Jul 30 ‘Into the Wild’ bus likely lands a home at Fairbanks museum By Mark Thiessen, Associated Press An infamous bus appears headed to a new home at a museum in Fairbanks after being removed from Alaska’s backcountry to deter people from making dangerous, sometimes deadly treks to visit the site where a young man documented his demise… Continue reading
Jul 30 DeGeneres apologizes to show’s staff amid workplace inquiry By Lynn Elber, Associated Press Ellen DeGeneres apologized to the staff of her daytime TV talk show amid an internal company investigation of complaints of a difficult and unfair workplace. Continue reading
Jul 30 Women embrace #challengeaccepted, but some ask: To what end? By Kathleen Foody, Associated Press Female Instagram users across the United States are flooding the photo-sharing app with black-and-white images this week. The official goal is a show of support for other women. Continue reading
Jul 30 Writer Milan Kundera donating archive to Czech library By Associated Press Milan Kundera, the 91-year-old author of “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” and other acclaimed novels, has decided to donate his private library and archive to a public library in the Czech city where he was born and spent his childhood. Continue reading
Jul 29 ‘Little House on the Prairie’ author’s life, times examined in PBS film By Lynn Elber, Associated Press A documentary about the life of "Little House on the Prairie" author Laura Ingalls Wilder puts her novels in historical context. That includes scattered racist references to Native Americans in Wilder's novels. Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch 5:59 Author Claudia Rankine answers your questions about ‘Citizen’ By Jeffrey Brown, Courtney Vinopal Claudia Rankine, author of our July pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown to answer reader questions about “Citizen: An American Lyric.”… Continue watching
Jul 29 Yo-Yo Ma’s heartfelt call to action to artists during the pandemic By Isabelle Di Rita Now is the best time to make a personal connection with an audience of one, the cellist said, “because as a musician, your job — our job — is to actually move one person at a time.”… Continue reading
Jul 29 How this poet shows the way ‘racism hits the body’ By Courtney Vinopal In her book “Citizen,” the poet Claudia Rankine aims to show readers how Black people experience racism in their everyday lives. And to help tell that story, she reached out to visual artists. Continue reading
Jul 28 Watch 6:40 The ‘existential wound’ that fueled poet Natasha Trethewey’s acclaimed career By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport Natasha Trethewey is a two-time U.S. poet laureate and a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for her collection “Native Guard.” Now, she has written a memoir about her childhood, the murder of her mother and her own career calling. Titled… Continue watching
Jul 28 ‘Watchmen’ leads all Emmy nominees with 26 By Lynn Elber, Associated Press The prime-time Emmys are the first major entertainment awards to cope with limitations forced by the pandemic. Continue reading