Jul 02 Mexico Presidential Election Too Close to Call By PBS News Hour Mexico's presidential election was too close to call Sunday evening with a conservative party candidate tied in exit polls with a leftist contender running on an anti-poverty message. Continue reading
Jun 30 Watch Analysts Discuss Guantanamo Tribunals, Supreme Court Rulings, Media Leaks Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the Supreme Court decisions on Guantanamo military tribunals and Texas redistricting, flag burning amendments in Congress and growing criticism towards the media… Continue watching
Jun 30 Watch Mexico's Presidential Contenders Crisscross the Country on Eve of Vote Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Mexico City's leftist former mayor, squares off with conservative, ruling party candidate Felipe Calderon in Mexico's highly contested presidential elections. Ray Suarez reports from Mexico on the eve of the vote. Continue watching
Jun 30 Women's Suffrage, Reformist Victory Mark Kuwaiti Elections By PBS News Hour Women voted and ran for the legislature of Kuwait for the first time in the oil-rich Gulf state's history Thursday, and though no women captured any seats, the election drew unprecedented support for democratic reform from young people and women. Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch House Delays Renewal of Voting Rights Act House Republicans decided to delay a renewal of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The act, which will expire at the end of 2007, was approved during the civil rights movement to ensure that Americans were not discriminated at the polls. Continue watching
Jun 29 Congo Prepares for First Free Presidential Election By PBS News Hour Campaigning officially began Thursday in the Democratic Republic of Congo's first free presidential election since the country gained independence in 1960. Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch The Supreme Court Rejects Military Tribunals The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the Bush administration's policy of trying terror suspects before military tribunals is illegal, saying it violated U.S. law and the Geneva Convention. Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal discusses the specifics of… Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch High Court Blocks Guantanamo Tribunals The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the Bush administration's policy of trying terror suspects before military tribunals is illegal. The 5-3 ruling said that the tribunals violated U.S. military law and the Geneva Convention. Continue watching
Jun 28 Watch High Court Upholds Texas Redistricting Map The Supreme Court supported most of the Texas congressional map engineered by former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, but overturned one district on the grounds that Hispanics were denied fair representation. Marcia Coyle discusses the decision, followed by analysis from… Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch Zimbabwe Struggles with Political Instability An excerpt from Frontline World reports on the troubled nation of Zimbabwe. Continue watching