We need accountability for torture -- and possibly prosecutions -- We also need a press corps that grasps, not avoids, the serious stuff.

In 2007, video reporters in Burma captured stunning footage of Buddhist monks marching to protest the military regime. Working under cover their material is smuggled out of the country and broadcast back into Burma via satellite.

Michael Eric Dyson is the author of 16 books, most recently, Can You Hear Me Now: The Inspiration Wisdom and Insight of Michael Eric Dyson. He is also the host of The Michael Eric Dyson Show, a new radio program.

Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, professor at Georgetown University and the author of Can You Hear Me Now: The Inspiration, Wisdom and Insight of Michael Eric Dyson, NPR’s Farai Chideya, and the author of Kiss the Sky, and Mark Karlin, Editor and Publisher of the popular blogsite, BuzzFlash.com on the news coverage of the past week.

Michael Eric Dyson, Mark Karlin Editor and Publisher of BuzzFlash.com, and Farai Chideya author of Kiss the Sky on the news coverage of the past week. This weeks Got Docs is Burma VJ. And we speak to Michael Eric Dyson about his new book.

The publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer is defending having John Yoo, the father of the torture memos, on the payroll. It’s quite some defense:

In Los Angeles more than 12,000 rape kits, which contain physical evidence including DNA that could be used in trials, are just sitting in storage lockers. Human Rights Watch spent a year investigating how law enforcement in LA is failing rape victims. Following the investigation LA county has pledged to improve the situation.

What does it take to turn a novel idea into a business? And does socially conscious entrepreneurship have a future? Chris Rabb, a Demos fellow and founder of Afro-Netizen and Cheryl Dorsey, President of Echoing Green discuss the possibilities for progressive business and innovation as the economy declines. It may not seem like the best time to take a risk but Rabb and Dorsey say there are opportunities in crisis.

In this recession, men are losing jobs at a faster rate than women. But women, now the primary breadwinners in many families, still earn 79 cents to every dollar that men earn. For minorities the number is even lower. According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, “Women, and especially women of color, are more likely to land the worst, lowest paying jobs, without health insurance, paid sick days or paid

As the recession deepens, is the gender gap growing? Most jobs lost so far have been jobs held by men. But women still earn 79 cents for every dollar that men earn. Women trade workers discuss the gender gap, their work, and the recession. Chris Rabb and Cheryl Dorsey on progressive entrepreneurship. And we continue our coverage of single payer protests at the senate finance committee hearings on healthcare.