An extended version of our interview with Columbia professor (and experienced protester) Todd Gitlin on the Occupy Wall Street movement.

This final note on the way out today, a word or two about the protests in Lower Manhattan that've become known as Occupy Wall Street. Maybe a cou…

That's the news as of a short time ago. The Syrian government says it has shut off all internet access across the country, including on 3G networks…

Tahrir Square, in the center of downtown Cairo, is now the heart of Egypt's revolution. And like Paris's Bastille and Beijing's Tiananmen, it's…

Violent protests continue today in Libya. After reports of mass killings of anti-government protesters, the United Nations top human rights office…

Oil giant Shell has moved all of its foreign workers out of Libya, following a similar move by BP late last week. With protests in Libya escalating…

The Senate banking committee today is questioning regulators of the Dodd-Frank law to gauge how much they've improved the financial system. The law…

President Obama has released his budget proposal for the 2012 federal spending plan. A growing national deficit has prompted the White House to…

A spokesman from the Swiss foreign ministry confirmed the ministry has frozen assets that may belong to now-former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak…

Cheers erupted out of Egypt today as Hosni Mubarak stepped down from the presidency, handing over political power to the military. As Alisa Roth…