Jan 29 In Signing First Bill Into Law, Obama Touts Equal-pay for All By Admin, PBS News Hour President Barack Obama signed his first bill into law Thursday, an equal-pay measure championed by labor and women's rights backers, reversing a 2007 Supreme Court decision that made it harder to sue for pay discrimination. Continue reading
Jan 29 Faced With Economic Troubles, Brandeis to Close Rose Art Museum What is the value of art in bad economic times? Brandeis University discovered an answer this week when its president, Jehuda Reinharz, announced plans to close the esteemed Rose Art Museum and sell its collection. Continue reading
Jan 28 Three Gems From a Quiet Sundance It was a tough time for filmmakers at this year's Sundance Film Festival, that annual nexus for lesser-seen cinema in Park City, Utah. Thanks to the recession, changing technology and an industry struggling to catch up, less than a dozen… Continue reading
Jan 28 Remembering John Updike The poem Nicholas Delbanco read during Tuesday's program first appeared in the June 1999 issue of Poetry, and later, in a slightly different form in 2001, in "Americana."… Continue reading
Jan 27 Author John Updike Dies at Age 76 John Updike, one of the most prolific and popular American authors of his generation, who chronicled the drama of everyday suburban life, died Tuesday, his publisher said. Continue reading
Jan 27 Clough Formally Takes Charge of Smithsonian By Arts Desk Follow-up to the NewsHour's recent story about major overhauls at the Smithsonian Institution: On Monday, G. Wayne Clough was formally installed as the institution's 12th secretary. Continue reading
Jan 26 'People's Poet' Robert Burns Turns 250 By Tom LeGro The image of poetry fans gathered in a pub enjoying bagpipes, haggis, drinks and verse is a very Scottish one, but Scotland's national poet Robert Burns has fans worldwide who know there's no better way to honor the man and… Continue reading
Jan 26 'People's Poet' Robert Burns Turns 250 The image of poetry fans gathered in a pub enjoying bagpipes, haggis, drinks and verse is a very Scottish one, but Scotland's national poet Robert Burns has fans worldwide who know there's no better way to honor the man and… Continue reading
Jan 26 Weekly Poem: 'A Man's A Man for A' That' A Man's A Man for A' That by Robert Burns. Is there for honest Poverty That hings his head, an' a' that; The coward slave-we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that!… Continue reading
Jan 23 Conversation: Roberto Bolano's '2666' By Arts Desk For most of the English-speaking world and certainly for this reader, Roberto Bolano was unknown only a few years ago. Since then, he's become a literary phenomenon--his novels read, reviewed, discussed, widely praised. Continue reading