Mar 03 SXSW's immigration clauses are 'not standard,' lawyers say By Elizabeth Flock Musicians are protesting the annual music, film and media festival South by Southwest after it was discovered that the festival reserved the right to alert U.S. immigration authorities about international artists if they violated their performance agreement. Continue reading
Mar 02 Watch 7:25 How American artists captured the Great War up close By PBS News Hour It was a cataclysmic, world-shattering and world-shaping event. Today we can relive the visceral human effects of World War I through a new exhibition at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, which showcases a myriad of iconic images and art… Continue watching
Mar 02 How a pop-up magazine experiment is turning journalism into performance art By Elizabeth Flock The year 1991, journalist Kelley L. Carter argued Tuesday before an audience of 1,000 in Washington D.C., was the best and worst year ever for black America. It was the year of Jamie Foxx in "Living Color," of Michael Jordan's… Continue reading
Mar 02 Watch 2:31 Stop asking this comedian about being a woman in comedy By PBS News Hour Michelle Collins finds it annoying that funny women always have to talk about being a funny woman. "We're not charity cases; we're talented," she said. Collins gives her Brief But Spectacular take on being tall, makeup, white men on late… Continue watching
Mar 02 Photo: Playing the beautiful game amid Mumbai's dust By News Desk Boys fight for the ball during their soccer practice at a park in Mumbai, India on March 2, 2017. Continue reading
Mar 01 Photo: A bird's-eye view of Australia's Outback By News Desk River systems can be seen flowing near sand dunes in outback Queensland, Australia on Feb. 12, 2017. Continue reading
Mar 01 Aboriginal Australian artists are having a moment in the U.S. These women are at the forefront. By Elizabeth Flock Aboriginal Australian art is the oldest continuous tradition of art made in the world, stretching back more than 40,000 years. Now, due to a group of passionate collectors and curators, Aboriginal Australian art shows are popping up across the country. Continue reading
Feb 28 Watch 6:19 Photos show undeniable history of the civil rights movement By PBS News Hour A new photo exhibit captures a crucial period in the civil rights movement through the work of nine photographers. Special correspondent David C. Barnett of WVIZ/PBS Ideastream reports from the Maltz Museum in Cleveland. Continue watching
Feb 28 Photo: Celebrating the start of Carnival in Trinidad By News Desk J'ouvert revellers covered in blue paint dance and parade with the Rapso music band 3canal during the 20th anniversary celebration of their song Blue as part of Trinidad Carnival on Feb. 27, 2017 in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Continue reading
Feb 27 Watch 6:10 Why we're overdue to know the brilliance of Africa's civilizations By PBS News Hour Archeologists and scholars are learning more about Africa than ever before, from the digitization of records and the unearthing of ancient treasures. Audie Cornish talks with Henry Louis Gates Jr. of Harvard University about Africa’s rich but overlooked history and… Continue watching