Mar 19 'Shame takes our bodies away from us': Read an annotated page from 'The Power' By Elizabeth Flock Though Naomi Alderman's "The Power" was written years before the #MeToo movement exploded, it explores similar themes of power dynamics in sexuality and the shame that sexual violence can leave behind. Continue reading
Mar 18 Watch 8:29 Shunned by country radio, female artists in Nashville are looking to break through By Jeffrey Brown, Frank Carlson The proportion of female voices on country radio has been dropping in recent years, amid “long-held beliefs” that male singers drive larger audiences and greater ad revenue. But not everyone in Nashville buys into that theory. Jeffrey Brown reports on… Continue watching
Mar 18 Watch The juvenile justice system answers kids' trauma with punishment, reporter says By Steve Goldbloom "There are literally...teenagers wasting away behind bars because adults can't figure out how better to serve them," says Ko Bragg, a reporter in Jackson, Mississippi, who focuses on how the media covers juveniles charged as adults. She says that experience… Continue watching
Mar 18 5 songs to convert any friend into a K-pop fan By Joshua Barajas Tamar Herman, a K-pop columnist at Billboard, shares five songs that can get anyone excited about K-pop, including one she calls “one of the best songs of the 21st century.”… Continue reading
Mar 15 Watch 6:39 Dawoud Bey on photography as a 'transformative experience' By Jeffrey Brown, Jaywon Choe For decades, Dawoud Bey has been considered one of the country’s foremost street photographers, known for capturing the everyday lives of black Americans with a deep intimacy. Recently, Bey has shifted his focus to the historical, with an exploration of… Continue watching
Mar 15 Watch 2:55 How a scientific approach to crayons yields this artist's photorealistic portraits By Jackie Shafer, WOSU With his series of crayon works, Ohio artist Christian Faur is not only creating photorealistic portraits out of art supplies traditionally relegated to children, but he’s also making the crayons from scratch. Jackie Shafer of WOSU in Columbus has this… Continue watching
Mar 15 W.S. Merwin, prize-winning poet of nature, dies at 91 By Hillel Italie, Jennifer Kelleher, Associated Press A Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.S. poet laureate, Merwin completed more than 20 books. Continue reading
Mar 14 Watch 5:12 With 'Mutual Air,' this California artist leverages the sounds of science By Jeffrey Brown Despite increasingly dire assessments about the outlook for climate change, it can be difficult to remain mindful of our environment’s health on a daily basis. Jeffrey Brown traveled to the Bay Area to meet Rosten Woo, a Los Angeles-based artist… Continue watching
Mar 13 Why the success of 'Captain Marvel' is a defeat for trolls By Jake Coyle, Associated Press Marvel's "Captain Marvel," the superhero factory's first movie fronted solely by a female hero, last weekend notched the sixth largest global opening ever. That was despite the efforts of a vocal minority to sabotage the movie's release. Continue reading
Mar 12 'Get used to saying no,' and more advice from writer Naomi Alderman By Elizabeth Flock "You can't be the best person in the world at answering your email on time and being available for every request and also write good books," says writer Naomi Alderman. Continue reading