It’s a NewsBuzz edition of River to River. Guests join host Ben Kieffer to break down this week’s headlines:
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the mobilization of 300,000 additional troops following battlefield setbacks in Ukraine.
A labor contract vote began Thursday after the Biden administration helped broker a tentative deal that will affect about 120,000 rail workers across the country to stave off a national rail strike.
Also this hour, meet Gursharan Virk, a third-year student at the University of Iowa who is breaking barriers as the first Air Force cadet to wear a traditional Sikh turban, bracelet and beard as part of his uniform. Plus, get to know International Writing Program resident Joaquin Ortega.
Guests:
- Marina Zaloznaya, University of Iowa associate professor
- Paul Iversen, University of Iowa Labor Center labor educator
- Chad Hart, Iowa State University agricultural and natural resource economics professor
- Gursharan Virk, Air Force ROTC cadet and third year student at the University of Iowa
- Joaquin Ortega, International Writers Program resident
- Tony Dehner, Studio One host
