Jun 14 Monday on the NewsHour: Laurence Fishburne By Tom LeGro Jeffrey Brown talks to actor Laurence Fishburne about playing Thurgood Marshall in a play now at the Kennedy Center. Continue reading
Jun 14 As North Korea Returns to World Cup, Filmmaker Recounts 'Underdog' 1966 Team By Tom LeGro North Korea's national soccer team is something Gordon knows a lot about -- it took him four years to be granted access to make his first film, "The Game of Their Lives," a profile of North Korea's 1966 World Cup… Continue reading
Jun 14 Weekly Poem: 'Sick' By Tom LeGro Philip Schultz won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 2008 for his book of poems, "Failure." He is the founder and director of the Writers Studio in New York. Schultz's latest book, "The God of Loneliness: Selected and New Poems,"… Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch Fishburne Brings 'Raconteur' Justice Marshall's Legacy to Life on Stage As the Senate prepares to vet another Supreme Court nominee, Jeffrey Brown reports on a one-man show, starring actor Laurence Fishburne, about the life and legacy of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Continue watching
Jun 11 Conversation: Jean-Michel Cousteau By Tom LeGro Jean-Michel Cousteau recently went to the Gulf of Mexico with a team of divers to examine the damage being caused by the BP oil spill disaster. He's the son of the late Jacques Cousteau and the author of a new… Continue reading
Jun 09 World Cup Song by Shakira Stirs Controversy By Tom LeGro This year's World Cup song, "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)," has stirred sentiment among South Africans, many of whom were outraged because FIFA selected a non-African, Colombian pop star Shakira, to write the song and perform lead vocals. Continue reading
Jun 09 Internet Anonymity Both Aid and Foil for Democracy Does the Internet facilitate a productive exchange of ideas, making people better informed and therefore better citizens? Or does the unchecked nature of what information can be shared and spread on the internet actually threaten democracy? That was… Continue reading