Mar 07 Watch 7:38 ‘The Americans’ sees a perfect moment to humanize Russian espionage By PBS News Hour As investigations examine Russia’s role in last year’s election, the highly acclaimed television series “The Americans” has been delivering an intimate, fictional look at the old Cold War and the lives of two Russian spies working undercover in the U.S. Continue watching
Mar 07 Watch 2:03 What it’s like to curl up inside a rock for a week By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, performance artist Abraham Poincheval knows what it's like to be stuck between a rock and a hard place: For an entire week, he lived inside a boulder at the Palais de Tokyo… Continue watching
Mar 07 Jonathan Franzen remembers author Paula Fox, whose work he helped bring back to light By Elizabeth Flock Novelist Jonathan Franzen shares an appreciation for Paula Fox, the adult and children's author whose work he brought back to light. Fox died last week at the age of 93. Continue reading
Mar 07 How Gwendolyn Brooks’ poetry is connecting Emmett Till with the violence in Chicago today By Elizabeth Flock Some worry that poet Gwendolyn Brooks is in danger of being forgotten. “The Golden Shovel Anthology,” a new book of poems honoring Brooks, seeks to make sure that doesn’t happen. Continue reading
Mar 06 Watch 8:15 ‘Get Out’ dials up the scary side of race in America By PBS News Hour A trip to meet the parents in well-heeled, white suburban America -- what could go wrong? The new horror film "Get Out" is about the very real horror of racism. Jeffrey Brown sits down with director Jordan Peele to discuss… Continue watching
Mar 06 5 important stories you shouldn’t miss By Joshua Barajas, Erica R. Hendry, Iman Smith Here are some important stories worth a second glance amid a continuing onslaught of tweets and news. Continue reading
Mar 06 Photo: Firing at an Islamic State drone By News Desk An Iraqi special forces soldier fires at a drone operated by Islamic State militants Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq on March 4. … Continue reading
Mar 05 With agoraphobia as a lens, woman ‘photographs’ the world By Corinne Segal In a typical day as the "Agoraphobic Traveller," Jacqui Kenny may see Mongolian mountains, brightly-colored houses in Arizona and a plain in Kyrgyzstan -- all from the safety of her home. Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch 5:37 ‘This is a story that won’t let us go’: New book revisits racial injustice of Emmett Till’s murder By PBS News Hour In “The Blood of Emmett Till,” author Timothy Tyson revisits the history of a notorious killing by revealing new details from the woman at the center of the allegations that led to Till’s murder and the acquittal of his murderers. Continue watching
Mar 03 5 books that will make you think about what it means to be human By Elizabeth Flock This week, we went to Boulder Book Store in Boulder, Colorado for their thoughts on what to read. Here are five recommendations from the staff, who chose to focus on books that explore joy, inclusivity and the human condition. Continue reading