Feb 15 Clinton: Internet Barriers Have 'Moral, Political and Economic' Costs By Larisa Epatko Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took to task governments, including those in China, Myanmar and Iran, for curbing Internet freedoms of their citizens, while defending the Obama administration's stance on the leaked WikiLeaks documents in a speech Tuesday. Continue reading
Feb 15 Live Chat | Teaching Egypt: Lessons in Democracy, Culture, Technology By News Desk As PBS NewsHour continues to cover the latest events in Egypt and beyond, our site for students and teachers, PBS NewsHour Extra, partnered with Independent Television Service (ITVS) to pull together some unique perspectives on the situation… Continue reading
Feb 15 Watch Live and Discuss: Secretary Clinton Speaks About Internet Freedom Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is set to speak Tuesday afternoon about Internet freedom around the world. The speech, entitled "Internet Rights and Wrongs: Choices & Challenges in a Networked World," will begin around 12:30 p.m. at… Continue reading
Feb 15 Reporter's Notebook: The Family Planning Frontier in Guatemala By Ray Suarez A week of travel in Guatemala is a feast for the eyes: stunning volcanic peaks covered in a carpet of green -- cabbages, coffee, melons, bananas growing on impossibly steep hillsides -- and people working hard to wrestle a living… Continue reading
Feb 15 Early Takes on Egypt's Revolution By Michael D. Mosettig It used to take decades for academics to sort out revolutions. For instance, Crane Brinton's still-revered (if not always correctly read) "Anatomy of a Revolution" was first published 20 years after the Russian Revolution and centuries after the French and… Continue reading
Feb 15 Iranian Lawmakers Call for Execution of Opposition Leaders, Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi to Stand Trial Lawmakers in Tehran have called for the execution of two opposition leaders in response to growing protests, according to Iran's state-run television. Mehdi Karrubi and Mir Hossein Moussav, both former presidential candidates, were denounced by parliament after… Continue reading
Feb 14 Watch News Wrap: China Passes Japan to Become World's No. 2 Economy In other news Monday, China passed Japan to become the world's second-largest economy after Japan's economy shrunk the final quarter of 2010. Japan has placed behind the U.S. for much of the past 40 years. In Iran, protests inspired by… Continue watching
Feb 14 Watch Debate Continues Over Social Media's Role in Egyptian, Arab World Protests How Did Social Media Factor Into Egypt's Uprising?… Continue watching
Feb 14 Q&A: Following Upheaval in Egypt, Are Other Countries Next? By Larisa Epatko After government-toppling protests in Tunisia and Egypt, other "people power" protests are popping up around the region. Continue reading
Feb 14 Iranian Protesters Clash With Police By News Desk Protesters in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 14 (Source photo via AFP/Getty Images) Thousands of Iranian protesters clashed with police in central Tehran's Enghelab, or Revolution, square Monday in the largest opposition show of force in more than a year. The… Continue reading