Sep 30 Watch 4:49 Author Steven Greenhouse answers your questions about 'Beaten Down, Worked Up' By Jeffrey Brown, Courtney Vinopal Steven Greenhouse, author of our September pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown to answer reader questions about “Beaten Down, Worked Up.”… Continue watching
Sep 30 'Helping Children Succeed' is our October book club pick By Courtney Vinopal Our October 2020 pick for Now Read This, the PBS NewsHour's book club with The New York Times, is Paul Tough’s "Helping Children Succeed."… Continue reading
Sep 30 Country star and hit Elvis songwriter Mac Davis dies at 78 By Kristin M. Hall, Associated Press Country star Mac Davis, who launched his career crafting the Elvis hits “A Little Less Conversation” and “In the Ghetto,” and whose own hits include “Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me,” has died at 78 years old. Continue reading
Sep 30 'I Am Woman' singer Helen Reddy, '70s hitmaker, dies at 78 By Associated Press Helen Reddy, who shot to stardom in the 1970s with her rousing feminist anthem “I Am Woman” and recorded a string of other hits, has died. She was 78. Continue reading
Sep 30 Serena Williams pulls out of French Open with hurt Achilles By Jerome Pugmire, Howard Fendrich, Associated Press Serena Williams has pulled out of the French Open because of an Achilles injury. The 23-time Grand Slam champion says she had a short warmup and decided she couldn’t continue. Continue reading
Sep 29 Disney to lay off 28,000 at its parks in California, Florida By Mike Schneider, Associated Press Disney's parks closed last spring as the pandemic started spreading in the U.S. The Florida parks reopened this summer, but the California parks have yet to reopen as the company awaits guidance from the state of California. Continue reading
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