Apr 20 Watch 3:06 For this artist, the process of creating is believing you matter By PBS News Hour Comic books were a lifesaver for illustrator Catia Chien. As an child immigrant to the U.S., growing up inside a dysfunctional family, she struggled to find her voice, but instead connected expression through art. Chien gives her Brief but Spectacular… Continue watching
Apr 19 Watch The Simpsons, Fox's quirky animated family, turns 30 By PBS News Hour The Simpsons, one of the longest running programs in TV history, turned 30 today. William Brangham tells the story. Continue watching
Apr 19 7 overlooked women writers you should be reading now By Elizabeth Flock Top female writers and editors recommend other female authors who have somehow been overlooked or forgotten, either because of their gender, the language in which they wrote, or their books have gone out of print. Continue reading
Apr 19 Meet an artist who's waving her banner in support of the March for Science By Kristin Hugo This graphic designer is promoting her local "March for Science" by contributing what she does best. Continue reading
Apr 18 Why musicians are selling old-school records to benefit Planned Parenthood By Jessica Yarvin The box set -- featuring artists like Sharon Van Etten and John Legend -- is one of the projects that have tried to raise money for nonprofits since January. Continue reading
Apr 17 This Earth Day, remembering America's vanishing farms By Elizabeth Flock In the United States, the small American family farm has been in decline since the 1930s. These poems celebrate and remember those disappearing communities. Continue reading
Apr 16 After filming the effects of nationalism in Europe, this artist has a message for the U.S. By Corinne Segal Tomáš Rafa has documented the rise of far-right nationalism in Central Europe amid a growing refugee crisis and years of economic stagnation. Continue reading
Apr 15 The 8 books librarians can't stop talking about right now By Elizabeth Flock For National Library Week, we asked the New York Public Library -- the largest library in the country and one of the most beloved -- what we should be reading right now. Continue reading
Apr 14 Watch 7:08 As faith declines in Spain, so do Seville's glorious convents By PBS News Hour, Frank Carlson Everywhere you turn in Seville, Spain, there are reminders of a rich religious past, including its cloistered convents, which have been part of the fabric of the community for hundreds of years. Yet few women in Spain heed the call… Continue watching
Apr 14 Watch 3:10 The problem with thinking you know more than the experts By PBS NewsHour More and more, people don't care about expert views. That's according to Tom Nichols, author of "The Death of Expertise," who says Americans have become insufferable know-it-alls, locked in constant conflict and debate with others over topics they actually know… Continue watching