The Current from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Conservative commentator David Frum shares his grim vision of America under Trump. He says democracy could be giving way to autocracy — and what can make it possible is citizen indifference.

From the erosion of democracy and the makings of autocracy with Trump's presidency, to taking stock of inflammatory rhetoric in Quebec media and politics after the recent mosque shooting, to a reporter's struggle with PTSD ... This is The Current.

As part of The Current's public forum in Vancouver, the audience weighs in with their stories involving murdered and missing Indigenous women — including the roots of violence against Indigenous women and the process of healing and closure.

While it’s important to get the stories of MMIW out through arts and culture made by Indigenous people to battle stereotypes, some artists say it’s at the expense of telling a more thoughtful and nuanced story of the Indigenous experience.

While the mainstream media is finally starting to cover the story of missing and murdered Indigenous women, communicating those stories in a way that's respectful and not re-traumatizing means striking a tricky balance.

The police, the media and the public at large have been accused of ignoring the stories of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. As part of our series, The Current's Vancouver public forum explores how the media and the arts share this story.

Kendall Francois was a serial killer from small town America. Journalist Claudia Rowe began to correspond with him. What started as simply reporting on the story, turned into an obsession that forever changed her life.

Should our government be reacting and creating policy based on the actions of the Trump administration? How should world leaders — including Canada's — respond to the new president's actions? Our panel of parliamentarians takes up that question.

Can we connect political words to murderous deeds? We are in a world of political disruption, anger, change, protest and defiance, but how do we process all of this? Law professor Payam Akhavan tells us what we're not seeing.

From McGill law professor Payam Akhavan on the fear of normalizing hate and xenophobia, to if Canada has an obligation to stand up to Trump — both in policies and tone, to a true crime tale of murder and manipulation ... This is The Current.

Does the anti-globalization movement, pioneered by the political left, have to redefine their efforts now that protectionist policies have proved so popular with a xenophobic hard-right?

Trump’s executive order to ban travel from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen, and Libya is raising alarm and confusion among people with ties to those countries, while some legal experts say the policy is unconstitutional.

Six people were killed and eight wounded during evening prayers Sunday, in what Quebec's premier described as a "murderous act directed at a specific community."

From reactions to the Quebec City terrorist attack that left 8 dead, to how Canadians might be affected by the U.S. new travel ban, and why the anti-globalization movement, pioneered by the political left, has proved so popular with the far-right

Canadian news media has been suffering through years of cuts, cutbacks, closures, consolidations and buyouts — Could they all be adding up to a threat to our democracy, and an opening for the spread of fake news?