Feb 18 High Tech and High Fashion as Obama Woos Silicon Valley Leaders President Barack Obama talks with Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg; White House photo by Pete Souza The splashy news out of President Obama's trip to the high-tech haunts in the West is that the CEO of Facebook, Mark… Continue reading
Feb 15 Watch As Unrest Shakes Middle East, Will Iran’s Opposition Movement Gain Traction? As President Obama urged leaders not to use violence on protesters, hard-line Iranian Parliament members called for anti-government demonstration leaders to be executed. Jeffrey Brown discusses whether protests there will lead to reforms with the New America Foundation's Afshin Molavi… Continue watching
Dec 27 Delete Older Facebook Apps — or Risk Everyone’s Privacy If you have a Facebook page, you've probably added quite a few apps. If you've linked your YouTube account, New York Times account, or just about any mobile app to your Facebook profile, you've also installed their app -- and… Continue reading
Dec 10 Bush v. Gore: Ten Years Later By News Desk // Ten years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down one of the most-watched decisions in its history, ruling 5-4 to stop a statewide recount in Florida after the 2000 presidential election. The decision meant that Republican candidate George W. Continue reading
Dec 08 Supreme Court Looks at Arizona Law Punishing Employers for Hiring Illegal Workers By Meghan Welsh On Wednesday the Supreme Court examines a case that centers around a 2007 Arizona law that punishes employers who knowingly hire workers illegally. The Legal Arizona Workers Act requires employers to verify the eligibility of new workers through… Continue reading
Dec 08 Watch Supreme Court Reviews Controversial Arizona Law on Illegal Workers The Supreme Court weighed the constitutionality of a controversial Arizona immigration law that penalizes employers who hire illegal workers. Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal walks through Wednesday's arguments and the legal issues at play. Continue watching
Dec 07 Supreme Court Watch: Marcia Coyle on Workplace Discrimination Case By Elizabeth Summers Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal was inside the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday for arguments on the scope of job discrimination protection in Thompson v. North American Stainless. We asked Coyle some questions on the case. The… Continue reading
Nov 30 Watch Supreme Court Examines Overcrowding in California Prisons By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 15 CNET Editor Explains Highlights of Facebook’s Titan Messaging Service EmbedVideo(3434, 482, 304); Just before Mark Zuckerberg closed a Monday news conference with a Q&A, he wanted to clarify something. "This is not an e-mail killer," he told reporters. Zuckerberg was talking about Facebook's new messaging system,… Continue reading
Nov 12 Supreme Court Refuses to Block ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ By News Desk The Supreme Court refused to block enforcement of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy on openly gay servicemembers Friday, the latest in a series of court battles over the policy. The legal challenge came from the Log… Continue reading