Apr 26 Watch Biographer Discusses Einstein's Life, Legacy Journalist Walter Isaacson discusses his new biography of Albert Einstein and historians' recent, more nuanced views of the scientist's life and achievements. Continue watching
Apr 26 New Hampshire Lawmakers Vote to Allow Civil Unions By PBS News Hour The New Hampshire Senate voted Thursday to authorize civil unions for gay couples, paving the way for the state to join nearly a dozen others in offering domestic partnerships or other legal protections to couples of the same sex. Continue reading
Apr 25 Natasha Trethewey Reads 'Myth' and Other Poems Natasha Trethewey won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 2007 for her book, "Native Guard," written about her mother and black Civil War soldiers on the Mississippi coast. From the collection, she reads the poem, "Myth," along with other works. Continue reading
Apr 25 Watch Pulitzer Prize Winner Trethewey Discusses Poetry Collection Natasha Trethewey recently won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry for her work about black Civil War soldiers on the Mississippi coast. She discusses the collection, as well as her personal ties to the Gulf Coast. Continue watching
Apr 19 Watch Modernism Exhibit Depicts the Art in Ordinary Objects An exhibit at Washington's Corcoran Gallery focuses on the modernism art movement, which grew out of the carnage of World War I. Artists attempted to make objects like chairs and clothing in a more creative and useful fashion. Continue watching
Apr 17 Professor Saw Suspected Shooter as 'Troubled' By PBS News Hour Cho Seung-Hui, a 23-year-old South Korean student from the western suburbs of Washington, D.C., has been identified as the gunman in the April 16 shooting rampage at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Va. Continue reading
Apr 13 Watch PBS Special Looks at Life for Young Muslims in America A new 11-part PBS series, "America at a Crossroads," premiered over the weekend. The NewsHour provides an excerpt of an upcoming episode that looks at what life is like for young Muslims in America. Continue watching
Apr 07 Pulitzer Prize Winner Trethewey Discusses Poetry Collection Natasha Trethewey recently won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry for her work about black Civil War soldiers on the Mississippi coast. She discusses the collection, as well as her personal ties to the Gulf Coast with the NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown. Continue reading
Apr 06 Watch Author Explores Both Sides of Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Author and peace advocate David Grossman has become one of his Israel's leading writers exploring the toll that war and occupation have taken on both Israelis and Palestinians. Jeffrey Brown talks with Grossman about being a writer amid the conflict. Continue watching