Jul 26 20 Years After the ADA, Is Life Better for Those With Disabilities? The question to ask on the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, is whether life today is any better for those with disabilities? The first-ever civil rights law for people with physical and cognitive challenges, signed by… Continue reading
Jul 26 Weekly Poem: Two from 'Newspaper Blackout' For Austin Kleon, an exercise for breaking writer's block developed into a method for creating poetry. Using a marker and a copy of the New York Times, Kleon blacks out words to reveal the ones he likes. Continue reading
Jul 25 Despite Skeptics, Feinberg Enthusiastic to Put $20B Oil Disaster Fund to Work BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. | At 7 a.m. Saturday, Kenneth Feinberg stood in front of a standing-room only crowd at the municipal building in Bayou La Batre, Ala., and told people "I am your lawyer." He didn't get… Continue reading
Jul 23 Shields and Brooks on 'Inception' of Tea Party Caucus, Michael Steele, Movies By Hari Sreenivasan In another color-coordinated edition of the "extra-extra, read-all-about-it" segment we do with Mark Shields and David Brooks on The Rundown, the columnists weigh in on what the new Tea Party Caucus could mean for Republicans. Our duo also… Continue reading
Jul 23 Conversation: Lisa Cholodenko, Director of 'The Kids Are All Right' By Molly Finnegan At the center of the new film "The Kids Are All Right" is a loving, average family: two kids and two parents. In fact, two moms, Jules and Nic, played by Julianne Moore and Annette Bening. When their older daughter… Continue reading
Jul 23 Watch 'Globish' Author Explains How English Has Taken Root Worldwide "Globish" Author Robert McCrum explains to Ray Suarez why the English language went global and how it has become the first worldwide language. Continue watching
Jul 22 Exclusive | Axelrod: Administration, Media Did Sherrod a 'Great Disservice' By Judy Woodruff _pap_embed_custom('news01s41b7qf06',482,304,""); President Obama spoke by phone Thursday with fired U.S. Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod, expressing regret for her firing and hoping she will accept the offer of a new position at the agency. The call helped… Continue reading
Jul 22 Oil and Arguments in the Gulf New Orleans fishing guide Ryan Lambert (Photo: Joanne Elgart Jennings) There is a charm about New Orleans; a feeling and a culture that is unique. But in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and now the big oil spill, there… Continue reading