The Current from CBC Radio (Highlights)

This is the story of a man whose fight against racial segregation in Canada in the 50s centred on the small Southern Ontario town of Dresden.

Where do doctors and caregivers who force people to consume nourishment draw the line? We explore whether feeding someone against their will is an unethical measure or a life-saving kindness.

This is the story of 16-year-old Ugandan chess prodigy Phiona Mutesi, and how she changed her life by mastering a game that doesn't even have a name in her native language.

Crowds of people surrounded American rail mogul Ed Burkhardt as he visited Lac-Megantic on Wednesday. We explore the answers he gave, and whether they go far enough.

Few journalists have tracked the stories of girls and women in peril as tirelessly as Sally Armstrong. And for all the heartache she has documented, Armstrong now sees revolutionary change underway.

With violence mounting, divisions are deepening in Egypt's public and its press. We explore the consequences for Egypt's fragile new democracy.

Erik Martin, the general manager of Reddit, discusses his desire for a free and open Internet and what -- if anything -- should be out of bounds.

Feelings of horror in the Quebec town of Lac-Megantic have led to calls for something to be done. But some believe our need for justice may be better met if we wait until investigators finish asking questions.

In his new book 'The Skies Belong to Us - Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking,' author Brendan Koerner recalls a time when security was lax and as many as one jet was hijacked per week.

Line in The Sand is the best of The Current's stories about the ethical dilemmas that define us. Are all species priceless in and of themselves? The iconic Jane Goodall on environmental ethics. And later, there's no truce in the war to save rare species.

At least five people are dead and dozens of others reported missing after a train derailment in Lac-Megantic, Quebec. Days after the disaster, Canadians are trying to understand what went wrong.

Parliament may not be sitting through the summer, but that doesn't mean its members have an empty calendar. We sit down with a panel of Hill watchers to talk about staples of the summer political scene.

In film and in fact, the so-called Vatican Bank has long been associated with scandal. Probably because it's provided so much of it. And now, amid revelations of another one, the new Pope wants the toxic institution humbled.

Joe Muto used to think of Fox News as just the place he worked. That is, until the mid-western liberal agreed to become a mole inside the right-wing machine. He tells us what it was like, and why he still likes Bill O'Reilly.

Ousted by the military, its president in custody, the Muslim Brotherhood did not go quietly into the Egyptian night. Egypt today is not what it was yesterday, it's far from clear what it'll look like tomorrow and if there is any plan.