Mar 10 Around the Nation Roundup Here's a selection of art and culture reports from local public broadcasting stations and national producers. Continue reading
Mar 10 Baker: The Best Econ Books I’ve Read Recently This week, we are running guest posts from some of our favorite economists about the best economics book they’ve read in recent months. Dean Baker: Amidst all the tracts on health care written by policy wonks in the last couple… Continue reading
Mar 10 Millennials Face a Dark Economic Present, but See a Bright Future If there was any doubt that the recession has had a big impact on Americans who are 18 to 29 years old, two national polls done in January and February shed new light on the issue. According to… Continue reading
Mar 09 First Lady Obama’s Gown Joins Smithsonian Collection Dozens of outfits donned by first lady Michelle Obama have been analyzed by fashion critics and the public -- her bold color choices, her support of up-and-coming designers and her penchant for mixing bargain pieces into her wardrobe. Now the… Continue reading
Mar 09 On Radio Free Afghanistan, Time for Letters A selection letters sent to Radio Free Afghanistan -- complaints of corruption, suggestions for rural development, song requests, poetry, tips for the president -- as well as photos and artifacts are at the Library of Congress in "Voices from Afghanistan."… Continue reading
Mar 08 Director of ‘The Cove’ Puts Oscar in Perspective By Arts Desk A wave of new attention is likely to fall on a remote fishing village in Japan after director Louie Psihoyos won the best feature documentary prize for "The Cove" at the 82nd Academy Awards on Sunday. Continue reading
Mar 08 Weekly Poem: ‘bound isaac’ By Tom LeGro D.A. Powell is the author of "Chronic" (Graywolf Press), which won the 2010 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. The award, which comes with a $100,000 prize, is given annually by Claremont Graduate University to honor work by a mid-career poet. Continue reading
Mar 08 The Best Economics Book I’ve Read Recently Paul Solman: The most memorable book of the past month or so has been Yale historian Adam Tooze’s Wages of Destruction, an economic history of the Third Reich. Many striking facts — such as that the Volkswagen Beetle, ordered… Continue reading