Jun 12 Why this poet is posting meaningless verse on Instagram By Elizabeth Flock Thom Young, a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet, launched an experiment to show how easy it is to become a social media star. Continue reading
Jun 12 "Dear Evan Hansen" is the biggest winner at the 71st Tony Awards By Dayana Morales Gomez This year’s Tony Awards honored the best and brightest of plays and musicals on Broadway. "Dear Evan Hansen" and "Oslo" took home the awards for best new play and musical -- the most coveted prizes of the night, respectively. Continue reading
Jun 10 Watch 4:28 New exhibit follows the hunt for a Nazi leader By PBS News Hour In 1962, Adolf Eichmann, one of the key architects of the Holocaust, was executed in Israel, the culmination of a years-long search for him by the Israeli government. The backstory that led to that moment is now on vivid display… Continue watching
Jun 09 Watch 7:14 Broadway's 'Oslo' captures behind-the-scenes drama of painstaking diplomacy By PBS News Hour “Oslo,” a Tony-nominated Broadway drama, takes a deep look at the secret negotiations that went into the historic Middle East peace accords, and their relevance in today’s world. Using real characters and real events, the play imagines what went on… Continue watching
Jun 09 Watch 3:13 Why the world needs more filmmakers with disabilities By PBS News Hour Filmmaker Reid Davenport wants people to know that his biggest obstacle isn’t living with cerebral palsy, but how others perceive and respond to his diagnosis. Davenport, whose films focus on people living with disabilities, gives his Brief but Spectacular take… Continue watching
Jun 09 How one photographer is challenging the myth that being LGBTQ is 'un-African' By Kamaria Roberts The Nigerian-Swedish American photographer said he often heard growing up that being LGBTQ was not traditionally African. Continue reading
Jun 09 10 things to read when you're grieving By Joshua Barajas The NewsHour asked its staff for recommendations of books or poems that helped them survive a period of loss. In their own words, here are 10 possible reads for someone who's grieving. Continue reading
Jun 06 Watch 6:25 Broadway hit 'Dear Evan Hansen' strikes an emotional chord with its fans By PBS News Hour “Dear Evan Hansen,” a surprise hit musical, is the story of an ordinary teen who all his life has felt invisible. But when a classmate commits suicide, Hansen is mistakenly seen as his one friend and becomes the center of… Continue watching
Jun 06 This artist turned our obsession with abandoned places into a graphic novel By Elizabeth Flock In the new graphic novel "Imagine Wanting Only This," Kristen Radtke weaves together an examination of decaying places with that of the frailty of the human heart. Continue reading
Jun 06 Only U.S. reporter to tour with the Fab Four recalls the days of 'Beatlemania' By Lora Strum Journalist Larry Kane talks about his experience covering the Beatles' whirlwind U.S. tour and how the band came to define its generation. Continue reading