Jan 6th, 2009 · Germany is the biggest customer of Russia's state natural gas monopoly, Gazprom. It supplies more than 40 percent of Germany's gas. Some worry that Russia is using its natural resources as a political weapon, but others say the influence goes both ways.
Jan 6th, 2009 · A new reality show takes viewers behind the scenes as border guards, Secret Service agents and patrol officers protect the nation. Homeland Security, USA has the look of a documentary, but its producers stay clear of politics and deliver a show that's more COPS than Frontline.
Jan 4th, 2009 · Host Liane Hansen speaks with Hanan Ashwari, a member of the Palestinian Third Way Party and a longtime Palestinian negotiator, about the Israeli ground offensive in Gaza and the political reaction on the West Bank.
Jan 4th, 2009 · Host Liane Hansen and NPR News Analyst Juan Williams continue their series of discussions about the civil rights milestones that led to the election of Barack Obama. This week, they talk about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and politics, including King's Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott to force politicians to end segregation on the bus lines.
Jan 4th, 2009 · With the economy on life support and just about every state now slashing education funding, President-elect Barack Obama is likely to focus less on immediate proposals and more on building political consensus for future action.
Jan 3rd, 2009 · An 83-year-old icon of American journalism, Hentoff lost his job last Tuesday. Since 1958, he'd been a well-known fixture in New York City's Village Voice, writing about jazz and politics, among other topics.
Jan 2nd, 2009 · A pioneering political leader in the fight against apartheid, for 13 years Suzman was the sole representative in South Africa's all-white Parliament to reject race discrimination. She died Thursday at 91.
Jan 2nd, 2009 · Religion took center stage in the news during 2008. Tell Me More looks back at the people and the stories that rocked the faith world from the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and the Rev. Rick Warner, to the fallout over gay marriage in California. Salim Muwakkil, editor for In These Times magazine, is joined by Michael Sean Winters, a political blogger for the Catholic magazine America to discuss how 2008 helped shape religious dialogue.