Apr 20 Remembering Dorothy Height I was always thoroughly intimidated in Dorothy Height's presence. It's not because she was regal or holier-than-thou. It's that she was neither of those things. And somehow, she should have been. Could easily have been. In the news business,… Continue reading
Apr 20 Preview: Singer Natalie Merchant Is Well-Versed on Her New Album By Molly Finnegan After a 7 year hiatus, singer and songwriter Natalie Merchant has just released a 2-disc album titled "Leave Your Sleep," a collection of 26 traditional poems set to original music. The project began shortly after the birth of her daughter… Continue reading
Apr 20 Judy Woodruff's Lifetime Achievement Award By Hari Sreenivasan We try not to toot our own very often but there are certain exceptions which must be made, and this is one of them. Our own Judy Woodruff receives a lifetime achievement award Tuesday -- along with NPR's Deborah… Continue reading
Apr 20 There's No Place Like Dome in Peter Bognanni's 'The House of Tomorrow' By Molly Finnegan Buckminster Fuller's designs provide the inspiration for the setting of "The House of Tomorrow," a first novel by Peter Bognanni that charts the life of an adolescent growing up inside -- and venturing out of -- a geodesic dome. Continue reading
Apr 20 Civil Rights Icon Dorothy Height Dies; Former Lehman CEO to Face Questions Dorothy Height attends a 2006 congressional hearing about voting rights in the District of Columbia. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images.) The civil rights movement lost its founding matriarch early Tuesday morning. Dorothy I. Height, who fought for most of… Continue reading
Apr 19 Conversation: Pulitzer Prize Winner in Poetry, Rae Armantrout By Tom LeGro This year's winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry is Rae Armantrout for her book, "Versed."… Continue reading
Apr 19 Monday: Flight Disruptions Continue; Court to Hear Campus Group's Appeal Stranded travelers sleep at Charles de Gaulle Airport near Paris on Monday, as main French airports remain closed. (Photo by Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images.) Lawmakers and aviation officials across Europe faced growing criticism Monday, as air travel across the continent… Continue reading