May 16 Cities Are Looking to Share and Share a Bike By PBS News Hour European style bike-sharing programs are soon coming to U.S. cities. Continue reading
May 15 California’s Top Court Overturns Gay Marriage Ban By Admin, PBS News Hour The Supreme Court in California ruled Thursday that barring lesbian and gay couples from marrying is unconstitutional, clearing the way for the nation's most populous state to join Massachusetts as the second state to allow same-sex marriages. Continue reading
May 09 Watch Frances Richey’s Poetry Speaks to Son’s Role as Soldier "The Warrior" by Frances Richey is composed of 28 poems written by the poet to her son, Ben, a Green Beret who has served two tours of duty in Iraq. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Richey and her son about the… Continue watching
May 09 Frances Richey Reads ‘Waiting’ and Other Poems After a nearly 20-year career in the business world, Frances Richey left to teach yoga and write. The poet's first collection, "The Burning Point" (2004), won the White Pine Press Poetry Prize and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Continue reading
May 09 Frances Richey’s Poetry Speaks to Son’s Role as Soldier "The Warrior" by Frances Richey is composed of 28 poems written by the poet to her son, Ben, a Green Beret who has served two tours of duty in Iraq. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Richey and her son about the… Continue reading
May 06 Little-known Drug Draws New Scientific, Legislative Attention By PBS News Hour Most of what the public knows about the hallucinogenic drug salvia divinorum comes in disturbing snippets from a growing collection of online videos. Continue reading
May 05 Thousands Riot in Somalia over Food Prices; 2 People Killed By PBS News Hour Tens of thousands of people protested in Somalia's capital Mogadishu over high food prices Monday. At least two people were killed and several more injured when police opened fire on the rioting crowds. Continue reading
May 02 Watch Growing Hunger in Malawi Stirs Food Aid Debate Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the debate over the benefits of providing cash or crops to recipient nations. He also looks into the growing effects of domestic farm law on world food markets. Continue watching
Apr 30 Watch Robert Hass Discusses His Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poetry "Time and Materials" by Robert Hass won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for poetry, becoming the first book of poetry since 1983 to win both the Pulitzer and the National Book Award. Hass talks about the collection. Continue watching