Jan 06 Most Dioceses Complying With Rules to Stop Sex Abuse, Controversial Audit Finds By PBS News Hour A Roman Catholic Church audit released Tuesday found that almost all dioceses in the United States fully comply with a new mandatory policy aimed at preventing sex abuse by priests, although some victim advocates criticized the audit's methodology. Continue reading
Dec 30 Watch Happy New Everything Essayist Roger Rosenblatt looks at the annual ritual of reflection at the beginning of the new year. Continue watching
Dec 29 Watch Diane Arbus: No Blinking Essayist Richard Rodriguez looks at the work of photographer Diane Arbus, who opened her shutter on subjects that rarely blinked at life. Continue watching
Dec 29 Watch The Early Stories Jeffrey Brown speaks with John Updike about his early career as an author. Updike recently published "The Early Stories: 1953-1975," an anthology of the short stories he wrote in his 20s, 30s and 40s. Continue watching
Dec 25 Watch Communal Voices Essayist Roger Rosenblatt considers the appeal of a single voice. Continue watching
Dec 25 Watch Lord of the Rings Arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown takes a look at one of the biggest entertainment events of this holiday season, "The Lord of the Rings."… Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch Don Quixote Last year, a panel of 100 writers from around the world picked "Don Quixote" as the greatest novel of all time. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Edith Grossman, who wrote the most-recent translation of Miguel de Cervantes' 17th-century Spanish classic. Continue watching
Dec 17 Watch Silent Places Essayist Roger Rosenblatt looks at a new book of photographs called "Silent Places," which shows some of the houses and institutions in Poland that were evacuated by the Jews during the Holocaust. Rosenblatt says a human element remains even in… Continue watching
Dec 10 Watch Musical Mission: The Iraqi National Symphony The Iraqi National Symphony made its first visit to Washington this week. Jeffrey Brown reports that the tour, which mixes high culture and international politics, has come with a note of discord. Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch Hip Hop Literature Spencer Michels reports on an increasingly popular genre of streetwise fiction called "hip hop literature."… Continue watching