May 13 For Josh Ritter, Mummies and Shakespeare Are the Stuff of Music By Tom LeGro The works of Flannery O'Connor, Philip Roth and Stephen King are probably not the first influences that come to mind for a songwriter. But after hearing Josh Ritter sing, it quickly becomes apparent why authors are important to the Moscow,… Continue reading
May 13 Arizona Immigration Law Has Broad Support Across U.S., New Polls Show Polls from the Pew Research Center and the Wall Street Journal/NBC show broad support for the new Arizona immigration law that critics said would lead to racial profiling of Hispanics. The Pew Poll, conducted in early May,… Continue reading
May 12 Going to the World Cup? Do the Diski By Tom LeGro As if soccer fans need help getting excited about the FIFA World Cup in South Africa, the nation's tourism office has created the Diski -- a dance to commemorate the tournament, the first ever on the continent. Continue reading
May 12 OK Go's Damian Kulash Lends Us a Hand By Tom LeGro Early on during Jeffrey Brown's interview with OK Go lead singer Damian Kulash, a light went out. Kulash, having spent months working on a video featuring a giant Rube Goldberg machine, applied some percussive maintenance on it and fixed the… Continue reading
May 12 Watch Author Wes Moore's Book Explores His Own Alternate Reality Judy Woodruff talks to Baltimore native Wes Moore about his new book, 'The Other Wes Moore' which explores the stories of two inner-city young men who share the same name, but lead very different lives. Continue watching
May 11 Trying to Strike a Chord with Fans, One Recycling Bin at a Time By Arts Desk On Earth Day, Art Beat profiled two companies who are almost as devoted to environmentalism as they are to producing and playing music. Here are two more groups who have changed their operations to be more green while encouraging others… Continue reading
May 11 First Lady Calls for Coordinated Effort to Reduce Childhood Obesity A federal task force called for marketers of sugary and other unhealthy foods to voluntarily limit their advertising to children on Tuesday. The recommendation is one of 70 in a wide-ranging new report on reducing childhood obesity that was commissioned… Continue reading