Jun 11 Volunteers, Smithsonian want to save White House protest art By Ashraf Khalil, Nathan Ellgren, Associated Press With much of the temporary fencing around the White House coming down, there’s an effort to preserve the hundreds of pieces of instant American history. Continue reading
Jun 11 Stolen Banksy work honoring Bataclan victims found in Italy By Andrea Rosa, Associated Press Italian authorities have unveiled a stolen artwork by British artist Banksy that was painted as a tribute to the victims of the 2015 terror attacks at the Bataclan music hall in Paris. Continue reading
Jun 10 Watch 4:59 Landscape designer Piet Oudolf on finding solace in the garden By Jeffrey Brown, Lorna Baldwin As the weather warms, gardening is providing a dose of sanity and fresh air for people who have been cooped up amid the coronavirus pandemic. Piet Oudolf, one of the world’s foremost landscape designers, is deeply familiar with the restorative… Continue watching
Jun 10 HBO Max removes ‘Gone With the Wind,’ will add context By Jake Coyle, Associated Press HBO Max has temporarily removed "Gone With the Wind" from its streaming library in order to add historical context to the 1939 film long criticized for romanticizing slavery and the Civil War-era South. Continue reading
Jun 10 ‘Cops,’ on air for 33 seasons, dropped by Paramount Network The series was pulled from the channel's lineup as protests over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police gained momentum. Continue reading
Jun 09 Watch 6:26 What the pandemic means for a film industry in a ‘state of paralysis’ By Jeffrey Brown, Courtney Norris The pandemic continues to inflict chaos on the $42 billion global movie business. With many theaters closed, film festivals canceled and production on hold, big chains including AMC Theatres say they fear for their very survival. The upheaval wrought by… Continue watching
Jun 08 Discussion questions for ‘American Spy’ By Courtney Vinopal Our June 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Lauren Wilkinson's "American Spy."… Continue reading
Jun 07 Watch 4:18 Watching the end of The Beatles through the lens of a camera By Christopher Booker Last month marked the 50th anniversary of the release of The Beatles "Let It Be" album, the last release by the famed British foursome. Ethan Russell was the photographer who took the album cover's images of the band members. Christopher… Continue watching
Jun 05 What to read, listen to and watch to learn about institutional racism By Bella Isaacs-Thomas The myriad consequences of institutional racism is a matter of national conversation and reflection. This list is just a starting point. Continue reading
Jun 04 Watch 2:46 How the coronavirus crisis offers a glimpse of what poor, black communities ‘feel every day’ Long lines to enter stores. Anxiety about finding food on the shelves. Boarded up businesses and barren streets. Journalist and author Dawn Turner says this pandemic has afforded everyone the chance to understand what people who live in poor communities… Continue watching