Dec 24 Poetry at Obama’s Inauguration By Tom LeGro It has been widely noted that President-elect Barack Obama is a reader of poetry. Only days after winning the election, Mr. Obama was spotted with a copy of Derek Walcott's collected poems. Continue reading
Dec 24 The ‘True’ Hollywood Story: Rudolph It was the Sixties -- a time of counter culture and social revolution, radical trends and liberal attitudes. And in 1964, an unlikely iconoclast for the times was born: the "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" Christmas special. Continue reading
Dec 24 Poetry at Obama’s Inauguration By Arts Desk It has been widely noted that President-elect Barack Obama is a reader of poetry. Only days after winning the election, Mr. Obama was spotted with a copy of Derek Walcott's collected poems. Continue reading
Dec 24 In Case You Missed It: Innovative Program Uses Business Methods to Teach Job Skills By Business Desk On Tuesday, Dec. 23, Paul Solman examined an innovative social entrepreneurship program that uses business methods to achieve social change for at-risk urban youth. You can find the transcript here. // <]> // ]]>… Continue reading
Dec 23 Watch Nature of Community Is Changing in the Internet Age Essayist Clarence Page reflects on the evolving role of community organizers in an age where the Internet is changing the very nature of community itself. Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch Program Helps At-Risk Youth Find Corporate Jobs To alleviate the 30 percent unemployment rate among urban youth, the Year Up program gives at-risk youth lessons in corporate culture and work ethic. Paul Solman reports on this approach to training young, would-be entrepreneurs. Continue watching
Dec 23 Conversation: David Thomson on Film By Arts Desk For more than 30 years, film critic and scholar David Thomson has been asked one question over and over again: "So, what movies should I see?" His latest book, "Have You Seen....?," is an extended romp of an answer, with… Continue reading
Dec 23 LA MOCA Accepts Financial Help From Philanthropist, Director Resigns The Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art has agreed to accept $30 million in financial assistance from billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad, the Los Angeles Times reported. Continue reading
Dec 22 Watch Holiday Season Brings Solemn Reflections Essayist Nancy Gibbs takes a look at the challenges at hand during a holiday season marked by economic recession. Continue watching
Dec 22 Watch Activist Works to Help Ease Haiti’s Hunger Crisis As global food prices continue to rise, hunger in Haiti has fueled food riots and driven much of the population, including many children, to the brink of starvation. Correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on one man's effort to alleviate… Continue watching