Sep 07 Weekly Poem: 'Watching the Towers Go Down' By Tom LeGro Peter Balakian is the author of many books, including a new volume of poems, "Ziggurat," just published by University of Chicago Press, and "June-tree: New and Selected Poems, 1974-2000."… Continue reading
Sep 07 Tuesday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, the Kennedy Center names its 2010 honorees, and dance comes to the White House. Continue reading
Sep 06 Watch Iraqis Who Fled War Often Face Long Exile Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Jordan on the day-to-day difficulties of Iraqi refugees. Some refugees have fled from their homeland to avoid the conflict in Iraq and will probably never return home. Continue watching
Sep 03 Conversation: From Book to Stage to Screen, Lawrence Wright's 'My Trip to Al-Qaeda' By Tom LeGro Lawrence Wright is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, "The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11." His documentary on the subject, "My Trip to al-Qaeda," premieres on HBO next week. Continue reading
Sep 03 Friday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, the art of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. Continue reading
Sep 03 Paul Solman Explains: How Is a Jobless Recovery Possible? By Paul Solman On a day when new jobs numbers indicate that U.S. unemployment is continuing to edge up, Paul Solman answers a viewer question on the Business Desk about how it's possible to have a jobless recovery. Name: Mohammad Khan… Continue reading
Sep 02 Andrew Bird Cultivates a 'Sonic Arboretum' A successful multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, Andrew Bird recently joined instrument and acoustic engineer Ian Schneller to create a novel live music experience, something they're calling the "Sonic Arboretum," at the Guggenheim Museum. Continue reading
Sep 02 Workers Paying More for Health Insurance as Cash-Strapped Companies Shift Costs The majority of Americans get their health insurance coverage through their employers. Now, a new survey finds that employees are paying more of the costs of their coverage than ever before. Workers' health care costs jumped significantly this year even… Continue reading
Sep 02 Thursday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, a fire at the Phillips Collection and California passes a new law on stolen art. Continue reading
Sep 01 Text Messages Study Shows Fear Turned to Anger on 9/11 By analyzing a database of 500,000 text messages sent on Sept. 11, 2001, researchers at the University of Mainz in Germany have created an hour-by-hour psychological profile of texting Americans on that day. The pager text messages,… Continue reading