May 12 Watch 4:12 Spotify purges R. Kelly from playlists with new ‘hateful conduct’ policy By PBS News Hour After public anger over accusations that R. Kelly is a sexual abuser, Spotify announced this week it would remove the musician from its playlists under its new, “hateful conduct” policy. In a new era of social accountability, the decision led… Continue watching
May 11 Watch 3:14 Why photos taken with simple antique cameras can still surprise us Photography has made mind-boggling advances over the last century. But an artist in Wisconsin sees magic in photographic techniques from the mid-1800s. Milwaukee PBS reports. Continue watching
May 11 These 16 songs broke ground for ‘This is America’ By Joshua Barajas This week, the NewsHour asked several music experts for songs that can be seen as musical predecessors to Childish Gambino's "This Is America."… Continue reading
May 11 Tara Westover annotates the first page of her memoir, ‘Educated’ By Elizabeth Flock Tara Westover’s memoir “Educated,” which describes growing up in a survivalist family in rural Idaho, is our May pick for the new PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This.”… Continue reading
May 10 Watch 8:17 Why the fate of Bears Ears’ cultural treasures is uncertain By Jeffrey Brown In the rugged and remote canyons of Southern Utah, scientists say they've barely scratched the surface of discoveries that can reach back millions of years, or shed light on the last 10,000 years of human history. But their work in… Continue watching
May 09 Watch 8:24 The stark, chaotic power of Donald Glover’s ‘This Is America’ Infectious in beat, jarring in violence and imagery, Donald Glover's new music video "This Is America" touches on painful racial history and our contemporary culture of mass entertainment and murder. Jeffrey Brown talks with Rolling Stone contributor Tre Johnson about… Continue watching
May 07 How Zora Neale Hurston captured the poetry of African-American folklife By Jennifer Hijazi A long-lost manuscript by the famed author is finally being published. Continue reading
May 07 Cannes Film Festival says it will boost female representation By Jake Coyle, Associated Press Thierry Fremaux, in lengthy, impassioned comments, promised that the festival — long known as a playground for disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein — would adapt to the world's shifting cultural landscape. "We want to keep pace with a world that's changing,"… Continue reading
May 07 ‘Inspiration is a myth’ and more writer’s advice from author Tara Westover By Elizabeth Flock Tara Westover’s memoir “Educated,” which describes growing up in a survivalist family in rural Idaho, is our May pick for the new PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This.”… Continue reading
May 05 Watch 1:51 In a world transformed by technology, these workers hold on to near-obsolete jobs By Laura Fong From a book binder in Bulgaria to a key maker in Beijing to gas lamp lighters in London, people whose jobs have become increasingly rare in the digital age are the focus of “The Disappearing Jobs of Yesterday,” a series… Continue watching