2011 November | Here & Now

We remember the Beatles and the Rolling Stones from decades past and Slate’s culture editor thinks in decades to come, Americans will be listening back to the Black Eyed Peas. Tell us what you think.

Tens of thousands of protesters are on the streets of Cairo’s Tahrir Square, calling for a “second revolution.” Protesters have clashed with police, leading to several deaths. They are demanding that the military hand over power to a civilian government.

Forty-eight years ago today, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. We revisit a conversation with former journalist and Kennedy speechwriter, Priscilla Johnson McMillan, believed to be the only person who knew both JFK and Lee Harvey Oswald.

A few months before he was assassinated, President John F. Kennedy visited Ireland, his ancestral home. Former JFK Library Curator Frank Rigg describes the trip.

If Mitt Romney ends up being the GOP presidential nominee, would Tea Party Republicans back a third party candidate?

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has surged to the top of the GOP presidential primary field. But will he be able to hang on to the momentum, or is he another “flavor of the week” candidate?

With the Thanksgiving holiday coming we turn to Here and Now resident chef Kathy Gunst for tips on cooking the bird. Send us your questions before Monday’s live broadcast!

From The Sea and Cake to Tortoise.

Some TV and radio shows have an element of Facebook or Twitter, but a new Al Jazeera English show is all social media all the time.

Stores like Toys “R” Us, Kohl’s and Target are rolling out Black Friday deals on Thanksgiving night. But Target employee Anthony Hardwick isnt’ a fan.

There was an unusual meeting last week in Tennessee. A group of tea party activists met with Occupy Wall Street protesters. Yes, there was an occasional clash of opinions, but a real discussion broke out too.

Here & Now chef Kathy Gunst has some pointers for Turkey day.

The so-called Congressional supercommittee is expected to throw in the towel Monday after spending weeks trying to cut $1.2 trillion from the deficit. Republicans and Democrats on the committee are playing the blame game, as an automatic trigger is slated to slash about $500 billion in defense spending and another half trillion in domestic programs.

From Outkast to Blockhead.

The newest “Twilight” movie opened Friday and features the birth of a half-vampire, half-human child– an allegory, Harvard extension school lecturer Sue Weaver Schopf says, of society’s discomfort with racial and ethnic mixing.

The Socialist government that has been in power for the last eight years in Spain could be kicked to the curb on Sunday as economic concerns boost the case of the opposition.

We recently sat down with cultural commentator Touré who explained what “post-blackness” means to him. We met him at the Sportsmen’s Tennis and Enrichment Center in Dorchester, Massachusetts, a club founded by African Americans where Touré says he received his “black nutrients.”

Occupy protesters across the country are regrouping after more than 200 were arrested in New York city on the two month anniversary of the movement’s start.

Anti-government activists inside Syria say President Bashar Assad’s security forces killed at least five people Friday. Meanwhile, the government has agreed to allow in western observers to avoid suspension from the Arab League.

From Chris Liberti to Bonobo.