Sep 29 How COVID-19 is changing the English language By Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation Updates to the Oxford English Dictionary provide a fascinating glimpse into how language changes in the face of rapid and unprecedented social and economic disruption. Continue reading
Sep 29 Suspect says prophet caricatures prompted Paris stabbings By Associated Press France’s counterterrorism prosecutor says the chief suspect in a double stabbing in Paris has claimed he acted out of anger over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad recently republished by satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Continue reading
Sep 28 Alexie, Pilkey books among most ‘challenged’ of past decade By Hillel Italie, Associated Press The American Library Association compiled a list of 100 books that have been most subjected to censorship efforts over the past decade. Continue reading
Sep 26 In mostly white Great Barrington, MA, an effort to celebrate Black life By Zachary Green, Ivette Feliciano Great Barrington, MA, is W.E.B. DuBois’s birthplace. It may be surprising to find these markers of Black culture in a town where almost every face is white, but they are reminders of a part of life here that few outside… Continue reading
Sep 25 Watch 5:54 This Kentucky singer-songwriter seeks to bridge the urban-rural divide By Jeffrey Brown, Gretchen Frazee As the election approaches, the country feels culturally and politically divided. Some of the starkest differences are between rural and urban areas. Now, a singer-songwriter from Western Kentucky is hoping her music can help Americans to find some common ground. Continue watching
Sep 24 After RBG’s death, this poet urges us to follow in her steps By Joshua Barajas In writing her poem, “In the Steps of RBG,” Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer’s message was: “Wow, you did it. And now, it’s our turn.”… Continue reading
Sep 24 Watch 6:44 This book of breast cancer survival stories seeks to foster solidarity Even amid the pandemic, the threat of cancer looms significant. Estimates suggest that more than 42,000 people will die from breast cancer alone this year, and more than 275,000 new cases will be diagnosed. But millions are also surviving the… Continue watching
Sep 24 Sir Harold Evans, crusading publisher and author, dies at 92 By Hillel Italie, Associated Press Sir Harold Evans, the charismatic publisher, author and muckraker who was a bold-faced name for decades for exposing wrongdoing in 1960s London to publishing such 1990s best-sellers as "Primary Colors," has died, his wife said Thursday. He was 92. Continue reading
Sep 23 Watch 7:09 How Ruth Bader Ginsburg became the ‘Notorious RBG’ By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport Ruth Bader Ginsburg made legal history in academia beginning in her 20s, working her way through the legal ranks to become a Supreme Court justice at age 60. But when she was in her 80s, something surprising happened: she became… Continue watching
Sep 23 How one historic labor strike embodies the fight for dignity By Courtney Vinopal Our September 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Steven Greenhouse’s “Beaten Down, Worked Up.”… Continue reading