Aug 06 Watch 9:15 ‘Every star’s a life’: The personal stories behind the stars on the CIA Memorial Wall By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi Fifty years ago, the Central Intelligence Agency unveiled a memorial to CIA members killed in service to the country. It was first established with typical institutional quiet in the original headquarters lobby. Today, the memorial has become hallowed ground. Nick… Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch 6:32 Chef René Redzepi explores ingredients that changed the globe in new series By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson It’s a tasting menu at the highest possible level. The Copenhagen restaurant, NOMA, has helped transform the world of fine dining with a focus on hyperlocal foods prepared and presented with extraordinary care. Now, its co-owner and chef René Redzepi… Continue watching
Aug 04 Watch 1:26 A look at some of the world’s newest UNESCO World Heritage Sites By Laura Barrón-López, Lorna Baldwin UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee added 24 new sites to their list for 2024. From a Scottish bog to a crucial stop for migratory birds in China, we take a look at some of the world’s newest protected sites. Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch 7:52 ‘You Are Here’ celebrates poetry in the natural world with National Park exhibits By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport A year-long project by the nation’s poet laureate focuses on the natural world and what’s at stake due to climate change. Ada Limon’s "You Are Here" exhibition will take her to National Parks around the country. Jeffrey Brown spoke with… Continue watching
Aug 01 Hollywood’s video game performers head to picket line over artificial intelligence By Sarah Parvini, Associated Press The protest, set to begin at 9 a.m. Pacific time, marks the first large labor action since game voice actors and performance workers went on strike last Friday. Continue reading
Jul 30 Watch 6:47 Former Hong Kong bookstore begins new chapter in upstate New York By Christopher Booker, Maea Lenei Buhre, Mary Fecteau From 2021 to 2022, Hong Kong experienced its biggest population drop since record-keeping began more than 60 years ago. Tens of thousands left because of strict COVID-19 policies and a crackdown on civil liberties by Beijing. Special correspondent Christopher Booker… Continue watching
Jul 29 Watch 7:42 How 94-year-old June Squibb became the breakout movie star of the summer By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson One of the Hollywood box office stars of the summer is a 94-year-old veteran of stage and screen in her very first starring role. In "Thelma," June Squibb plays the victim of an online scam who decides to take matters… Continue watching
Jul 28 Edna O’Brien, iconoclastic Irish author who wrote ‘The Country Girls,’ dies at 93 By Hillel Italie, Associated Press Edna O'Brien, Ireland's literary pride and outlaw who scandalized her native land with her debut novel “The Country Girls” before gaining international acclaim as a storyteller and iconoclast that found her welcomed everywhere from Dublin to the White House, has… Continue reading
Jul 28 Watch 2:40 How Lois Curtis paved the way for equal rights for Americans with disabilities By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery For the next installment in our “Hidden Histories” series, Ali Rogin brings us the story of Lois Curtis, an artist whose lawsuit 25 years ago over the conditions of her confinement in state institutions ended up at the Supreme Court… Continue watching
Jul 27 Watch 7:47 A look at the art and sport of breaking as it makes its Olympic debut By John Yang, Harry Zahn An entirely new medal event will debut at the Olympics in about two weeks: breaking, or what’s perhaps more widely known to the uninitiated as breakdancing. What began at block parties in the Bronx will be going for gold in… Continue watching