Apr 18 Watch Pieces of History: National Museum of Iraq An international effort is under way to recover what remains of the looted National Museum of Iraq. Jeffrey Brown reports on the lost collection. Continue watching
Apr 17 U.N. Rejects Bid to Censure Russia on Alleged Chechnya Abuses By PBS News Hour The United Nations Human Rights Commission rejected Wednesday the latest bid by the European Union to formally censure Russia for alleged human rights violations in the war-torn republic of Chechnya. Continue reading
Apr 17 Cultural Leaders Work to Recover Looted Iraqi Artifacts The head of the U.N.'s cultural agency called on the international community Thursday to help find and return valuable artifacts looted from Iraqi museums in the final days of major combat during the Iraq war. Continue reading
Apr 15 UNESCO Announces Iraq Mission As Cultural Loss Continues The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization said Tuesday it will send a team of experts to Iraq to assess the damage that looting has caused to the country's vast collection of priceless antiquities. Continue reading
Apr 10 Watch Hopes and Fears: Iraqi-American Reaction to Liberated Baghdad Elizabeth Brackett of WTTW Chicago gauges Iraqi-American reaction to the recent images of a liberated Baghdad. Continue watching
Apr 01 Supreme Court Tackles Debate Over Affirmative Action By Admin, PBS News Hour The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in two highly anticipated University of Michigan affirmative action cases that may prove to be the most important civil rights debate before the high court in decades. Continue reading
Mar 22 Anti-War Protests Continue With Large Crowds in N.Y. Demonstrators took to the streets in cities across the United States Saturday to protest the war in Iraq, with over 100,000 people marching against the war in New York City. Continue reading
Feb 26 Supreme Court Rules for Protesters in Civil Disobedience Case By Admin The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that anti-abortion activists did not break federal racketeering and extortion laws in their protests outside abortion clinics, ending an injunction that barred the groups from interfering in clinic business. Continue reading
Feb 25 Supreme Court Sides With Inmate’s Claims of Jury Racial Bias By Admin The Supreme Court sided Tuesday with an African American inmate on Texas' death row who claimed that prosecutors used racial practices to stack the jury in his capital murder trial with whites. Continue reading
Feb 18 Watch Africa in Transition Journalist Lynne Duke reflects on her work and life while based in African nations in turmoil and transition. Continue watching