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Up to ten thousand protesters converged on Tahrir, or Liberation, Square in Egypt's capital city on Sunday, defying a curfew and extending a mass protest against the authoritarian reg... (episode)
As popular uprisings spread through the Middle East, challenging autocratic regimes and upending old social orders, The Takeaway speaks with three Arab Americans about the upheaval an...
The biggest movie news of the week, and the second biggest movie news of the year, happened this week: The nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards. Kristen and Rafer size up the field... (article)
Sparked by the ousting of an abusive president in Tunisia, political activism is spreading fast to other countries like Egypt and Yemen, and could signal a larger trend of challenging... (episode)
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Prepares to Release Report; comparing the first Sputnik moment to our new Sputnik moment; how we define our enemies; Bill Keller pulls back the... (episode)
It's hard to believe that the song, "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" was considered racy when it became a hit 50 years ago. It was the first ever number one from an all-black female ... (article)
At last night's State of the Union, President Obama drew on a moment from a very different era to make one of his biggest points. He said we've reached our generation's "Sputnik momen... (article)
David Remnick of The New Yorker reacts to President Obama's State of the Union; how the speech resonated in Congress; recent bombings in Pakistan contribute to instability; new housin... (episode)
The White House is releasing details of the president's State of the Union speech ahead of tonight's address before a joint session of Congress. In the speech, Obama will propose a tw... (article)
Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder once sang that there's good and bad in everyone. And that applies to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as much as it does to the rest of... (article)
We're covering this morning's protests at several locations in Cairo, Egypt. Thousands of people are turning out in the streets, chanting against President Hosni Mubarak and calling ... (article)