Apr 12 Here's what it's like to restore 2,000 tapes of Alaskan history By Alaska Public Media Film archivist Angie Schmidt thinks of her job in terms of time travel. Continue reading
Apr 12 Bono urges lawmakers to view aid as national security By Richard Lardner, Associated Press Bono brought his star power to Capitol Hill Tuesday as he called on members of Congress to take swift action on the refugee crisis and violent extremism. Continue reading
Apr 12 7 things you didn't know about Beverly Cleary By Nicole Chung Beverly Cleary, who turns 100 today, has penned more than 40 books, including the beloved Ramona series. Continue reading
Apr 11 Watch 7:12 Playwright Tracy Letts unravels different ages of identity in a single life By PBS News Hour Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts has famously depicted family dysfunction, but his latest play, “Mary Page Marlowe,” is more concerned with questions of identity, examining the life of its protagonist from infancy to old age in non-linear fashion to find… Continue watching
Apr 11 Ocean Vuong on why reading poetry is political By Corinne Segal Ocean Vuong subverts the historical erasure of stories like his: of immigration, of queerness, of the aftermath of war. Continue reading
Apr 10 What 'The Wire' can teach us about storytelling By Michael D. Regan The award-winning series captivated viewers attracted to its raw realism and connection to the shadowy inner-workings of Baltimore’s gangs, media and government. Continue reading
Apr 09 WATCH: Jeffrey Brown interviews authors at LA Times Festival of Books By artsdesk More than 500 authors are set to appear at the LA Times Festival of Books this weekend for one of the largest literary events of the year. Continue reading
Apr 07 Watch 2:54 Padma Lakshmi on the surprising best part of being a model By PBS News Hour As a professional model and television host, Padma Lakshmi can travel the world and live the glamorous lifestyle most people only dream about. But one of the best benefits of her fame is the ability to fight for women, especially… Continue watching
Apr 07 Rare Shakespeare 'First Folio' found on Scottish island By Lorna Baldwin It’s now one of only 234 known copies in the world, hidden for more than 100 years in the library at Mount Stuart, a vast estate on the Isle of Bute in Scotland. The “First Folio” is 36 of William… Continue reading
Apr 06 Watch 53:22 PBS NewsHour full episode April 6, 2016 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, how will Sen. Bernie Sanders’s and Sen. Ted Cruz’s victories in Wisconsin affect the 2016 race going forward? Also: Why diabetes cases quadrupled worldwide over the last 40 years, scientists search for El Niño secrets, weighing… Continue watching