What is the UN's role in the Syrian arms crisis?

Assad agrees to join international chemical weapons ban

A United Nations spokesman confirmed Thursday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has signed a decree to have Syria join the Chemical Weapons Convention, an international arms control agreement. Philippe Bolopion, the UN director for Human Rights Watch, and Pulitzer Prize-winning Reuters columnist David Rohde will join Consider This host Antonio Mora to discuss how the UN is handling Syria.

When should the police rely on SWAT units?

Thousands of police departments and some federal agencies in the United States have Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) units, but do all law enforcement agencies need armored police officers? Radley Balko, the author of "Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces," joins Antonio Mora to discuss the topic.  

Private donations for public schools

While public schools serving wealthier families often raise more money in private donations, schools in poorer districts may not have the same benefit. Some argue this trend can contribute to the gap between rich and poor. Should these private donations be labeled as "charitable donations" for tax purposes? Should private donations be equally distributed across school districts? Sarah Hill, an assistant professor of political science at California State University, Fullerton, and Susan Sweeney, the executive director of the California Consortium of Education Foundations, join Antonio Mora to talk about this issue.

Advocates call for more diversity on fashion runways

In New York Fashion Week shows for the Fall-Winter 2013 season, 82.7 percent of the models were white, according to Jezebel. Beverly Johnson, the first African-American supermodel to be featured on the cover of Vogue magazine, and Christina Binkley, a fashion columnist for The Wall Street Journal, will join Antonio Mora to discuss diversity in the fashion industry.