November 16, 2011
As China seeks to assert itself in Asia, President Barack Obama visited Australia to announce deeper ties between the nations' militaries, including a new Marine base for the United States. The move was seen as a counter-balance against China's growing presence.
Global Politics
Obama to deliver University of Michigan commencement speech
The Takeaway
April 30, 2010
President Obama will deliver the commencement speech at the University of Michigan tomorrow. The university expects a majority of the students to attend along with 80,000 friends and family members.
Global Politics
The president's ever-growing to-do list
The Takeaway
June 04, 2010
No one can deny that President Obama's current to-do list has grown dramatically of late. With two wars, unemployment, the Middle East Crisis and the oil spill, how does one person manage this kind of agenda?
Conflict & Justice
The impact of Anita Hill: then and now
The Takeaway
October 12, 2011
Twenty years ago, Clarence Thomas' Supreme Court confirmation seemed controversial but likely, until a young law professor named Anita Hill changed him with sexual harassment. The Hill-Thomas hearings riveted the nation.
Arts, Culture & Media
2012 US Election: Does Foreign Policy Experience Matter?
PRI's The World
June 01, 2012
There's at least one clear advantage President Obama has over Mitt Romney: experience being a head of state on the world stage. But does foreign policy experience matter for presidential candidate?
Has Syria Become President Obama's Bosnia?
The Takeaway
June 05, 2012
Global Politics
Romney Heads Overseas to Burnish Image
PRI's The World
July 23, 2012
When the London Summer Olympics get under way on Friday, Mitt Romney plans to be there. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee expects to attend the opening ceremonies. Then he's making some quick campaign stops in Israel and Poland.
From Native Americans to the ADA: A History of Disabilities in the United States
The Takeaway
October 02, 2012
Arts, Culture & Media
Poet Calvin Trillin on the year in politics
Here and Now
November 30, 2008
Calvin Trillin, the "Deadline Poet" for The Nation, looks back at the big year in politics.
Arts, Culture & Media
Reggae critique of the economic crisis
PRI's The World
October 23, 2008
"Heavy Voodoo," a newly recorded song by Jamaican reggae legend Lee Scratch Perry, was written some 30 years ago, forecasting the current global economic crisis.
VIDEO: Obama visits Australia, announces new military base there
November 16, 2011
As China seeks to assert itself in Asia, President Barack Obama visited Australia to announce deeper ties between the nations' militaries, including a new Marine base for the United States. The move was seen as a counter-balance against China's growing presence.