Aug 18 Watch 9:25 Documentary reveals struggles and triumphs of world champion surfer Andy Irons By Megan Thompson, Melanie Saltzman Andy Irons, a three-time world champion surfer, died in 2010 at the age of 32 after battling bipolar disorder and opioid addiction. A new documentary, "Andy Irons: Kissed By God," explores Irons' experiences and how they resonate in a larger… Continue watching
Aug 17 An annotated page from 'What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky' By Elizabeth Flock Lesley Nneka Arimah annotates a page of "Glory," explaining where she got the opening scene, how she sees Glory, and the challenge of writing unlikeable characters. Continue reading
Aug 16 Watch 13:31 Remembering Aretha Franklin, the soulful voice of our time By Judy Woodruff, Anne Azzi Davenport A legend is gone. Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul,” died Thursday at age 76 in Detroit from pancreatic cancer. One of the best-selling musical artists of all times, she defined a generation of music with countless hits like “Think”… Continue watching
Aug 16 How Aretha Franklin shaped generations of music By Gretchen Frazee, Alison Thoet, Jennifer Hijazi, Rhana Natour, Joshua Barajas “If there’s a heaven, this is what it sounds like.”… Continue reading
Aug 16 Aretha Franklin, queen of soul, dies at 76 By Mesfin Fekadu, Hillel Italie, Associated Press Legendary singer Aretha Franklin died Thursday. Continue reading
Aug 14 'The human capacity to carry many things at once' By Jennifer Hijazi For poet Ada Limón, carrying both the joys and sorrows of a child-free life is a testament to the human ability to exist with many things piled on our shoulders at once. Continue reading
Aug 13 Aretha Franklin is seriously ill, AP source says By Associated Press The Queen of Soul canceled planned concerts earlier this year after she was ordered by her doctor to stay off the road and rest up. Continue reading
Aug 12 V.S. Naipaul, Nobel Prize-winning author, dies at 85 By Sylvia Hui, Associated Press V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose precise and lyrical writing made him one of the world's most admired writers, died at his London home, his family said. He was 85. Continue reading
Aug 10 Watch 6:51 In a world full of surveillance, artist Trevor Paglen stares back By Jeffrey Brown When artist Trevor Paglen looks up at the night sky, there's beauty and wonder, but also a planet completely transformed by humans into a "landscape of surveillance." His new exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, “Sites Unseen,” offers a… Continue watching
Aug 08 Watch 6:16 A journalist's journey, guided by curiosity for her father's illness Jean Guerrero’s "Crux" is the odyssey of a daughter in search of herself as she comes to terms with her own mentally ill father. Amna Nawaz talks with the author, who is also a journalist for KPBS, about how she… Continue watching