Sep 26 MacArthur Foundation announces $625K genius grant recipients By Herbert G. McCann, Associated Press Female academics whose expertise and influence in areas as diverse as the impact of slavery on modern America, legislating against cyber harassment, and global warming and its effect on rising sea levels were named as three of this year's 26… Continue reading
Sep 24 Watch 7:23 Memory is a superpower in Ta-Nehisi Coates' novel about the Underground Railroad By PBS NewsHour To make the case for reparations for the toll of slavery, acclaimed writer Ta-Nehisi Coates has offered forceful advocacy and powerful data-driven argument. With his first novel, "The Water Dancer," he uses fiction to illuminate the Underground Railroad. Coates joins… Continue watching
Sep 24 How Chanel Miller, victim of Brock Turner sexual assault, is no longer just 'Emily Doe' By Courtney Norris Miller's memoir details her fight for justice against Stanford swimmer Brock Turner, the man who sexually assaulted her in 2015, and her subsequent personal journey to healing. Continue reading
Sep 24 Tom Hanks to receive Cecil B. DeMille Award at Golden Globes By Jonathan Landrum Jr., Associated Press The actor has won praise for a string of compelling characters in movies including "Saving Private Ryan," the "Toy Story" films, and the Golden Globe-winning "Cast Away," for which he lost 55 pounds to play a man stranded on a… Continue reading
Sep 23 Watch 8:13 Brad Pitt on turning undertold stories into movies: 'Every film needs some champion' By Jeffrey Brown As one of the world's biggest and best-known movie stars, Brad Pitt is spending as much time helping get films made as he is acting. His latest project, "Ad Astra," is about a journey to the far reaches of the… Continue watching
Sep 23 Inspiring speeches on diversity and equal pay rule Emmy night By Jocelyn Noveck, Associated Press Billy Porter became the first openly gay actor to win best actor in a drama. Other actors issued calls to action over equal pay and transgender rights. Continue reading
Sep 21 Watch 4:53 Finding your game at the Pinball Hall of Fame By Christopher Booker, Mori Rothman Once widely popular, pinball machines have mostly become relics of the past. But the Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas is proving they still hold nostalgic appeal, with more than 250 of them now on public display, and plans… Continue watching
Sep 20 Watch 8:01 How 'Downton Abbey' film brings beloved characters back together One of the most popular television series of the past decade is returning -- but this time, to the big screen. After four years off the air, the British period drama “Downton Abbey” is making its film debut. Judy Woodruff… Continue watching
Sep 19 Watch 7:23 U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo on opening a 'doorway of hope' for indigenous artists By Jeffrey Brown, Kira Wakeam Joy Harjo, the new poet laureate of the United States, is the first Native American to achieve that honor. Jeffrey Brown recently sat down with Harjo, a member of Oklahoma's Muscogee Creek Nation, in Tulsa to discuss how arts shaped… Continue watching
Sep 19 Watch 3:11 Toyin Ojih Odutola on connecting with others through portraiture Toyin Ojih Odutola was born in Nigeria but moved to the U.S. as a child. When her classmates hesitated to interact with her “otherness,” Toyin turned to drawing as an alternate world in which to immerse herself. She found that… Continue watching