Dec 19 Morocco Avoids Arab Spring Violence, but Progress Is Mixed on Reforms Ray Suarez in front of the Parliament of Morocco in Rabat, the location of mass protests earlier this year. The NewsHour's Morocco series begins Tuesday, watch a preview on our global health site. In 2009, a Moroccan newsmagazine… Continue reading
Dec 16 Preview: Is Morocco's 'Evolution Not Revolution' Working? When a series of revolts known as the Arab Spring swept through northern Africa this year, taking down government after government, Morocco was not immune to the unrest. Protesters filled the streets for weeks in February and March… Continue reading
Nov 24 European Bond Scare: Germany Edition Trader at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in Germany. Photo by Ralph Orlowski/Getty Images. The U.S. markets lie as still today as the birds on America's platters, but the same cannot be said for fluttering Europe, or anywhere else… Continue reading
Nov 14 Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Health Reform Challenge By Jason Kane The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will review the constitutionality of the health reform law. As Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal described in a post last week, the court was asked to consider five key… Continue reading
Nov 14 Supreme Court to Review Health Reform Law: 5 Things to Watch By Marcia Coyle Updated, Nov. 14 The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will review the constitutionality of the health reform law on four key points. Original Post, Nov. 10 The Supreme Court now has six petitions asking the justices to review… Continue reading
Oct 03 Supreme Court Case Preview: TV Indecency, GPS and 'Peter and the Wolf' By Marcia Coyle Photo by Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images. The most closely watched case in the new term of the U.S. Supreme Court is not on the argument docket yet, but likely will be soon. The justices are expected to take a look… Continue reading
Sep 28 White House Asks the Supreme Court to Consider Health Reform By Jason Kane Supreme Court; photo by Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images. The Obama administration asked the Supreme Court Wednesday to decide whether the president's landmark health care law is constitutional. In a White House blog post Wednesday afternoon, Stephanie Cutter, a deputy… Continue reading
Aug 16 Europe's Stuttering Economy With the eurozone in such obvious economic turmoil, we turn to former chief IMF economist and longtime friend and favorite of Making Sen$e, Simon Johnson (Peterson Institute, MIT). We asked him a series of pressing questions: Paul Solman:… Continue reading
Jul 13 California Prisoners, Politicians Ponder Impact of Supreme Court Ruling By Spencer Michels California Men's Colony; Creative Commons photo courtesy flickr.com/javan Prisoners probably pay more attention to the news - at least some of the news -than many of the rest of us. They have a lot of time on their hands. Continue reading
Jun 27 Supreme Court: Calif. Can't Ban Sale of Violent Games to Minors By Beat Beat In a 7-2 decision Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that California's ban the sale of violent video games to minors was unconstitutional. Continue reading