Mar 28 Watch 7:20 How Balkan war criminals were hunted down and brought to justice By PBS News Hour Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is the latest perpetrator to be convicted of war crimes committed during the 1990s Balkan wars. In "The Butcher's Trail," author Julian Borger examines how tough it was to hunt down those responsible for… Continue watching
Mar 28 Poet Fatemeh Shams takes on politics in post-revolution Iran By Corinne Segal Fatemeh Shams grew up in Mashhad in northeast Iran, in a conservative environment where she said she found it challenging to express her doubts about religion and explore her identity as a woman. Continue reading
Mar 25 Watch 3:27 Remembering the lives of Garry Shandling and Phife Dawg By PBS News Hour Two groundbreaking artists died this week. Comedian Garry Shandling, star of the Emmy-winning “The Larry Sanders Show,” and rapper Malik Taylor, who co-founded the Grammy-nominated group A Tribe Called Quest under the stage name Phife Dawg, died within two days… Continue watching
Mar 25 Argentine filmmaker remembers his country’s disappeared By Meredith Lee As President Barack Obama concluded his Latin America trip in Argentina this week, he sought to mend one of the U.S.’s most historically troubled relationships in the region involving the rise of a brutal military regime. Continue reading
Mar 23 Watch 53:20 PBS NewsHour full episode March 23, 2016 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, Brussels mourns Tuesday’s bombings as authorities hunt for suspects. Also: What the attacks say about the Islamic State threat, Sen. Bernie Sanders on the fight against ISIS, religious and reproductive rights clash at the Supreme Court,… Continue watching
Mar 23 Watch 2:36 Hear what’s in the newest sonic time capsule from the Library of Congress By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 23 These photos show an honest portrait of working moms in America By Corinne Segal When it comes to motherhood and work, everyone has an opinion. But for photographer Alice Proujansky, working moms' stories speak for themselves. Continue reading
Mar 22 Meet El Sexto, the performance artist pushing for free speech in Cuba By Dominique Bonessi El Sexto, which means “The Sixth” in Spanish, is also known as Danilo Maldonado Machado, a Cuban dissident artist and human rights activist. Continue reading
Mar 22 Artists flood Twitter with images of support for Brussels By Joshua Barajas People offered their condolences to Brussels in text and pictures on Twitter using the hashtag #JeSuisBruxelles. Continue reading
Mar 21 Watch 4:28 The choice of fear in a city targeted by terrorists By PBS News Hour Decorated Marine veteran and writer Elliot Ackerman lives with his family in Istanbul -- the site of four suicide bombings this year alone. Finding himself confronted by violence again, Ackerman reflects on living in a place targeted by terrorists. Continue watching