Sep 18 Watch 8:17 Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynt Marshall on resilience and authenticity For Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynt Marshall, the path to success has been anything but easy. For our Weekend Spotlight, Geoff Bennett spoke with Marshall about her new memoir, "You've Been Chosen: Thriving Through the Unexpected," and her personal and professional… Continue watching
Sep 16 Meet 5 Black women artists who are paving the way on Beyond The CANVAS By Amna Nawaz Watch Episode 4 of Season 3 of Beyond the Canvas in the player above. In the fourth episode of season three of Beyond the Canvas, we feature five Black women artists who are paving the way. While Black women have… Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch 7:04 New Ken Burns documentary ‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’ examines America’s response By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet A new documentary from Ken Burns and his colleagues premiers this Sunday on PBS. It is a different window into the Holocaust with a focus on the U.S. and raises troubling questions about this country’s history and actions. Burns is… Continue watching
Sep 14 R. Kelly convicted on multiple child pornography charges, acquitted of trial fixing By Michael Tarm, Joey Cappelletti, Associated Press A federal jury on Wednesday convicted R. Kelly of several child pornography charges in his hometown of Chicago, delivering another legal blow to a singer who used to be one of the biggest R&B stars in the world. Continue reading
Sep 13 Watch 6:23 News Wrap: Twitter security discussed at Senate hearing, new king visits Northern Ireland In our news wrap Tuesday, King Charles III traveled to Northern Ireland where he spoke of the late Queen Elizabeth's hopes for healing the region's Protestant and Catholic divisions, alleged security flaws at Twitter were discussed at a U.S. Senate… Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch 1:49 French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard dies at 91 By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport Legendary French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard died Tuesday at his home in Switzerland. Beginning in the late 1950s and into the 60s, he and other young filmmakers became known as the "French New Wave." Jeffrey Brown looks back at the career… Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch 7:08 Author Nina Totenberg on her decades-long friendship with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg By PBS NewsHour Nina Totenberg has been covering the Supreme Court for NPR since the 1970s. It was early in her reporting career that she formed what would become a decades-long friendship with the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Totenberg joined… Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch 7:40 Sheryl Lee Ralph delivers rousing speech after winning Emmy for role in Abbott Elementary By Geoff Bennett, Anne Azzi Davenport At the Emmy Awards Monday night, Sheryl Lee Ralph won Best Supporting Actress for her role in the groundbreaking ABC series "Abbott Elementary," which uses humor to take on the issues confronting public education and equity. Geoff Bennett spoke with… Continue watching
Sep 13 Jean-Luc Godard, iconic French director, dead at 91 By Jamey Keaten, Thomas Adamson, Associated Press Swiss news agency ATS quoted Godard’s partner, Anne-Marie Mieville, and her producers as saying he died peacefully and surrounded by his loved ones at his home in the Swiss town of Rolle, on Lake Geneva, on Tuesday. Continue reading
Sep 12 Watch 5:03 Benjamin Franklin’s literary legacy lives on in country’s longest-running lending library By Pamela Watts As millions of students return to school across the country, we take a look at how a gift from a founding father helped spark a movement to make public education a reality. Pamela Watts of Rhode Island PBS Weekly reports… Continue watching