Watch spectacular performances from around the world inspired by Beethoven's "Ode to Joy."

In 1989, protesters blared “Ode to Joy” in Tiananmen Square countering the droning music and speeches of the Chinese Communist Party.

From Amnesty to Occupy, the Velvet Underground singer was on the frontlines when it mattered.

The FCC is now accepting applications for new low power FM radio stations. Activist Betty Yu explains how community radio can be a catalyst for racial justice, economic equity and human rights.

Psychologist Sherry Turkle talks to Bill about why we expect too much from technology and not enough from each other.

Bloggers Kevin Drum and Reihan Salam recommend blogs from opposite sides of the liberal/conservative divide.

In this book excerpt, Sherry Turkle explains how virtual intimacy may be degrading our experiences of the other kind and, quite possibly, all encounters of any kind.

What's the potential fallout from McCutcheon v. FEC, the campaign finance case currently before the Supreme Court?

Historian Bernard Weisberger writes it's time retire the outworn American creed. Its hidden core of arrogance has often turned it into a kind of nationalism-on-steroids.

The media should curb its appetite for non-stop, sensational coverage of mass shootings, such as the recent tragedy in the Washington, D.C.