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
Sep 11 Watch 3:54 Online community enables unconventional path to publishing for ‘Old Country’ By Geoff Bennett, Andrew Corkery, Juliet Fuisz "Old Country" is a debut horror-thriller novel gaining attention not just for its page-turning suspense, but also for the way its early draft found publishing success — on Reddit. Geoff Bennett spoke with authors Matt and Harrison Query to learn… Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch 5:46 Genre-defying Santigold shares what inspired her new album ‘Spirituals’ By Christopher Booker The pandemic forced a lot of musicians to hit pause on their careers, but some artists took that time away from touring to create at home. Special correspondent Christopher Booker sat down with singer-songwriter Santigold about defying genres and addressing… Continue watching
Sep 09 Watch 2:27 A Brief But Spectacular take on Indigenous cultures and struggles By Melissa Williams, Moe Sattar Albert Bender is a writer, activist and attorney of Cherokee descent. Currently based in Tennessee, he has long been an advocate for Native American cultural preservation and justice. He shares his Brief But Spectacular take on Indigenous cultures and struggles. Continue watching
Sep 09 Cartoonist Art Spiegelman set to receive honorary National Book Award By Hillel Italie, Associated Press Spiegelman is the first cartoonist to win the DCAL medal from the National Book Foundation, which previously has awarded Toni Morrison, Philip Roth and Robert Caro among others. Continue reading
Sep 07 Watch 5:04 News Wrap: Putin vows to continue Ukraine invasion, Obamas unveil White House portraits In our news wrap Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin is defying pressure to halt the war in Ukraine and insisting Moscow will forge ahead, former President Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama unveiled their official portraits at the White… Continue watching