Aug 07 City council lacks authority to remove Donald Trump star from Walk of Fame By Associated Press The resolution urges the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and Los Angeles to remove the star because of what it says is Trump's "disturbing treatment of women and other actions."… Continue reading
Aug 06 Watch 3:16 Are you a man who is interested in book clubs? Here are rules for starting your own Maybe you’re a guy. Maybe you like books. Maybe you like talking with people about books. So what's stopping you from having your own book club, a.k.a. “Literary Domination Society”? Author Nick Arvin shares his humble opinion on why men… Continue watching
Aug 06 ‘False news’ charges put this Egyptian poet in prison By Jennifer Hijazi "The light doesn’t care how tall the fence is; it’s not hemmed in by steel bars or officers’ uniforms. It cannot be forgotten," Galal El-Behairy writes in a poem from Cairo's Tora Prison. Continue reading
Aug 03 Watch 4:37 ‘Eighth Grade’ captures our need to connect By Jeffrey Brown Following a week in the life of a middle schooler, the new film "Eighth Grade" sets the familiar fumblings of adolescence against the constant glare of a glowing screen or Snapchat filter. Jeffrey Brown takes a look at why it’s… Continue watching
Aug 03 You can finally read this Ernest Hemingway story about Paris after WWII By Alison Thoet In 1956, Ernest Hemingway wrote to his publisher about five short stories he had written: “You can always publish them after I’m dead.” More than six decades later, fans will finally get the chance to read one. Continue reading
Aug 02 Watch 3:06 How art connects us to our ancestors and ourselves Growing up in a family with Chinese, Dutch-Indonesian and Native American ancestry, Kayla Briët says the first medium that really allowed her to express her identity was music. Briët offers her Brief but Spectacular take on storytelling through art, language… Continue watching
Aug 01 Watch 8:06 Unearthing Sally Hemings’ legacy at Monticello By Jeffrey Brown Visitors have long come to Monticello to see and admire Thomas Jefferson's mansion, but a new silhouette and exhibition bring a largely hidden life into the open. No portrait exists of Sally Hemings, an enslaved woman who had a decades-long… Continue watching
Aug 01 ‘American history is a crazy-quilt experience’: Monticello descendants talk ancestry and race By Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet In a long-anticipated move, signage, tours and public statements at Thomas Jefferson's historical Monticello estate now indicate without a doubt that Jefferson fathered the six children of enslaved woman Sally Hemings, and offer new insight into their lives. Jeffrey Brown… Continue reading
Aug 01 Discussion questions for “What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky” By Elizabeth Flock Our August pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This,” is Lesley Nneka Arimah’s debut short story collection “What it Means When a Man Falls From the Sky.”… Continue reading
Jul 31 Watch 6:51 The problem with fear in politics Philosopher Martha Nussbaum wrote her latest book, “The Monarchy of Fear,” to better understand the 2016 election. She tells Jeffrey Brown that when fear gets into the mix, we fail to work out actual problems. Continue watching