Dec 08 Watch 2:23 Large mural pays tribute to the late John Lewis A tribute to John Lewis recently went up in downtown Rochester, New York. The 3,000-square-foot mural of the late civil rights leader and congressman is called “I Am Speaking.” James Brown and Max Schulte, of PBS station WXXI, reports. Continue watching
Dec 08 Breakdancing to debut at Paris Olympics in 2024 By Graham Dunbar, Associated Press The IOC executive board also confirmed skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing for Paris. Those three sports will make their Olympic debuts at the Tokyo Games which were postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading
Dec 07 Virginia Military Institute removes Confederate statue By Sarah Rankin, Associated Press Around 9:45 a.m. Monday, a crane plucked the statue off its base and slowly hoisted it to the ground at the public military college in Lexington, where allegations of systemic racism roiled the campus this fall. Continue reading
Dec 07 Supreme Court to decide whether Nazi art case stays in U.S. court By Associated Press Heirs to Jewish art dealers say their ancestors were forced to sell the Guelph Treasure to agents of Herman Goering, Hitler's second-in-command, in 1935. Continue reading
Dec 07 Bob Dylan’s catalog, a 60-year rock ‘n’ roll journey, is sold By Associated Press Bob Dylan’s entire catalog of songs, one of the great treasures in music history, has been acquired by Universal Music Publishing Group for an undisclosed sum. Continue reading
Dec 06 Watch 5:28 ‘Path is the key:’ The Doors’ drummer on what lights his fire By Christopher Booker 50 years ago this month, The Doors played its final show in New Orleans. For the band's drummer, John Densmore, the ensuing years have been a continued artistic exploration - one that has included music, but also an examination into… Continue watching
Dec 06 Netflix rejects calls to add disclaimer to The Crown By Associated Press But the current fourth season is set in the 1980s, a divisive decade in Britain. Characters include Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, whose 11-year tenure transformed and divided Britain, and the late Princess Diana, whose death in a car crash… Continue reading
Dec 04 How Leah Chase became a ‘driving force’ of inspiration for chef Marcus Samuelsson By Joshua Barajas In Marcus Samuelsson’s new cookbook, the chef pays tribute to Black women who have been the “backbone of American food.” Among the restaurateurs he names is Leah Chase, the Queen of Creole Cuisine. Continue reading
Dec 04 Discussion questions for ‘Severance’ By Courtney Vinopal Our December pick for Now Read This, the PBS NewsHour’s book club with The New York Times, is Ling Ma’s "Severance."… Continue reading
Dec 03 New lift, pathways to open the Acropolis to disabled visitors By Associated Press A new lift for people using wheelchairs has been built on the north face of the hill, while a badly eroded network of existing concrete walkways has been replaced with smooth artificial stone paths leading among the ruined temples on… Continue reading