Dec 15 WATCH: Critics pick their favorite film performances of 2017 By Joshua Barajas Mike Sargent and Ann Hornaday explain their picks for the best acting moments of 2017. Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch 5:27 How would a Disney-Fox merger affect what we watch? By PBS News Hour Disney is buying a sizeable chunk of Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox for $52 billion. It comes on the same day that the FCC voted to end net neutrality. Hari Sreenivasan talks to David Folkenflik of NPR about what Disney… Continue watching
Dec 11 This Palestinian poem on Jerusalem is finding new life By Jennifer Hijazi The work of Mahmoud Darwish -- who died in 2008 and is widely considered the preeminent modern Palestinian poet -- has found new resonance since President Donald Trump’s announcement that the U.S. will move its embassy to Jerusalem, officially recognizing… Continue reading
Dec 08 Watch 6:30 In 'The Crown,' a portrait of a royal marriage under pressure By PBS News Hour Going behind the palace walls, the ambitious Netflix series "The Crown" aims to capture the long reign -- and private dramas -- of Queen Elizabeth II. The new second season gives viewers a deeper look at the public-private dynamic of… Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch 3:16 It can be really uncomfortable to talk about abortion. Here's why we should By Brit Bennett When you write a novel about abortion, says author Brit Bennett, you will have a lot of conversations with strangers about abortion. It’s made her realize how rarely we talk about it as a human experience. What if we approached… Continue watching
Dec 07 Watch 5:40 Award-winning 'Far From the Tree' is teen tale of adoption and long-lost family By PBS News Hour What makes a family? Blood? Circumstance? Closeness? In author Robin Benway's "Far From the Tree," she tells the story of three siblings who are put up for adoption as babies, and grow up without knowing each other exists. Benway, who… Continue watching
Dec 07 Watch 2:52 Poet reflects on America where 'an angry man can shoot a teenager' By PBS News Hour For Major Jackson, poetry is a vehicle of exploration. His poem "Stand Your Ground" responds to Florida's law that was famously invoked in the killing of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old boy. Jackson gives his Brief But Spectacular take on leaving… Continue watching
Dec 04 Thousands are missing in Syria. A new exhibit bears witness to their absence By Jennifer Hijazi When Mansour Omari was released from Syrian prison in 2013, he carried precious cargo in the folds of his shirt. Sewn into his clothes were five worn pieces of cloth containing the names of his 82 cellmates, carefully inscribed using… Continue reading
Dec 04 His wife worked at Sandy Hook. Now this poet is helping start a conversation about gun violence By Alison Thoet The shooting “changed our lives that day, and we became activists.” In a new collection, 54 poems address gun violence in America. Continue reading
Dec 03 Watch 7:23 Documentary gives new glimpse at Jane Goodall's early research By Christopher Booker, Connie Kargbo The 1965 film “Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees” documented the early months of Jane Goodall’s groundbreaking research on chimpanzees in Africa. Now, unseen footage from the making of that film will appear in the documentary “Jane,” which revisits Goodall’s… Continue watching