Jun 16 Watch Tap Icon Maurice Hines Takes Second Turn in Duke Ellington Tribute Thirty years after his original turn in the Duke Ellington tribute "Sophisticated Ladies," tap dance icon Maurice Hines returns the show as dancer, choreographer and mentor in the revival at Lincoln Theater. Jeffrey Brown talks to Hines about sharing his… Continue watching
Jun 15 Shields and Brooks: Will Obama’s Oil Disaster Speech Change Minds? By News Desk After President Obama’s Oval Office address on the ongoing Gulf disaster, columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks joined Judy Woodruff to review the substance of the primetime speech. “I thought the windup was stronger than the pitch,” Shields said. Continue reading
Jun 15 Full Video: President Obama’s Oval Office Address on Gulf Oil Disaster By News Desk Watch all of President Obama's Oval Office address on the federal response to the ongoing Gulf Coast oil leak disaster: // Also, make sure to check out analysis and opinion from a variety of experts in Obama's Annotated… Continue reading
Jun 15 The Hipster in the Age of Online Ridicule Through several decades of commercial and Internet indoctrination, it's much easier these days to embody the external qualities of hip. Hip isn't only attainable; it's accessible, searchable, and for sale. Continue reading
Jun 14 Monday on the NewsHour: Laurence Fishburne By Tom LeGro Jeffrey Brown talks to actor Laurence Fishburne about playing Thurgood Marshall in a play now at the Kennedy Center. Continue reading
Jun 14 As North Korea Returns to World Cup, Filmmaker Recounts ‘Underdog’ 1966 Team By Tom LeGro North Korea's national soccer team is something Gordon knows a lot about -- it took him four years to be granted access to make his first film, "The Game of Their Lives," a profile of North Korea's 1966 World Cup… Continue reading
Jun 14 Weekly Poem: ‘Sick’ By Tom LeGro Philip Schultz won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 2008 for his book of poems, "Failure." He is the founder and director of the Writers Studio in New York. Schultz's latest book, "The God of Loneliness: Selected and New Poems,"… Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch Fishburne Brings ‘Raconteur’ Justice Marshall’s Legacy to Life on Stage As the Senate prepares to vet another Supreme Court nominee, Jeffrey Brown reports on a one-man show, starring actor Laurence Fishburne, about the life and legacy of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Continue watching