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 talks with NPR's Eric Westervelt, who was at the Israel border with Gaza, about the latest on the Israeli ground attack in Gaza.
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 · Langston Hughes and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper are prominent African-American poets who wrote about civil rights and whose work still resonates today. Host Liane Hansen speaks with poet E. Ethelbert Miller about Harper's and Hughes' work and what it means in this time of change in America.
Jan 4th, 2009 · Host Liane Hansen speaks with Weekend Edition's Digital Correspondent David Kushner about the Wayback Machine, an Internet archive of the Web, and how it works.
Dec 28th, 2008 · NPR's Foreign Correspondent Peter Kenyon speaks with host Liane Hansen about Mahmoud Abbas' criticism of Hamas for breaking the truce in Gaza. While Abbas' Fatah movement is a rival faction, such public criticism among Palestinians amid Israeli air strikes is unusual.
Dec 28th, 2008 · Host Liane Hansen talks to NPR Health Policy Correspondent Julie Rovner about the important health issues ahead for the new administration and Congress in 2009.
Dec 28th, 2008 · President-elect Barack Obama is spending Christmas in Hawaii with his family, as is Weekend Edition Video Blogger Jacob Soboroff. He speaks with host Liane Hansen about Obama's visit.