Aug 18 Watch 3:25 Math is amazing and we have to start treating it that way By PBS News Hour Numbers and algorithms aren’t just useful to mathematician Eugenia Cheng -- they’re exhilarating. That’s why she’s on a mission to help transform math’s notoriously boring reputation in education into one of thrilling wonder and creativity. Cheng gives her humble opinion… Continue watching
Aug 18 Watch 8:14 Movies are more than screen deep. Here's how to watch like a critic By PBS News Hour A movie teaches us how to watch it in the first few minutes, says Ann Hornaday, film critic for The Washington Post. Jeffrey Brown sits down with Hornaday, author of “Talking Pictures,” to discuss how she hears what movies and… Continue watching
Aug 18 Spotify has removed white power music from its platform. But it's still available on dozens of other sites By Elizabeth Flock Music that promotes white nationalism is still easily available for free on YouTube and SoundCloud and for sale from independent music labels and distribution services. Continue reading
Aug 18 The 4 coming-of-age memoirs you need to read By Elizabeth Flock Author Tom Perrotta, who wrote "Election," "Little Children" and "The Leftovers," shares his favorite real-life stories about growing up. Continue reading
Aug 17 Watch 3:39 What Calvin Trillin learned from his college writing course By PBS News Hour As a longtime writer for The New Yorker, Calvin Trillin was less interested in directly explaining why what he was writing was important than in just telling a good story. Trillin offers his Brief but Spectacular take on some of… Continue watching
Aug 14 Watch 2:07 A surfing contest where everyone doggie paddles By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, four-legged waveriders take part in a unique surf competition. Special correspondent Laura Klivans of KQED reports, with video by Serginho Roosblad. Continue watching
Aug 14 Watch Archeologists dig up France's 'mini Pompeii,' a Roman town frozen in time by fire By PBS News Hour There’s an archaeological race against time underway in France as archaeologists work to save artifacts from a site dubbed as a “mini Pompeii.” This discovery of these 2,000-year-old Roman ruins is being called perhaps the most important of its kind… Continue watching
Aug 14 After Charlottesville, people share poems to grieve, resist and understand By Elizabeth Flock Poet Nicole Sealey reads her poem, "In Defense of 'Candelabra with Heads.'"… Continue reading
Aug 11 Watch 3:34 What to do when you realize classic books from your childhood are racist By PBS News Hour Do you have an old children’s book you love? Well, there’s a good chance that it might be racist, says kids’ author Grace Lin. She offers her humble opinion on how you can keep loving your favorite classics while acknowledging… Continue watching
Aug 11 Watch 5:00 This Baltimore school helps girls step up for college By PBS News Hour "Step," a new documentary, follows students from the Baltimore Leadership School for Girls, an institution with the primary goal of 100 percent college acceptance. But that's not their only success. Girls at the school channel their strengths into practicing step,… Continue watching