Sep 18 Watch 4:04 How this 72-year-old weightlifter is lifting expectations By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, a 60-year-old grandmother from Fairfax, Virginia, developed a love for weightlifting and garnered up to 12 world records in her age and weight categories. Now 72, Linda Leightley can deadlift 273 pounds… Continue watching
Sep 18 National Book Award nominees share their advice on books, fear and love By Layla Quran The National Book Foundation announced its 2017 long list of nominees late last week, honoring the year’s best writing in fiction, nonfiction and poetry. A few of the nominees wrote essays for the Newshour. Watch their advice on reading, fear… Continue reading
Sep 18 Why U.S. Virgin Islanders feel there's no place they belong By Elizabeth Flock Hurricane Irma devastated the U.S. Virgin Islands, leveling homes, knocking out power, and turning the landscape into a "battered wasteland" where some say media coverage was minimal and help was late to arrive. Now, the islands are under… Continue reading
Sep 18 Here's who won (and poked fun) at the Emmy Awards By Lora Strum Colbert's direct shot at the president was just one of the ways politics made its way into Sunday's television awards, from nods to the cut-throat Washington drama “House of Cards” to Alec Baldwin's infamous impersonation on “Saturday Night Live.”… Continue reading
Sep 17 Projection artists bring light to social issues with attention-grabbing protests By Corinne Segal Artists and activists are using projections as a method of protest, backed by cheaper technology and buoyed by protests against the Trump administration. Continue reading
Sep 15 Reviews of Clinton's memoir were deleted for violating company guidelines, Amazon says By Jennifer Hijazi Mega-retailer Amazon has come under scrutiny for deleting nearly 900 predominately negative reviews of Hillary Clinton’s new campaign memoir “What Happened.” The number of reviews spiked to over 1,400 following the book’s release, split almost evenly between glowing praise and… Continue reading
Sep 15 13 fall books that will make you think By Elizabeth Flock If summer is the time for escape reading, fall may be a great time to "re-engage" with thought-provoking books about politics, identity, life after a hurricane and the role of technology in our lives. Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch 3:34 The Terry Gross you don't see on the radio By PBS News Hour Terry Gross, host of NPR's Fresh Air, is famous for her interviews that probe into the lives, loves and work of notable people. What would she talk about if her interviews were more about her own life? Her love of… Continue watching
Sep 13 This viral song calls out Bollywood's sexism. Here are the English lyrics By Elizabeth Flock “I am tired after kissing their asses,” an actress tells her male director. “You only make me dance in underwear or small clothes.”… Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch Forging art and business in Dale Chihuly's workshop By PBS News Hour Artist Dale Chihuly has become synonymous with reimagining what glass can do. Having long ago stopped blowing glass himself, at 75, he heads an art world enterprise at his Seattle studio. But using a team of artists to create his… Continue watching