He joins Laura via Skype from London to discuss the ramifications of bin Laden's death, on U.S. foreign policy and specifically the relationship with Pakistan, as well as to question the use of the word "justice" to describe a unilateral military action.

He joins Laura via Skype from London to discuss the ramifications of bin Laden's death, on U.S. foreign policy and specifically the relationship with Pakistan, as well as to question the use of the word "justice" to describe a unilateral military action.

After the news of Bin Laden's death hit late Sunday night, Laura headed down to Ground Zero to catch up with the New Yorkers who gathered there to remember the collapse of the Twin Towers.  A few of them shared their reflections with her, and we share them with you.

"Bin Laden's ideology is not the ideology of the masses, of the Arabs, of people in central Asia, of Muslims," notes Sonali Kolhatkar of the Afghan Women's Mission. But, she notes, the danger is that now by killing him we have made him a martyr and inflamed anger again among people already feeling marginalized.

Sonali joins Laura via Skype from California to discuss the impact of the war and bin Laden's death on Afghanistan, and the standards that should be applied when pursuing people like bin Laden or Libya's Qaddafi.

And finally, Laura reflects on the past ten years and the U.S.--and the world's--desire for closure.

Though President Obama promised to close the prison when he was elected, it remains open and 172 people remain imprisoned there, Warren notes, and argues that this disclosure could be another opportunity to rethink that policy.

Though President Obama promised to close the prison when he was elected, it remains open and 172 people remain imprisoned there, Warren notes, and argues that this disclosure could be another opportunity to rethink that policy.

Shirin Ebadi was the first Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, and the first woman to serve as a Chief Justice in her native Iran--a right taken away from her with the 1979 Islamic revolution.  Since then, she has fought for human rights, particularly those of women and children, and has campaigned to restore the rights of women in Iran.

While visiting New York, Ms. Ebadi took time out to sit down with Laura and discuss the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia, the struggle for civil rights in Iran, and why the revolutions will be incomplete without democracy and rights for women.

Michele Bachmann and Nikki Haley joined a Tea Party crowd in Columbia, South Carolina to talk politics--and a Democratic consultant was in the crowd, talking to rally attendees.

And finally, Laura points out some differences between US and overseas media coverage of the WikiLeaks Guantanamo documents--and why it matters, even if the complete documents are available online for all to see.

Mark joins Laura in studio to check in about the ongoing nuclear disaster in Japan and this week's PowerShift conference, where young people will push politicians to get serious about the climate future. Keep an eye out for part two of our conversation with Mark, around his new book, Hot, soon!

Actress and activist Susan Sarandon has a few words about another source of dirty energy: coal.

Comedian Bill Hicks "was really obsessed in some ways with the idea of getting people to think for themselves, confronting them with ideas they might have on a big subject," says filmmaker Matt Harlock, one of the directors of the new documentary American: The Bill Hicks Story. Hicks died in 1994, but his influence lives on in today's political comics and his critiques of the first Iraq war sound remarkably prescient years later.

Matt Harlock and Paul Thomas join Laura in studio to discuss their film, Hicks' work, and why political comedy remains so important.

Finally, Obama spoke about the deficit this week, but just by doing so he's conceded the frame to Republicans. What can we do to get him to join the progressive fights going on all around the country? Laura has a few thoughts.

Obama won office in the midst of economic meltdown, with applause lines about doing away with Bush tax cuts for the rich, about ending a destructive war, about universal healthcare.

This week he kicked off his reelection campaign with a speech about those same things—but three years in, he's conceded the framing to the Republicans even when the majority of the country supports his original plan. Deficits, deficits, deficits—even as protests continue around the country in favor of jobs, jobs, jobs.

Meanwhile, Younge notes, Tea Party candidates without majority support are punching well above their weight class—they may be losing, but you certainly can't accuse them of not trying. Maine governor Paul LePage was elected with just 38% of the vote, yet he's picked a fight over a pro-labor mural that has drawn intervention from the Federal Department of Labor.

What can be done to show Obama that there's plenty of fight left in the country if he'd only tap into it? A good speech—a solid defense of programs like Medicare—rings hollow when it's come much too late and conceded too much ground. A line in the sand on tax cuts for the rich means little when it's three years old and been proven false already.

Yet from Wisconsin to Ohio to New Jersey to Maine to right here in New York, citizens are fighting the austerity frame, calling for investment in jobs, for taxes for millionaires, for real health care. The fight goes on without Obama, when he should have led it.

Will he notice that in time for a reelection battle?

Lizzy Ratner was one of the editors of that book, and Laila El-Haddad a contributor to it, and they join Laura for a discussion of the invasion, the continuing controversy, and what ordinary people can do to help change the situation in Gaza.

Sarah joins us to bring us up to date on the ongoing crisis in foreclosures in the U.S.--one million in 2010--and to discuss the different solutions, as well as WikiLeaks' promised disclosure of documents from a major bank.

In the last weeks of the Bush administration, Israel started bombing Gaza. The attacks and invasion that followed were termed Operation Cast Lead, and they ended on January 18, 2009. The United Nations investigation into the assault culminated in the Goldstone Report, which accused both sides of war crimes. The controversy over the report made more news than its contents, unfortunately, but a new book out from Nation Books republishes the report along with discussions from many different voices.

Lizzy Ratner was one of the editors of that book, and Laila El-Haddad a contributor to it, and they join Laura for a discussion of the invasion, the continuing controversy, and what ordinary people can do to help change the situation in Gaza.

Finally, with a new Republican Congress falling all over itself to hand corporations whatever they want, it was only a matter of time before some politician turned up in the pages of the Wall Street Journal, breathlessly describing the “dazzling” and “path-breaking” nature of the free market, and vowing to get rid of regulations that have placed “unreasonable” burdens on businesses.

We just didn't think it would be Barack Obama.

Vince joins us to discuss the situation in Tunisia, the anniversary of the Guantanamo Bay prison facility, and what is required to hold governments accountable to their people.