Nov 25 A Guide to Good Thanksgiving Reads As families and friends gather across the country to celebrate this Thanksgiving, we at the NewsHour have cooked up a small sampling of writings and stories for the holiday. Slate has put together a guide to each side of… Continue reading
Nov 24 Around the Nation A special Thanksgiving roundup of public media arts and culture (and cooking) stories. Continue reading
Nov 24 What Does Justice in the Foreclosure Crisis Look Like? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Wednesday's query: An amended answer today to a question answered imperfectly (or worse) last month. Continue reading
Nov 24 Wednesday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, music helps seniors practice balance and the Royal Shakespeare Company opens its new theater. Continue reading
Nov 23 Conversation: Poet Nikki Giovanni By Tom LeGro Nikki Giovanni is the author of several books of poetry, including most recently, "Bicycles: Love Poems." She is a professor at Virginia Tech, where she teaches writing and literature. "The 100 Best African American Poems" was edited by Giovanni and… Continue reading
Nov 23 Tuesday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, Yale University agrees to return a collection of Incan artifacts to Peru. Continue reading
Nov 22 Weekly Poem: 'Fish Head for Katrina' By Tom LeGro Terrance Hayes, a poet and professor at Carnegie Mellon University, won the 2010 National Book Award. Here, he reads a poem from his award-winning volume, "Lighthead."… Continue reading
Nov 22 Monday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, two major museums face financial woes. Continue reading
Nov 22 Documentary Series Examines Life and Death Along Border Reporting along the U.S. and Mexico border has become an increasingly dangerous task for journalists who live on both sides of the fence. According to Reporters Without Borders, an international NGO that advocates for press freedom, more… Continue reading
Nov 21 Radiolab Hosts 'Dress Up' As Science Journalists DetectFlashDecision_Blog('news01s4595qfc4', 'SgO4uNUA0mA', '29'); Radiolab is hard to define. The hour-long radio program, co-hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich and produced by WNYC in New York, draws on philosophy, literature, popular culture, and even religion to explain… Continue reading