Jan 08 Watch 4:34 Grammy-nominated Margo Price explores the dark side of country music Margo Price is a rising star in the world of country music, nominated for a Grammy Award for her songs about rural America, her own personal struggles with alcohol, loss and trying to make it in Nashville. The NewsHour caught… Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch 9:11 What does R. Kelly’s alleged culture of abuse suggest about how society views black women? A new Lifetime documentary describes in graphic detail abuse allegations against singer R. Kelly from dozens of women, many of whom were minors when they met the R&B star. Chicago-based music journalist Jim DeRogatis, who has covered this story for… Continue watching
Jan 07 Kevin Spacey’s lawyers enter not guilty plea in sex assault By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press The disgraced actor was arraigned on a charge of felony indecent assault and battery during a hearing at Nantucket District Court. The judge set another hearing for March 4. Spacey does not have to appear, the judge ruled, but said… Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch 5:44 Artist M.C. Escher spent a lifetime distorting perspective By Hari Sreenivasan, Laura Fong The late Dutch artist M.C. Escher is perhaps best known for his tessellations that fool the eye, like “Sky and Water I,” where birds in the air trade off negative space with fish underwater. But there are 200 lithographs, woodcuts… Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch 7:52 Through music, Vijay Gupta brings healing community to LA’s Skid Row By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport Vijay Gupta is a Juilliard-trained violinist who's been using music as a way to connect with L.A.’s homeless and incarcerated and promote healing. A movement that began with one Skid Row occupant has now evolved into a group of 80… Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch 3:37 Dr. Jedidah Isler on bringing more women of color into STEM By Steve Goldbloom Dr. Jedidah Isler has an unusual job: she studies supermassive black holes in space (they're called blazars). She’s also one of the few black women in astrophysics and is trying to change that. Dr. Isler, Assistant Professor of Physics and… Continue watching
Jan 03 Watch 6:49 How Muslim women’s fashion is shaping conversation around creativity and power By Jeffrey Brown What’s long been referred to as the “modest” fashion of Muslim women has grown into a major industry generating hundreds of billions of dollars annually. The first U.S. museum exhibit highlighting Islamic culture within the context of fashion opened in… Continue watching
Jan 03 Watch 3:31 Writer Ashley Ford on the childhood letters that afforded her self esteem Writing shaped Ashley Ford's life since childhood, when she confided secrets to her journal and clung to the emotional letters her father sent from prison, where he was serving a 30-year sentence for rape. Now a professional writer, Ford offers… Continue watching
Jan 03 Read an excerpt from ‘Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism’ By Gretchen Frazee "When women enjoy their own sources of income, and the state guarantees social security in old age, illness, and disability, women have no economic reason to stay in abusive, unfulfilling, or otherwise unhealthy relationships," writes Kristen Ghodsee. Continue reading
Jan 02 Discussion questions for ‘Heart’ By Elizabeth Flock Sandeep Jauhar opens “Heart” with his perspective as a patient, not as a doctor. Continue reading