Jan 03 Biggest Story of 2011: Arab Spring or Fall of Democratic Stability? The U.S. Capitol. Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. As the weighty foreign policy journals weigh in with their year-end editions, there's a surprising result: far less about the implications of the Arab Spring and more about the economic and… Continue reading
Jan 03 Are Syrian Spies Operating on U.S. Soil? UPDATE Jan. 12. We post a special report with a series of audio, text and video responses from Syrian Americans who responded to our Public Insight Network query. UPDATE Jan. 9: Newshour Correspondent Hari Sreenivasan hosted a live… Continue reading
Jan 03 Watch Are Syrian Spies Keeping Tabs on Opposition Activists in U.S.? Are Syrian spies are operating in the United States, keeping tabs on Syrian-Americans?… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch Why Is Egypt's Military Using Strong-Arm Tactics? Egyptian security forces last week raided the offices of human rights organizations, including several backed by the U.S. government, further straining relations between the countries. Jeffrey Brown discusses ongoing upheaval in Egypt with Georgetown University's Samer Shehata and The Council… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch LAPD Urges Ongoing Vigilance After Arrest in String of Arson Fires LAPD Urge Ongoing Vigilance After Arrest in String of Arson Fires… Continue watching
Jan 02 PBS NewsHour Seeks Syrian-American Voices By P. J. Tobia Are you a Syrian living in the United States? Have you been harassed or intimidated by agents of the Assad regime or the Mukhabarat? Has your family in Syria been punished for your political beliefs or actions here? For the… Continue reading
Dec 30 In Photos: World Events of 2011 By Larisa Epatko It's a year that will be remembered as one that ended authoritative regimes in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen. In 2011, the most-wanted fugitive in the world was killed in Pakistan and severe weather battered the global population. Continue reading
Dec 29 Watch Thousands of Iraqis Who Helped Americans in War Caught in Visa Holdup In 2008, Congress passed a law allowing up to 5,000 Iraqis who had helped Americans during the war to come to the U.S. with their families as refugees each year, but the visa process has been slowed. Jeffrey Brown discusses… Continue watching
Dec 29 The Photos That Defined 2011 By Mike Fritz 2011 will be remembered as a year that ended authoritative regimes in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen. The most wanted fugitive in the world was killed in Pakistan and severe weather battered the global population. We also said goodbye to… Continue reading
Dec 28 Watch How 2011 Became a 'Mind-Boggling' Year of Extreme Weather From snowstorms to floods and tornadoes, severe weather wreaked havoc across the United States this year, with 2011 marking far more extreme weather events than a typical year. Hari Sreenivasan discusses the science behind this year of extreme weather with… Continue watching