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Women right's advocates have made some strides in recent decades. But most of the world's poorest are female, fewer girls than boys attend school and women are still vastly underrepresented in leadership positions. Former Ireland President Mary Robinson, the World Bank's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and columnist Nicholas Kristof explain the challenges of improving women's lives worldwide.

The price of crude oil climbed higher into record territory Wednesday, topping $72 a barrel. The high cost of crude oil, along with seasonal refinery outages, is driving up prices at the gas pump. The price of gasoline has already hit the $3-a-gallon mark in some parts of the United States.

An immigration audit of employees at Escondido Disposal,Inc., found that a quarter of the Edco workforce did not have proper documentation; a major ruling in a legal battle over religious classroom banners in a Rancho Penasquitos high school; and fallout including lawsuits and damage claims, from the recent blackout.

Thursday, March 13: The International Monetary Fund announces that governments

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he is removing his ambassador from Washington until a new U.S. administration is in place. A multilateral approach to the dispute is necessary, a State Department official says.

Russia may have decisively beaten Georgia during the recent conflict, but in Moscow analysts are pointing to three areas of failures: military intelligence; an inability to suppress Georgia's air defenses; and the use of massed military force.

What are the rights of employees and employers, and how have those rights changed as technology becomes a staple of the American work day? We talk about the important and oftentimes confusing legal is

Ask people in Afghanistan about justice and they'll very likely tell you there isn't any. The U.S. and its allies have pledged to rebuild Afghanistan, but the coalition has lagged in its efforts to develop the rule of law — and ignoring the lack of justice is proving a costly mistake.

Roundtable: Friday August 19, 2011

One down, two to go. Chula Vista has the ball, now that the city of Oceanside has dropped out of the running to host a new stadium for the Chargers. KPBS reporter Alison St John has more on why Oceans