Jun 14 Watch 3:21 A Brief But Spectacular take on textile waste and fashion sustainability Camille Tagle is co-founder and creative director of FABSCRAP, which is a textile recycling nonprofit. Textiles generate 21 billion pounds of waste that goes into landfills every year, and FABSCRAP works to divert that waste, either by downcycling or giving… Continue watching
Jun 14 Fox News says it 'addressed' onscreen caption calling Biden a 'wannabe dictator' By David Bauder, Associated Press Fox said in a statement Wednesday that “the chyron was taken down immediately and was addressed.” The website Mediaite reported that the message was onscreen for 27 seconds. It was also not removed when the telecast was rerun late at… Continue reading
Jun 14 Golden Knights capture first Stanley Cup title in 9-3 Game 5 win over Panthers By Mark Anderson, Associated Press Vegas blew open a one-goal game in the second period to lead 6-1. Continue reading
Jun 13 Watch 7:18 Poorna Jagannathan on her role in "Never Have I Ever" and diversity in Hollywood By Amna Nawaz, Cybele Mayes-Osterman, Satvi Sunkara The fourth and final season of Netflix's wildly popular series "Never Have I Ever" is leading streaming charts across the world. Amna Nawaz spoke with one of the series' lead actors, Poorna Jagannathan, about the show's success and how it's… Continue watching
Jun 13 Watch 5:34 The legacy of Pulitzer-winning novelist Cormac McCarthy By Geoff Bennett Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Cormac McCarthy died Tuesday at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Throughout his long career, he wrote novels that could be bleak and violent but that were also hailed for his beautiful prose. Some of his… Continue watching
Jun 13 Acclaimed novelist Cormac McCarthy dies at 89 By Associated Press McCarthy, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who in prose both dense and brittle took readers from the southern Appalachians to the desert Southwest in such novels as “The Road,” “Blood Meridian” and “All the Pretty Horses,” died Tuesday. Continue reading
Jun 13 Missouri's LGBTQ+ community is often left out of history. A new effort fights to preserve it By Gabrielle Hays Oral history is at the forefront of a new virtual exhibit in St. Louis with one goal in mind: Ensuring LGBTQ+ history in the area isn’t forgotten. Continue reading
Jun 13 In past Pride events, transgender people have often been sidelined. Not this year By Susan Haigh, Associated Press Transgender and nonbinary people are front and center this year at Pride festivals where they've often been sidelined. Many celebrations this June are taking a public stand against legislation targeting transgender people. Continue reading
Jun 12 Watch 2:54 A Brief But Spectacular take on writing from the inside out By Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet Michael R. Jackson is a Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning playwright and composer. His musical, “A Strange Loop,” started as a personal monologue he wrote shortly after graduating from NYU and it debuted on Broadway 18 years later. He shares his… Continue watching
Jun 12 After 9 years, Washington Post publisher Fred Ryan steps down By David Bauder, Associated Press Newspaper owner Jeff Bezos announced Ryan's departure in a memo to staff on Monday. Continue reading