Is there room for change in US policy in the Middle East? Paul McGeough and Hamid Dabashi discuss the possibilities. A documentary about Tibetan teenagers and their remarkable journey. And does border security mean anything?

Weapons good, people bad? Killing across borders ok, but not migrating to make a living? Without seeking to condone cross border attacks by anyone, it's getting hard to keep track.

Liza Jessie Peterson, Hazelle Goodman, and formerly incarcerated activist Vivian Gonzalez of the Women's Prison Association discuss the issues that women face in US prisons.

Can public transportation weather the financial crisis? Gene Russianoff and others discuss the specter of fare hikes and service cuts.

As the world’s leading economic powers meet for the G20 summit in London, protesters take to the streets. More than 35,000 showed up in London on Saturday. Tony Benn, former Labour MP and Cabinet Minister, tells us what the protesters are demanding.

Katrina vanden Heuvel writing in The Nation: "Spitzer took on Wall Street's metastasizing corruption before the meltdown. He defended consumers' and taxpayers' rights. He speaks with passion and clarity about what went wrong and what needs to be done to restore integrity to our system. He is chastened by personal scandal, yet untouched by complicity in Wall Street's public scandals which have obliterated peoples' savings and devastated our country."

The G20 summit in London draws massive protests. Tony Benn tells us what they want. Can public transportation weather the financial crisis? Gene Russianoff and others discuss the specter of fare hikes and service cuts. Finally, The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel on why Elliot Spitzer should replace Geithner at Treasury.

Remi Kanazi, the editor of Poets for Palestine and the founder of the web site Poetic Injustice performs his new poem Co-Existence. I don't want to co-exist/I want to exist as a human being/and justice will take care of the rest.

The case of Jerome Bowden helped to spark a wave of states to ban the death penalty for the mentally challenged.

A lot of politicans talk about withdrawing US troops from Iraq "responsibly," but it's unclear exactly what that means. Last week, peace activists descended on the Pentagon to ask the question. The Real News was there.