Jul 30 Friday on the NewsHour: Sting Gets Strings For New Orchestral Album International pop star Sting is in the midst of an American and world tour with his 'band'. This summer, that means a 45-piece band made up from members of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, who have been helping him re-create his… Continue reading
Jul 30 Conversation: Exclusive E-Books Deal Stirs Publishing World By Molly Finnegan On July 22, literary agent Andrew Wylie announced an exclusive partnership with retailer Amazon to begin selling digital versions of many classic backlist titles by authors such as Vladimir Nabokov, Philip Roth, Evelyn Waugh, Hunter S. Thompson, Salman Rushdie and… Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch Juarez Struggles at Epicenter of Drug Violence A violent drug war continues to deepen in Mexico. Ioan Grillo of GlobalPost reports from one of the epicenters: Juarez. Continue watching
Jul 29 A birthday present to the world: A new dance by Paul Taylor By artsdesk Effervescent and surreal, the Phantasmagoria is like a window into a dream. Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch Journalists Among Targets in Mexico Drug War The drug war in Mexico continues to escalate and its targets are ever-expanding. Judy Woodruff talks to Angela Kocherga, the Mexico Bureau Chief of Belo Television for more on Mexico's drug troubles. Continue watching
Jul 28 Arizona Dispatch: A Trip to the Border By Mike Fritz NOGALES, Ariz. | To everyone here, the border represents something different: a barrier to a better life, a reminder of harder times, childhood, a separation of family, access to cheaper goods, a gateway for the drug trade, security from… Continue reading
Jul 28 Judge Strikes Down Key Parts of New Arizona Immigration Law By News Desk Just a day before Arizona's controversial new immigration law is set to go into effect, a federal judge handed opponents a last-minute victory by blocking the most controversial parts from being enforced. The law will still go into effect… Continue reading
Jul 28 What Makes WikiLeaks’ Founder Julian Assange Tick? By Hari Sreenivasan While the enigmatic WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been in and out of the press in the past few days in the wake of his site's latest major publication, he is… Continue reading