Jun 01 Judge Rules ‘Partial-Birth’ Abortion Ban Unconstitutional By Admin A federal judge in San Francisco on Tuesday declared unconstitutional a controversial law that bans a specific form of late-term abortion in the first legal test of the new law. Continue reading
May 31 Watch Moment of Silence Essayist Anne Taylor Fleming reflects on celebrating Memorial Day in a time of war. Continue watching
May 24 Watch Child’s Play Jeffrey Brown looks behind the curtains of the Children's Theatre Company of Minneapolis, the first theater company for young people to receive a Regional Theater Tony Award. Continue watching
May 21 Massachusetts Moves to Stop Out-of-State Gay Marriages By PBS News Hour The Massachusetts attorney general warned clerks on Friday in four communities to stop granting marriage licenses to out-of-state gay couples. Continue reading
May 21 Watch Essay: After All These Years Essayist Anne Taylor Fleming reflects on how she and other women of the baby-boomer generation are learning from their parents about how to approach a less lonesome model for facing age in their senior years. Continue watching
May 17 State-Sanctioned Gay Marriages Begin in Massachusetts By PBS News Hour Massachusetts became the first state in the nation to grant gay couples marriage licenses Monday, with hundreds of couples lining up overnight to fill out marriage applications. Continue reading
May 14 Watch Essay: Spalding Gray Alone on Stage Essayist Roger Rosenblatt remembers monologist Spalding Gray, who pioneered the one-man act, but who -- even while exposing himself to others -- remained alone on stage. Continue watching
May 13 Judge Blocks Last-Minute Bid to Stop Mass. Gay Marriages By PBS News Hour A federal judge Thursday rejected an 11th hour attempt by conservative groups to prevent Massachusetts from granting the first state-sanctioned gay marriage licenses beginning next week. Continue reading
May 13 Watch Mayan High Life Jeffrey Brown takes a look at "Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya," an exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., that reveals a world both refined and raucous. Continue watching
May 11 Watch Essay: With All Deliberate Speed Essayist Clarence Page reflects on the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision on desegregation, but he insists modern-day African-Americans have only as much integration as they can afford. Continue watching