Dec 27 Watch 4:38 2020 in Review: vaccine hesitancy, elective surgeries and medical caregiving By PBS NewsHour NewsHour Weekend’s Connie Kargbo joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss some of her most impactful work from 2020: necessary ‘elective’ surgeries being suspended during the pandemic due to hospital overflow; vaccine hesitancy; and how aging caregivers, at risk for COVID, ask… Continue watching
Dec 27 2020 in review: Stories you may have missed and why they matter By Molly Enking It’s been decades since one world event has dominated the news cycle so completely. We lost more than 1.75 million people globally and more than 330,000 in the U.S. to COVID-19. Here’s a list of some other events that shook the… Continue reading
Dec 25 Watch 6:41 ‘Ma Rainey’s’ director on celebrating artists now gone Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, called the mother of blues, helped expand the universe of American music. Director George C. Wolfe talks to Jeffrey Brown about the new film about her life, based on the play by August Wilson, and how it… Continue watching
Dec 24 3 films that inspired Ling Ma’s ‘Severance’ By Ling Ma When writing “Severance,” author Ling Ma drew inspiration from various sources, including several films. Continue reading
Dec 23 Watch 5:57 Dancer Misty Copeland’s graceful steps are halted by the pandemic Misty Copeland has been a major star in American cultural life for much of the last decade. As principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre, she became the first Black woman to achieve that position in the company’s 75 year… Continue watching
Dec 23 The 101 songs you turned to in 2020 By Joshua Barajas, Lizz Bolaji We asked our readers which songs helped them survive a strange and devastating year. Some tracks offered an escape. Some infused joy and despair. Continue reading
Dec 18 How ‘The Walking Dead’ and a Terrence Malick film inspired this writer’s first book By Courtney Vinopal “I thought I could somehow bridge the two,” Ling Ma recently told the PBS NewsHour of her novel "Severance." “What if Terrence Malick directed a zombie B movie and this was the voiceover? Would that be in bad taste?”… Continue reading
Dec 17 Jeremy Bulloch, Boba Fett in first ‘Star Wars’ trilogy, dies By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press Boba Fett was a fairly minor character when Bulloch first played him in 1980's "The Empire Strikes Back." But the character would go on to become among the most beloved in the "Star Wars" galaxy. Continue reading
Dec 17 Watch 7:40 Jerry Seinfeld on the science of laughter By Anne Azzi Davenport, Jeffrey Brown The one and only Jerry Seinfeld has had a big year with a Netflix special and a new book. Jeffrey Brown caught up with Seinfeld for our ongoing arts and cultural series, "Canvas."… Continue watching
Dec 17 The songs we turned to in 2020 By Joshua Barajas, Lizz Bolaji Fifteen artists and authors share the songs they played again and again. Continue reading