FEW PEOPLE in polite society seem keen to discuss Afghanistan these days. The chattering classes are naturally consensual on the nasty folly that was Iraq, congratulating themselves in a told-you-so frenzy.

An ad hoc group of rabbis is organizing a monthly communal fast to protest Israel's actions in Gaza.

The streets of Iran have been largely silenced, but a power struggle grinds on behind the scenes, this time over the very nature of the state itself.

The Moscow Summit between President Obama and President Medvedev demonstrated improved US-Russian relations, but very modest progress on nuclear disarmament.

A debate over the fundamental character of our democracy is heating up: whether or not we can imprison people for an indefinite amount of time without charging them with a crime and without holding trial.

Major economies tried on Tuesday to break the deadlock between rich and poor nations over 2050 goals for cuts in greenhouse gas emissions at a last-minute meeting before an expanded G8 summit in Italy.

Award-winning investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker, John Pilger, joins us for a wide-ranging conversation on on Honduras, Iran, Gaza, the media, health care, and Obama's wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The US govt seems unwilling to cut direct aid to Honduras, a legal requirement if the US govt formally declares there was a coup. The US govt apparently doesn't support deposed President Zelaya's populist reforms & referendum, which reduce corporate power

None of McKinney's Congressional colleagues, nor those compatriots with whom she was involved in the presidential race, have made a public statement on her behalf since her capture on June 30.

North Korea has launched a series of missiles off its eastern coast. The missiles were fired over several hours beginning Saturday morning;a type of short-range Scud missile. No.Korea likes doing this on US holidays!