Mar 18 'I will fight for my island' -- Puerto Rican artists on territory's future By Ivette Feliciano At an exhibit by Puerto Rican artists in New York City, criticisms of the territory’s colonial history and connection to the U.S. are front and center. Continue reading
Mar 18 Photo of a Syrian man listening to records in his bombed-out bedroom is about life, not war By Larisa Epatko The image has spread widely across the Internet of a man listening to a gramophone in what’s left of his bedroom in Aleppo, Syria. The AFP photographer, Joseph Eid, thinks he knows why it struck a chord with so many. Continue reading
Mar 17 Watch 3:09 How powerful stories can change the world for the better By PBS News Hour Stories are weapons, for good or ill, says writer Derek Thompson. Society is bound by the common stories we tell, whether it’s about who we should trust and admire, or who we should fear and look down on. Thompson, author… Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch 6:29 From Neil Gaiman, tales of Thor and Odin for modern ears By PBS News Hour Famed fantasy writer Neil Gaiman read and absorbed the stories of the Norse gods when he was young. In a new book, "Norse Mythology," he retells them for a new generation. Gaiman sits down with Jeffrey Brown to discuss the… Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch 2:48 This artist fills his poems with the things he absolutely must say By PBS NewsHour Jive Poetic gives his Brief But Spectacular take on expressing himself through poetry. Continue watching
Mar 17 Photo: 'Kiss me, I'm Irish' By News Desk Two girls seen in The Temple Bar in Dublin on Thursday, March 16, 2017. This year, the city's St. Patrick's Festival takes place from March 16-19, and brings together 3,000 artists, musicians, dancers, poets and performers. Continue reading
Mar 17 The difference between refugees and immigrants? 'Refugees are the unwanted' By Elizabeth Flock Viet Thanh Nguyen's new book of short stories, "The Refugees," explores the aspirations and heartbreak of immigration and refugee life. Nguyen himself came to the U.S. from Vietnam as a refugee with his family in 1975. Continue reading
Mar 17 Author Mohsin Hamid recommends what to read, listen to out of Pakistan right now By Elizabeth Flock Hamid, author of "Exit West," tells NewsHour what books and songs he thinks can give us better insight into Pakistan right now. Continue reading
Mar 16 Watch 5:58 Magical novel 'Exit West' explores what makes refugees leave home By PBS News Hour In "Exit West," a city in the Muslim world is plunged into violence and two lovers join the mass migration of our time. Mohsin Hamid's story about refugees is a novel, not journalism, but it combines the surreal with the… Continue watching
Mar 16 Why small and rural arts groups may hurt the most under Trump's plan to gut the NEA By Elizabeth Flock We reached out to groups from Texas to Maine about what life would look like without funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. Here's what they said. Continue reading