Apr 26 Monday on the NewsHour: Natalie Merchant By Tom LeGro On Monday's NewsHour Jeffrey Brown profiles singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant, who after a seven-year hiatus has just released a two-disc album titled "Leave Your Sleep," a collection of 26 traditional poems set to original music. Continue reading
Apr 26 What Arizona Immigration Law Might Mean for Midterm Elections By Dante Chinni On Friday, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law what most everyone agrees is the most restrictive immigration law in the country. The law, which allows local police to stop and demand proof of citizenship from anyone suspected of… Continue reading
Apr 26 Watch Classic Poems Turn Lyrical on Natalie Merchant's New Album Singer and songwriter Natalie Merchant sets poetry to music in her newest studio album, looking at childhood through the works of poets such as E.E. Cummings, Robert Graves and even Mother Goose. Jeffrey Brown reports on the unusual melding of… Continue watching
Apr 23 Mark Shields: Healthy Political Parties Should Welcome Converts, Moderates Syndicated columnist Mark Shields stopped by the Rundown Friday to talk with us about his latest column and the prospects for major financial reform and immigration reform legislation in Congress. New York Times columnist David Brooks joined us solo… Continue reading
Apr 23 Jim Lehrer 'Refreshed' Meeting News Consumers on Cross-Country Trip Within the matter of a week, we've seen Jim Lehrer e-mail us pictures from his phone, write his first blog post (from a moving train no less) and use Skype to file dispatches from his voyage across… Continue reading
Apr 23 Conversation: PBS President Paula Kerger Making a Push for More Arts Programming By Tom LeGro The "Public Broadcasting Service":http://video.pbs.org/feature/149/ -- our home -- has a long tradition of showcasing the arts. But it's also true that programs featuring performances and exhibitions are not as pervasive and prominent on the nightly schedule as in the past. Continue reading
Apr 23 Friday on the NewsHour: Mark Fiore, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Cartooning Mark Fiore is the first internet animator to win a Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. His work appears only online -- on his own website, plus that of the San Francisco Chronicle, National Public Radio and other outlets. Continue reading
Apr 23 Obama Calls for Immigration Reform, Blasts Measure in Arizona Updated 4:30pm ET Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer Friday signed into law the nation's toughest immigration measure, on the heels of President Obama's criticism of the reform as "misguided." In remarks to the press, Brewer said the law "protects every… Continue reading
Apr 23 A Love Letter to San Francisco's 'La Mission' By Tom LeGro When Peter and Benjamin Bratt grew up in San Francisco's Mission district in the 1970's, it was a neighborhood of Native American and Latino activists, low rider cars, Peruvian flute players, and vibrant murals that related the local history. Continue reading