Jan 31 Watch 11:43 How the Housing Market Could Shape the 2012 Election A new Standard & Poor's Case-Shiller Home Price Index showed U.S. home prices fell for a third straight month in two Florida cities, Miami and Tampa. Jeffrey Brown discusses the housing market's role this election season with The Wall Street… Continue watching
Jan 23 Watch Syria’s Assad: How Powerful, Dangerous Is He Now? Syrian President Bashar al-Assad dismissed the Arab League's plans to end his country's 10-month old crisis Monday. Ray Suarez discusses the organization's presence in the embattled country with Emile Hokayem of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and Andrew Tabler… Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch News Wrap: Another Wave of Bombings in Iraq Kills at Least 78 In other news Thursday, another wave of bombings struck in Iraq, killing at least 78 people. It was the second such coordinated attack since U.S. troops left the country last month. Also, the government of Myanmar announced that the party… Continue watching
Dec 27 Watch What’s Next for Russia’s Political Leadership? Amid election-fraud accusations and growing political turbulence, where are Russia and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin headed? Margaret Warner discusses the country's political upheaval with Stephen Sestanovich of the Council on Foreign Relations and Leon Aron of the American Enterprise Institute. Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch Shields, Brooks on Stopgap Payroll Tax Cut Deal, Iowa Caucuses, Holiday Wishes Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including the payroll tax cut deal that ended the latest partisan standoff in Washington, their holiday wishes for the country and "Super PAC"… Continue watching
Dec 14 10 Congolese Youth on Why They Voted – or Didn’t By Extra DA Congolese youth share their views about why they voted in December 2011 elections and whether or not they felt it mattered. Continue reading
Dec 07 Watch Egyptians Look to Next Phase of Democracy Charles Sennott of GlobalPost describes the latest round of voting in Egypt. Continue watching
Nov 29 Watch In Egypt and Congo, Questions of Election Legitimacy Remain Millions of Africans voted Tuesday in two very different elections. Margaret Warner discusses elections in Egypt and Congo with The International Republican Institute's Scott Mastic, who's leading an election monitoring team in Cairo, and Soloman Moore of The Wall Street… Continue watching
Nov 28 Congo’s Tense Election Day By Larisa Epatko Millions of Congolese voted in presidential elections on Nov. 28, 2011, that were marred by violence and allegations of fraud leading up to the poll. Continue reading
Nov 25 Watch How Will Latest Protests Affect Egypt’s Elections? On Friday the Obama administration issued a statement urging Egypt's ruling military council to speed up the transition to civilian rule, as angry protesters reiterated their impatience for change. Margaret Warner discusses the latest developments with the International Crisis Group's… Continue watching