Feb 17 Photo: Scaling a fence in the West Bank By News Desk A Palestinian protester climbs over a section of the Israeli barrier on February 17, 2017. during clashes with Israeli troops. The clashes happened at a protest marking the 12th anniversary of a campaign against the barrier, in the West Bank… Continue reading
Feb 16 Monopoly is ditching the thimble, a token of the past By Michael Rios Who wants to be the thimble in Monopoly? Apparently no one--fans around the world have voted it out. Continue reading
Feb 16 In his new novel, Elliot Ackerman wants to humanize the Syrian conflict By Elizabeth Flock "Green on Blue" is the debut novel by Elliot Ackerman, a journalist and former Marine who served in Iraq and in Afghanistan. Continue reading
Feb 16 Photo: In Thailand, police surround a Buddhist temple By News Desk A woman trying to take her children to school is refused passage due to a police blockade in front of Wat Dhammakaya temple just north of Bangkok on February 16, 2017. Soldiers and police surrounded the Buddhist temple on Bangkok's… Continue reading
Feb 15 Watch 3:30 What it’s like to create a TV show that makes people talk By PBS News Hour Jenni Konner, one of the three showrunners of the HBO comedy "GIRLS" and collaborator to Lena Dunham, gives her Brief But Spectacular take on why it's so important to her to be creating avenues for dialogue for women and girls,… Continue watching
Feb 15 At LA art show, immigrant portraits draw record attendance By Kelly Whalen and Sarah Hotchkiss, KQED Arts Immigrants represented in the 158 portraits on view at Walter Maciel Gallery include well-known figures more regularly defined by their contributions to American society than their foreign birthplaces: former Secretary of State Madeline Albright, Albert Einstein, Stokely Carmichael, Bela Lugosi,… Continue reading
Feb 15 Photo: At home among ruins in the Gaza Strip By Dayana Morales Gomez A Palestinian woman and her son are seen at the entrance of their impoverished house near the ruins of a building that was destroyed during the 50-day war between Israel and Hamas militants in the summer of 2014. The two… Continue reading
Feb 14 Love is fleeting but these vintage valentines are worth keeping By Dayana Morales Gomez If you're looking for inspiration, the Library of Virginia has a collection of a few hundred postcards and greeting cards dating back to the early 20th century. Continue reading
Feb 13 Watch 5:41 Tommy Hilfiger on ‘new American classics’ and why fashion is important By PBS News Hour As a child, Tommy Hilfiger’s struggles in school and undiagnosed dyslexia led him to think he wasn’t smart. But coming of age in the 1960s, he developed an interest in expressing himself through what he wore. Jeffrey Brown sits down… Continue watching
Feb 13 Two fathers use poems to teach their kids about growing up black in America By Elizabeth Flock Their poems explore with tenderness and anxiety the joys and perils of being a father -- especially a black father -- and how to escape the mistakes of past generations. Continue reading