Mar 19th, 2010 · President Obama held a big rally Friday, hoping to persuade the few wavering lawmakers he needs to vote "yes" on the overhaul bill. But protesters outside warned that the country can't afford to extend health insurance to another 30 million people.
Mar 19th, 2010 · President Obama held a big rally Friday, hoping to persuade the few wavering lawmakers he needs to vote "yes" on the overhaul bill. But protesters outside warned that the country can't afford to extend health insurance to another 30 million people.
Mar 19th, 2010 · The vote to overhaul the country's heath care system is expected to take place this weekend. President Obama and leaders in Congress say they are confident the bill will pass, but there are still holdouts. Illinois Congressman Luis Gutierrez was one of them — until yesterday when he announced his support for the bill. The Democratic representative threatened to withhold his vote due to the president's lack of movement on immigration reform. Host Michel Martin speaks with Gutierrez about health care and immigration.
Mar 17th, 2010 · China is now second only to the U.S. in the number of billionaires, and nowhere is the country's entrepreneurial zeal more apparent than in the southern city of Wenzhou. The past year has been hard on China's entrepreneurs, but they are still wheeling and dealing in Wenzhou.
Mar 16th, 2010 · Red-shirted protesters had threatened to carry out the symbolic act in Bangkok if Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva didn't agree to dissolve the country's parliament by Monday. The government has activated special security provisions just short of martial law.
Mar 15th, 2010 · Mexican and U.S. leaders have vowed to track down the gunmen who killed three people, including two U.S. citizens, with ties to the U.S. Consulate in the border town of Juarez. Mexican authorities say they believe the killings are linked to the country's raging drug war.
Mar 13th, 2010 · In just a few weeks, fans of the Coffee Party on Facebook mushroomed from a few hundred to more than 100,000 — making documentary filmmaker Annabel Park the accidental leader of a political movement. Coffee Parties are meeting all across the country Saturday. What exactly are they going to do?
Mar 12th, 2010 · Washington, D.C.'s H.D. Woodson High School has a new coach for its boys varsity football team: Her name is Natalie Randolph. Randolph could be the only female high school varsity football coach in the country. She discusses her new job.