Oct 07 Watch Dawes, Pulitzer Center Take On HIV/AIDs in Jamaica Poet Kwame Dawes teamed up with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting to create a multimedia Web site called "HOPE: Living and Loving with HIV in Jamaica." The interactive site pairs his poetry with music, essays and video from people… Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch School in India Teaches Women to Improve Lives, Towns The Barefoot College in northern India teaches women skills to bring solar power to their villages and to manage the energy system in rural areas. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the philosophy behind the school and its unusual approach… Continue watching
Oct 03 Watch Oregon Poet Laureate Inada Reflects on Internment Along with more than 100,000 other Japanese-Americans, Lawson Inada was sent to internment camps for the duration of World War II. He was one of the youngest to live in the camps, and much of his writing addresses that childhood… Continue watching
Oct 03 Oregon Poet Laureate Inada Reflects on Internment By Tom LeGro Along with more than 100,000 other Japanese-Americans, Lawson Inada was sent to internment camps for the duration of World War II. He was one of the youngest to live in the camps, and much of his writing addresses that childhood… Continue reading
Oct 03 Lawson Fusao Inada By newshourpoetry Poet Lawson Fusao Inada reads some of his poems. Continue reading
Oct 03 Lawson Fusao Inada Reads ‘The Stand’ By newshourpoetry Poet Lawson Fusao Inada reads some of his poems, including "The Stand." In addition to his experiences at the Japanese internment camps, many of Inada's poems are influenced by his love of jazz music. Continue reading
Sep 30 Watch Mexico’s Violent Drug War Wreaks Havoc on Innocent Lives Just south of the U.S. in Mexico, a ruthless drug war is taking a heavy toll on residents' lives on both sides of the border. Essayist Richard Rodriguez reflects on the increasingly unmanageable conflict. Continue watching
Sep 26 Congress Passes Mental Health Parity Legislation By PBS News Hour After slogging through Congress for nearly a decade, legislation on the fair treatment of mental health conditions reached a critical milestone this week when it cleared both houses of Congress. Continue reading
Sep 25 Watch Amy Tan, San Francisco Opera Take Novel From Page to Stage Spencer Michels reports on how best-selling author Amy Tan's darkest family secrets from China became the focal points for a world-premiere opera in San Francisco. Continue watching