The Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on the question of whether lethal injection carries too great a risk of inflicting excruciating pain. Until the matter is resolved, executions have effectively stopped altogether.

Watch Chris Rock’s emotional response to the news that he had an ancestor who fought in the Civil War.

How many times have you been pushed by (or pushed yourself) someone on the street? It can be a painful way of life in New York as this cute short film by Guy Shahar, The Apologist, explores. But can there be a happy ending after the shoving?

Producer PJ Hanley asks: why can they never get info about where the candidates are worshipping–and talks about why politics and religion are always tricky subjects to address.

The city of Calgary recently blocked a deal to sell one of the few WWII-era de Havilland Mosquito warplanes remaining in Canada.

Go behind the headlines of the 2008 election and explore facts without political spin. Find out who is contributing to whom. You may be surprised to find out how much money your neighbor is giving to the 2008 presidential candidates, and why. For a complete election translation, visit NOW’s Democracy Toolkit.

This tragic documentary explores the rising despair in rural India where crop failures, sinking global cotton prices and spiraling debt are pushing farmers to the edge.

What is your subway fare going to fund? Will your life be made better by long-range transportation plans? See the MTA CEO Elliot Sander’s presentation from February 2008.

A recent study conducted by the Cleveland Clinic indicated that heart surgery patients who receive transfusions of blood more than two weeks old were more likely to die or suffer serious complications than patients who receive fresher blood.

The P.O.V. blog highlights Abel Raises Cain, on the life story of master media manipulator Alan Abel and his long-running pranks in the press and on television.