The official death toll from the war is 100,000, but it is widely estimated to be much higher, perhaps even as high as one million. In his latest piece of artwork, Iraqi American artist Wafaa Bilal tries to grapple with the enormity of these numbers. It's a twenty-four-hour live tattooing performance called "...and Counting" that began at the […]

Major environmental groups are coming under criticism from within their own ranks for taking positions that some say are antithetical to their stated missions of saving the planet. In the latest issue of The Nation magazine, the British journalist Johann Hari writes, "As we confront the biggest ecological crisis in human history, many of the green organ […]

Obama Campaigns for Healthcare Reform, Former Rep. Massa Claims He Was Forced Out over Healthcare Bill, Protests Planned Outside Health Insurance Company Meeting, Gates: “More Dark Days” Ahead in Afghanistan, Claim: Pentagon Peddled Misinformation about Attack on Marjah, Nigerians Bury Dead After Massacre, Greek PM Calls for Crackdown on Financial Speculator […]

On Sunday, March 7th, 1965, Alabama state troopers and local police attacked a peaceful march by 600 civil rights demonstrators from Selma to Montgomery. The day would be remembered as Bloody Sunday. The marchers were just a few blocks into their planned route when they were tear-gassed and beaten by police on the Edmund Pettus Bridge over the Alabama River. […]

Sunday was an historic day in Hollywood. Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman in history to win the best director award at the Oscars. Bigelow's film The Hurt Locker won a total of six Oscars, including best picture and best screenplay. And Geoffrey Fletcher became the first African American to win an Oscar for best writing. He won best adapted screen […]

The Obama administration is working to gather international backing for a fourth round of UN sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program. While the United States has circulated proposals on further sanctions, it has yet to present a draft resolution, and a vote at the Security Council is thought to be months away. This comes amidst a new report by the Ne […]

Thousands of events are being held around the world to celebrate International Women's Day, an idea that was launched 100 years ago when a group of women from seventeen countries gathered in Copenhagen, Denmark to champion the rights of women. Activists across the globe are drawing attention to a variety of concerns, including discriminatory laws, the h […]

Vote Counting Begins in Iraq; 38 Killed on Election Day, British War Resister Sentenced to Nine Months in Jail, US-Backed Somali Troops Prepare Major Offensive, Hundreds Killed in Nigerian City of Jos, Biden Heads to Israel as Palestinians Agree to Indirect Talks, Protests Set to Mark US Visit by Israeli Military Official, Report: US Gives $107B in Contracts […]

As the Obama administration touts No Child Left Behind and the "Race to the Top" competition for school grants, we speak to leading education scholar and former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch. She's long been known as an advocate of No Child Left Behind, charter schools, standardized testing, and using the free market to improv […]

Students and teachers held hundreds of demonstrations on Thursday as part of the National Day of Action to Defend Public Education. Hundreds of thousands took part in what was the largest day of coordinated student protest in years. We get a roundup of the action on the streets, from California to New York. [includes rush transcript] […]