Jan 31 Jesmyn Ward takes your questions about her novel 'Sing, Unburied, Sing' By Elizabeth Flock Jesmyn Ward's novel "Sing, Unburied, Sing" was our inaugural pick for the new PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, "Now Read This." As we concluded our reading of the novel, Ward took questions from readers on the PBS… Continue reading
Jan 31 New York Times Book Review: Solving a Reign of Terror Against Native Americans By Dave Eggers David Grann's true crime tale, "Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI,” is our second pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This.” Here, author Dave Eggers reviews the… Continue reading
Jan 31 Watch 6:39 Jesmyn Ward answers your questions about 'Sing, Unburied, Sing' By Jeffrey Brown Award-winning writer Jesmyn Ward joins Jeffrey Brown to answer readers’ questions about her novel “Sing, Unburied, Sing,” the first selection in the Now Read This book club, plus we announce what we’ll be reading for next month. Continue watching
Jan 29 Inside Mississippi's notorious Parchman prison By Hannah Grabenstein Mississippi State Prison in Parchman, Mississippi, has a long history as a penitentiary. And it features as a haunted setting in Jesmyn Ward’s National Award-winning 2017 novel “Sing, Unburied, Sing.”… Continue reading
Jan 29 Watch 3:09 The funky business of kids' competitive break dancing By Tina Martin In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, young break dancers compete in hopes of being crowned champion -- one head spin at a time. Continue watching
Jan 29 Twitter Chat: Grammy Awards embrace diversity, but is there still work to be done? By Lora Strum This year, is it enough for hip hop artists to simply have been nominated at the Grammy awards? Have the ideas they’ve raised in their music about equality, politics and oppression made an impact without an artist taking home a… Continue reading
Jan 28 One year after the first travel ban, artists from affected countries share their stories By Pavni Mittal "Before We Were Banned," an art show, celebrates the work and experience of artists who trace their lineage to the seven Muslim-majority countries affected by the first travel ban. Continue reading
Jan 26 Watch 8:26 How the U.S. became the hip-hop nation By Charlayne Hunter-Gault The Grammys are catching up with public opinion by recognizing hip-hop artists in its top categories this year. At Harvard University's Hiphop Archive & Research Institute, the genre and its history is the subject of academic study as a brilliant… Continue watching
Jan 26 'Grease' is 40 this year. Here are 6 more pop musicals to watch By Alison Thoet It’s been 40 years since Sandy told Danny that he “better shape up” in the 1978 movie “Grease,” based on the Tony award-winning Broadway show. Theater critic Ben Brantley recommends six musicals that followed in its wake. Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch 7:14 Author: Former Bush presidents concerned GOP has strayed from its principles By PBS News Hour They are a living political dynasty, and they rarely weigh in on the politics of the day, but in the new book “The Last Republicans,” former Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush reflect on the man currently… Continue watching