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This Monday, suicide bombings rocked two stations in the Moscow Metro, killing 39 people. This is only the latest in a series of attacks on Russian civilians, stemming from the conflict over the Russian occupation of Chechnya. Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation, joins us to talk about the attacks, "Black Widow" suicide bombers, the tension between Prime Minister Putin and President Medvedev, and how all of this affects U.S.-Russia relations. GRITtv's media panel returns! This week, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Karen Hunter and Newsweek's Karen Fragala Smith join us once again to break down the good, bad, and ugly in this week's media--in this case, CNN's Haiti coverage and failing ratings, Sarah Palin's possible TV stardom, and Karl Rove's inability to handle anyone's disagreement with him. We'll leave you to judge which is good, bad, or ugly. We report, you decide. To put people back to work and end the "jobless" part of the "jobless recovery," our friends at ColorLines brought us this video, featuring Chris Rabb of Afro-Netizen. He looks at the ways that communities are organizing to define what green jobs are for them, and creating those jobs in their neighborhoods. Finally, Laura takes a closer look at the problems with banks and state revenue streams.

Recently the war in Afghanistan has taken over the front pages from Iraq, with recent polls showing a majority of Americans think the war is no longer worth fighting.