Apr 15 Aretha Franklin makes history with posthumous Pulitzer win By Mesfin Fekadu, Associated Press Aretha Franklin is still getting R-E-S-P-E-C-T after death: The Queen of Soul received the Pulitzer Prize Special Citation honor Monday, becoming the first individual woman to earn a special citation prize since the honor was first awarded in 1930. Continue reading
Apr 13 Watch 6:10 Broadway play reexamines the U.S. Constitution By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green A new Broadway production, "What the Constitution Means to Me," is taking a fresh look at the founding document: what it says, who it serves and who it doesn’t. The play’s author and lead actor reexamines the rights laid out… Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch 7:18 New biography explores the ‘underestimated’ Barbara Bush It has been nearly a year since the death of Barbara Bush. Now, Susan Page’s new biography of the former first lady, “The Matriarch,” reveals the heartache and happiness that shaped Bush’s life. Judy Woodruff sits down with Page to… Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch 8:44 Inside country legend Loretta Lynn’s ‘first birthday party’ (at age 87) By Jeffrey Brown, Jason Kane Loretta Lynn's six decades of boundary-breaking country music and a 1980 film adaptation of her life, "Coal Miner's Daughter," took her from Kentucky poverty to American legend. But in all those years, she says she never had a birthday party... Continue watching
Apr 12 WATCH: The standout moment at Loretta Lynn’s 87th birthday bash By Joshua Barajas "Let me have that damn mic."… Continue reading
Apr 11 Image of child crying at border wins World Press Photo award By Associated Press Getty Images photographer John Moore's winning image shows 2-year-old Yanela Sanchez and her mother, Sandra Sanchez, after they were taken into custody last June 12, and it fueled debate about tough Trump administration policies that included separating families detained at… Continue reading
Apr 10 Watch 4:33 Meet J.S. Ondara, the Kenyan folk singer hoping to revive the ‘American Dream’ By Frank Carlson J.S. Ondara grew up in Nairobi, Kenya, listening to American rock and roll. When he was 17, he stumbled upon Bob Dylan -- and his life’s ambitions. Nearly a decade later, Ondara lives in the U.S. and just released his… Continue watching
Apr 10 Charles Van Doren, figure in game show scandals, dies at 93 By Dave Collins, Associated Press The handsome scion of a prominent literary family, Van Doren was the central figure in the TV game show scandals of the late 1950s and eventually pleaded guilty to perjury for lying to a grand jury that investigated them. Continue reading
Apr 08 Watch 7:31 Biographer Robert Caro on why it’s taking decades to fully capture LBJ By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport Robert Caro is one of the nation’s preeminent biographers, known for meticulous research and taking his time with a subject. Indeed, he began his massive series "The Years of Lyndon Johnson" in 1977, but its final volume won't be published… Continue watching
Apr 08 Emily Chang’s advice for writers: It’s good not to know all the answers By Elizabeth Flock "Brotopia" author Chang was worried about tackling a subject as big as women in tech. But then she learned the best books come out of not knowing all the answers up front. Continue reading