Mar 21 Agi Mishol Reads 'Woman Martyr' and 'Geese' By newshourpoetry Poet Agi Mishol is the winner of several awards, including the Tel Aviv Foundation Award (1991), the Prime Minister`s Prize (1994) and the Yehuda Amichai Poetry Prize (2002). She has published 12 volumes of poetry in Hebrew and has two… Continue reading
Mar 21 Eliaz Cohen Reads 'Poems of the Mountain Village' in English and Hebrew By newshourpoetry Eliaz Cohen is a poet and social worker who grew up in the northern West Bank. He is a founder and editor of the poetry journal "Mashiv Haru'ach" and is the author of four books of poetry. He lives with… Continue reading
Mar 13 Watch In Mexico, President Bush Pledges Immigration Reform President Bush visited Mexico on Tuesday, the last stop on his five-country tour of Latin America, and vowed to push Congress to change U.S. immigration policies. Two regional experts discuss the president's visit and the future of Mexican trade and… Continue watching
Mar 13 Viacom Sues Video-Sharing Site YouTube for $1 Billion By PBS News Hour Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. sued video-sharing Web site YouTube for more than $1 billion Tuesday for copyright infringement. Continue reading
Mar 12 Watch President Bush Vows to Fight Drug Trade in Latin America President Bush visited Guatemala Monday, after pledging Sunday on a stopover in Colombia to seek more aid for the country to fight drug traffickers. Experts discuss the growing drug trade and the administration's efforts to curtail it. Continue watching
Mar 07 Watch Library of Congress Preserves Historical Audio Recordings The Library of Congress issued its 2006 list of audio recordings to be preserved. James Billington, the librarian of Congress, talks about the latest additions to the national registry of recordings. Continue watching
Mar 05 Watch Essayist Examines Art of a Former Migrant Worker NewsHour Essayist Richard Rodriguez looks at drawings of an artist who was a Mexican-American migrant worker. Continue watching
Mar 01 Kevin Young Reads 'The Alias,' 'Redemption Song' and Others Kevin Young has written five volumes of poetry: "Most Way Home" (1995, a National Poetry Series selection); "To Repel Ghosts" (2001); "Jelly Roll: A Blues" (2003); "Black Maria" (2005); and "For the Confederate Dead" (2007). He is Atticus Haygood Professor… Continue reading