Aug 11 Watch 4:13 This Olympian -- and poet -- on her love for "freedom within boundaries" By PBS News Hour On Friday, long-distance runner Alexi Pappas will compete in Rio in her first-ever Olympic race. But unlike many of her Olympic peers, Pappas does not put all her talent in one basket. In addition to training as a world-class runner,… Continue watching
Aug 11 Here are Obama's top songs of the summer By Associated Press The president dropped a playlist on Twitter. Chance the Rapper, Prince, the Beach Boys and Billie Holiday all made the cut. Continue reading
Aug 10 Watch 1:40 From battlefield to ballet, South Korean soldiers dance off stress By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, a division of the South Korean army is turning out pirouettes and tendus. Weekly ballet classes provide these soldiers, who guards the zone at the demilitarized zone along the border of North… Continue watching
Aug 09 Watch 6:26 Bringing new life to 'Patient H.M.,' the man who couldn't make memories By PBS News Hour His story is a staple in psychology classes, but his identity wasn’t known for years: Henry Molaison, the man who lost his ability to form new memories after a lobotomy. In “Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family… Continue watching
Aug 09 Watch The man who mows grass masterpieces By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour shares moment of the day, Roger Baker creates his art using an unusual tool: a lawnmower. He started with the Statue of Liberty but since then has mowed Albert Einstein, Jimi Hendrix, a purple heart and now,… Continue watching
Aug 09 How a 'custody war' broke out over a famous patient's damaged brain By Jeffrey Brown In the new book "Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets," Luke Dittrich tells the story of the man known to science for decades under that moniker. But Dittrich does something more, because the man who performed… Continue reading
Aug 08 Watch 6:35 3 solo artists describe the 'excellent exercise' of musical collaboration By PBS News Hour hey were used to being in charge of their own voices, their own lyrics, their own paths. But recently, singers Neko Case, K.D. Lang and Laura Veirs put autonomy aside to form a single group. The goal was to create… Continue watching
Aug 08 Road to Rio is paved with poetry for runner Alexi Pappas By Mary Jo Brooks The 26-year-old athlete, who will compete in the women's 10,000 meter at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, was a poetry major. Continue reading
Aug 07 Watch 25:10 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Aug. 7, 2016 By PBS News Hour On this episode for Sunday, Aug. 7, rebels in Syria advance on government forces in the embattled city of Aleppo, peace talks aimed at resolving Yemen’s 16-month civil war are suspended and the Obama administration declassifies its playbook for drone… Continue watching
Aug 07 Meet the Deaf Poets Society, a digital journal for writers with disabilities By Corinne Segal Deaf Poets Society, a new digital literary magazine, has a message for writers with disabilities: we see you. We want you to be here. And this is your space. Continue reading