Nov 27 Watch Painful Past Jeffrey Kaye of KCET Los Angeles explores the mass expulsion of people of Mexican descent from the United States during the Depression and new efforts to address it. Continue watching
Nov 27 Watch Think Small Essayist Roger Rosenblatt offers some thoughts on Thanksgiving. Continue watching
Nov 27 Watch The Jazz Singers Spencer Michels reports on a school for aspiring jazz singers and the growing popularity of this musical form. Continue watching
Nov 26 Watch Ties That Bind: The Blue Ties of George W. Bush Former NewsHour correspondent Roger Mudd returns with some observations about what some people are wearing around their necks. Continue watching
Nov 26 Watch ‘We Are Lincoln Men’ Margaret Warner speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Herbert Donald about his book, "We Are Lincoln Men: Abraham Lincoln and His Friends."… Continue watching
Nov 25 Watch ‘Waiting for Snow in Havana’ Jeffrey Brown speaks with Yale University history professor Carlos Eire, who recently won the National Book Award for nonfiction. Continue watching
Nov 24 Watch The Singing The National Book Awards were announced last week. Jeffrey Brown speaks with one of the winners: C.K. Williams, whose collection "The Singing" won the poetry prize. Continue watching
Nov 18 Massachusetts Court Rules Ban on Gay Marriage Unconstitutional Massachusetts' highest court ruled in a 4-3 decision Tuesday that the state's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional and ordered the state legislature to come up with a solution within 180 days. Continue reading
Nov 13 Watch Court Television Essayist Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune explores America's interest in court television. Continue watching
Nov 07 Watch Moving Images: “Lost in Translation” and “Kill Bill” Essayist Anne Taylor Fleming sees a yin and yang in two recent critically acclaimed films: Sofia Coppola's "Lost in Translation" and Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill."… Continue watching