imam Abdul Malik Mujahid, A Rohingya Day of Action organizer, discusses what Chicagoans can do to help the Rohingya. One Earth Film Festival founder Ana Garcia-Doyle previews some of the festival offerings. Director and producer Linda Booker discusses her film Straws, which is a part of the festival and traces the damage done by the some 500 million-plus plastic straws Americans use once, and discard, every day.