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
Jan 01 Watch 5:13 Why 'The Reckoning' is a first for best-selling author John Grisham By Jeffrey Brown Best-selling author John Grisham became a lawyer, got bored and turned his courtroom experience into legal thrillers instead. His latest, "The Reckoning," tells of the murder of a Mississippi preacher by a returning World War II hero, who confesses to… Continue watching
Jan 01 It's not too late to put these 2018 books on your reading list By Alex D'Elia Last year, authors brought us stories of immigration, ideas about and identity politics, and creative takes on mythology and literary ambition. Continue reading
Jan 01 U.S. and Israel officially withdraw from UNESCO By Thomas Adamson, Associated Press The withdrawals will not greatly impact UNESCO financially, since it has been dealing with a funding slash ever since 2011 when both Israel and the U.S. stopped paying dues after Palestine was voted in as a member state. Continue reading
Dec 31 Watch 8:42 The best books of 2018, according to experts In 2018, notable new books often reflected and supplemented conversations around current trends, topics and events. Author Ann Patchett and Washington Post book critic Carlos Lozada join Jeffrey Brown to share their favorite books of the year. Continue watching