Jun 03 Watch 6:50 Writer, chef, restaurateur Eddie Huang's cups runneth over By PBS News Hour Eddie Huang hates being pigeonholed. The chef/owner of New York’s Baohaus would rather be known as a man who cooks and happens to run a restaurant. He’s also a man who writes. The son of Taiwanese immigrants wrote about his… Continue watching
Jun 02 Watch 52:58 PBS NewsHour full episode June 2, 2016 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, candidates canvass California in advance of Tuesday’s penultimate primary. Also: The legal firestorm over Trump University, how to fix the opioid epidemic, why San Francisco activists are telling developers to build in their backyards, Obama’s opinion… Continue watching
Jun 02 Watch 6:18 Judy Collins still turn, turn, turning with new album at 77 By Anne Azzi Davenport, Jeffrey Brown Folk legend Judy Collins, known for her critically acclaimed covers of Stephen Sondheim’s “Send in the Clowns” and Pete Seeger’s “Turn! Turn! Turn!” has been making music since the 1960s. Now, at the age of 77, she is still going… Continue watching
Jun 02 Watch 2:21 Artist's 'earth harp' a site to behold — and hear By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, installation artist William Close is creating a new kind of musical space with his invention, the earth harp. By fixing 1,000-foot strings to mountain peaks, arches, the tops of skyscrapers, canyon walls… Continue watching
Jun 02 Prince died of an opioid overdose, autopsy reveals By Corinne Segal An autopsy shows that singer and musician Prince died of an opioid overdose at his studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota, on April 21, the Associated Press reported. Continue reading
May 31 Watch 6:52 An Abu Ghraib 'enhanced' interrogator has a change of heart By PBS News Hour The military’s use of “enhanced interrogation” techniques against suspected terrorists has always been a contentious topic, and now many of its former proponents are having second thoughts. Eric Fair served as an interrogator with a private contractor in Iraq, and… Continue watching
May 30 Watch 7:26 The high art — and power — of political stagecraft in the age of optics By PBS News Hour In this age of internet media and 24 hour news coverage, visuals can make or break a given political campaign, press conference or White House event. The latter is of special significance to former White House aide Josh King, whose… Continue watching
May 30 Watch 5:43 Using poetry to shed light on the worst of memories, including genocide By PBS News Hour Just over a century ago, the Armenian Genocide saw the expulsion and death of at least 1.5 million people in what was then the Ottoman Empire. Among those affected was Pulitzer-winning poet Peter Balakian’s family, which did its best to… Continue watching
May 30 How a WWII pilot explained the quiet moments after an enemy attack By Mary Jo Brooks William Meredith served as a Navy pilot in World War II and the Korean War. An esteemed poet, he wrote several poems about his war experience. Continue reading
May 29 Indigenous artists illuminate Sydney Opera House in light festival By Corinne Segal More than 90 installations appear at this year's Vivid Sydney festival. Continue reading