May 01 Watch Should U.S. Pressure China More on Human Rights? Since the 1989 crackdown in Tiananmen Square, American presidents of both parties have struggled to balance criticism of Chinese abuses with other interests. Judy Woodruff discusses the Obama administration's dealings with China with the Brookings Institution's Kenneth Lieberthal and Human… Continue watching
May 01 Watch Obama's Afghanistan Pact: What it Does, What it Doesn't Do President Obama made a surprise visit Tuesday to Afghanistan to mark the first anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden. Gwen Ifill gets an update from the AP's Patrick Quinn in Kabul plus analysis of the agreement the president… Continue watching
May 01 President Obama Travels to Afghanistan for Signing of Long-term Strategic Pact By Larisa Epatko President Obama made a surprise visit to the Afghan capital of Kabul on Tuesday to mark the one-year anniversary of the finding and killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. Continue reading
May 01 Transparency or Bust: Riding a Hacker Bus to Change Brazil By Alex Bruns Photo of the Onibus Hacker by Bruno Fernandes. There's a buzz in the streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Actually, it's more of a rumbling sound coming from the turbocharged Mercedes diesel engine on the Onibus Hacker, a coach-turned-activist… Continue reading
Apr 30 Watch Blind Dissident's Escape: an 'Opportunity' for Chinese Government? Blind Dissident's Escape: an 'Opportunity' for Chinese Government?… Continue watching
Apr 30 Who Is Chinese Activist Chen Guangcheng? By Dan Sagalyn Chinese guards march outside the U.S. embassy compound in Beijing. Photo by Goh Chai Hin/AFP/Getty Images. The whereabouts of Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng remain unclear Monday. He escaped house arrest in his village last week and reportedly sought asylum at… Continue reading
Apr 30 Inside a Madrassa in Pakistan By Larisa Epatko KARACHI, Pakistan | The Jamia Binoria Madrassa in downtown Karachi is considered one of Pakistan's more moderate Islamic institutions. Within these whitewashed concrete walls, students receive a mixture of secular and religious education. Continue reading
Apr 30 Pakistan's Jamia Binoria Madrassa By Larisa Epatko From baking bread to learning the Quran: Various scenes of life in the Jamia Binoria Madrassa in Karachi, Pakistan. Continue reading
Apr 30 Watch After Escape, Chinese Dissident Reportedly Under U.S. Protection The location of blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, who escaped house arrest, remained a mystery Monday as U.S. and Chinese officials said as little as possible amid a delicate diplomatic situation just ahead of a high-level meeting between the nations. Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch Troubling New Signs Plague European, U.S. Economies Even as British Prime Minister David Cameron defended the notion of austerity, governments across Europe were toppling or falling back into recession. Ray Suarez and George Washington University's Scheherazade Rehman discuss problems and potential solutions, both in the U.S. and… Continue watching