May 25 Deepwater Horizon Oil Leak: A Month in Photos By Lea Winerman More than a month after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and sank into the Gulf of Mexico, oil continues to spew into the ocean from a pipe more than 5,000 feet below the surface. Meanwhile, containment and… Continue reading
May 25 Conversation: 'The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest' Arrives in U.S. Bookstores By Tom LeGro "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest," the third novel in Stieg Larsson's bestselling "Millennium" trilogy, hit U.S. bookstores Tuesday. The crime novels, published originally in Sweden, center around investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander, a tattooed and pierced… Continue reading
May 25 Watch 'Moving Millions' Author Probes Capitalism, Immigration Connection Jeffrey Brown talks with author Jeffrey Kaye about his new book on immigration and about how the pursuit of cheap labor to power the world's economy perpetuates global migration. Continue watching
May 24 Conversation: Paul Muldoon on Dylan Thomas By Tom LeGro New Directions has just put out "Dylan Thomas: The Collected Poems." It's a republication of the original edition, as selected by the poet himself, and the introduction is by Paul Muldoon, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and professor at Princeton University. Continue reading
May 24 Weekly Poem: 'Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night' By Tom LeGro Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" is included in the recently republished "Dylan Thomas: Collected Poems" by New Directions, with a new introduction by poet Paul Muldoon. Jeffrey Brown talked to Muldoon last week about Thomas and the… Continue reading
May 24 Patchwork Nation: A Closer Look at Rand Paul's November Prospects By Dante Chinni Rand Paul's victory in the Kentucky Senate primary was hailed as the first victory for a true tea party candidate. In his victory speech, Paul himself announced he was coming to "take Washington back." But a primary is… Continue reading
May 24 Watch Allende Examines the Caribbean's Chaotic History Through New Novel Jeffrey Brown speaks with best-selling author Isabelle Allende about colonialism and slavery in the 19th century Caribbean, and the links between New Orleans and Haiti. Continue watching