In this speech, Pulitzer Prize-winner and Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges discusses the most urgent issues of our times, insisting that unless we begin to stand fast around moral imperatives, we...
A discussion between Moving the Mountain director Michael Apted, the film's producer Trudie Styler, and Executive Director of Amnesty International USA Larry Cox. The discussion took place in December of...
(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: October 11, 2010) The head of the aluminum company responsible for a burst reservoir holding red sludge in Hungary has been arrested, and cleanup continues...
(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: October 8, 2010) Against the wishes of the Chinese government, the Nobel Prize Committee has awarded jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo the Nobel Peace Prize...
In Zambia, safari guide Manda Chisanga has just won a £5000 prize from an English travel magazine. Manda is using his winnings to introduce solar cooking ovens in his community...
Back in October, when Barack Obama was announced as the surprise winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, the media went into overdrive. Outlets across the political spectrum were united,...
(Al Jazeera English: December 10, 2009) Barack Obama has accepted his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway. Al Jazeera asks Afghans if they believe Obama deserves the prize; the answer...
(Mosaic Alert: December 10, 2009) President Obama received this year's Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the first sitting president in 90 years, and just the third ever, to win the award...
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman discusses the unique challenges presented by the recent financial crisis. He explains that because the crisis was global, America cannot rely on increased trade as...
(Earth Focus: Episode 17) Earth Focus reports from the 2009 Tallberg Forum in Sweden, which explores if we can live within our planet's boundaries. Is there a plausible Plan B? Also...
(Global Pulse: October 14, 2009) President Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize catches the media off guard. But the adjectives quickly start flowing. The war in Afghanistan and the contrast between...
(Al Jazeera English: October 9, 2009) Less than nine months into office, U.S. President Barack Obama was awarded the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize, to a mixed reaction around the world...
(Iran/Kurdish) The Kamkars are Iran's premiere Kurdish family band. Here they whip up a wonderful groove at a performance for the Nobel Peace Prize awards several years ago. Visit...
A graduate of the UCLA film school, 23 year old Lena Khan captured two prizes in the first "One Nation, Many Voices" Online Film Contest. She talks about the challenges...
