Much of what Mitt Romney said in the first presidential debate was found untrue, yet the US media was quick to declare him the debate's winner. What exactly is the US media's role in the election? Does the US media properly hold politicians to acc...

Hundreds of Occupy Wall Street protestors gathered Saturday in New York City to mark the three-month commemoration of the now-global movement. More than 50 people were arrested as demonstrators spent the day trying to occupy a new space following ...

Occupy Wall Street received a surprise visit Monday from several leading Egyptian activists, including 26-year-old Asmaa Mahfouz. She is one of the founders of the April 6 Youth Movement, which is the group credited with helping to organize the Ja...

Over the weekend, Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman visited demonstrators at Occupy Louisville, a protest inspired by Occupy Wall Street set up in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. They've set up an encampment right across the street from a local jail....

As the nation prepares to mark the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, a pair of leading Internet archivists are launching an ambitious project called Understanding 9/11: A Television News Archive. The online archive catalogs 3,000 hours...

As the nation prepares to mark the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, a pair of leading Internet archivists are launching an ambitious project called "Understanding 9/11: A Television News Archive." The online archive catalogs 3,000 hou...