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
Mar 15 Watch 2:17 This artist brings dinosaurs back to life By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, a childhood love of prehistoric creatures inspired a unique and prolific career for artist Julius Csotonyi, who uses his skills to bring fossilized bones back to life. Continue watching
Mar 14 Watch 'Zoot Suit,' a classic play about discrimination, finds renewed purpose By PBS News Hour It's the story of a real-life murder trial and the so-called Zoot Suit Riots, set amid rampant discrimination in 1940s Los Angeles. A play called "Zoot Suit" was a cultural phenomenon in the 1970s and ‘80s, launching the careers of… Continue watching
Mar 14 Selfies and the communal experience of Yayoi Kusama's infinity rooms By Elizabeth Flock On a chilly Monday morning in Washington, D.C., a line wraps around the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden for the must-see show in town: "Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors." It's a celebration of the Japanese artist's long career, an exploration… Continue reading
Mar 13 Photo: Spinning records in Aleppo, Syria By News Desk Mohammad Mohiedine Anis, 70, smokes his pipe as he sits in his destroyed bedroom listening to music on his gramophone in Aleppo's formerly rebel-held al-Shaar neighborhood. Continue reading
Mar 13 Watch poet Susan Howe read this Dickinson poem on life and death By Elizabeth Flock Leading contemporary poet and Dickinson scholar Susan Howe breaks down "There's a certain Slant of light," one of Emily Dickinson's most-beloved poems. Continue reading
Mar 12 Immigration tensions seep into South by Southwest music fest By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press The trendsetting South by Southwest music festival is all about the next big thing, but the heated politics of the moment is stealing the show. Continue reading