Nov 13th, 2008 · The controversy over California's gay marriage ban, known as Prop 8, has spilled into the streets. In some places, the fight for gay rights has turned into an public indictment of African-Americans who voted in favor of the ban. Farai Chideya moderates a conversation about race and sexual identity, the proposition's impact on American politics, and the future of coalition building between blacks and gays.
Oct 26th, 2008 · Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni was Israel's prime minister designate if she could form a new government. But after coalition talks with two fundamentalist political parties collapsed, that doesn't look likely. Guest Host Alison Stewart talks to NPR's Eric Westervelt about the breakdown of talks.
Oct 16th, 2008 · Chicago residents who knew Barack Obama long before he became a political star say he has always had a warrior instinct. And as a student of the city's politics, he picked up key lessons during his time there, like the importance of building multiethnic coalitions.
Sep 18th, 2008 · Israel's foreign minister Tzipi Livni narrowly won an election to head the country's ruling party. Livni is likely to succeed Ehud Olmert as prime minister. He is leaving office in the midst of scandal. Mark MacKinnon, the Middle East correspondent for the Toronto Globe and Mail, talks with Steve Inskeep about the election.
Sep 9th, 2008 · U.S. military officials are apparently stepping up covert military operations against Taliban and al-Qaida targets inside Pakistan's tribal provinces. The U.S. and NATO coalition forces in neighboring Afghanistan say terrorists are operating with relative impunity from Pakistani soil and are launching more sophisticated and deadly attacks in Afghanistan.
Sep 3rd, 2008 · Reports out of Pakistan say U.S.-led forces have attacked a remote Pakistani village near the border with Afghanistan. Women and children are said to be among the casualties. The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan says it has no report of such an incursion. NATO troops deny any involvement.
Aug 25th, 2008 · Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday pulled his party out of the ruling coalition. The main party in the coalition, the Pakistan People's Party, will have to scramble to hold the government together.
Aug 22nd, 2008 · Suicide bombers have killed 67 people at Pakistan's largest arms factory. One of the country's deadliest terror attacks is adding to the turmoil that's threatening to tear apart the ruling coalition now that Pervez Musharraf has quit as president. Steve Inskeep discusses the situation with retired Gen. Talat Masood, a defense and political analysts in Islamabad.