Jan 29 Watch 6:09 A dance to change Denmark’s minds about refugees By PBS News Hour The Danish government has courted controversy by seizing valuables from asylum seekers to pay their living expenses, a policy intended to make the country less attractive to migrants. But one of Denmark’s leading dance troupes is incorporating asylum seekers into… Continue watching
Jan 29 How a sharecropper’s son with a third-grade education changed the definition of the word ‘artist’ By Corinne Segal Thornton Dial, a self-taught artist whose works with everyday materials spoke to the difficulty of black life in the South, challenged stereotypes in the art world. Continue reading
Jan 28 Watch 2:36 How Radiolab’s Jad Abumrad turned childhood awkwardness into his job By PBS NewsHour Jad Abumrad says he grew up in a kind of in-between space, as an Arab kid in Nashville. Continue watching
Jan 28 Brick by brick, Lego diversifies its toys with a minifigure in a wheelchair By Joshua Barajas Lego unveiled its first-ever minifigure in a wheelchair, which first appeared at international toy fairs this week. Continue reading
Jan 27 Watch 2:18 The only girl in school to spark an interest in welding By PBS News Hour Kalei Kipp is the only girl in the welding program at her high school. Why don't more women go into that profession? Our Student Reporting Labs report as part of Outside the Box, a series on the ways that young… Continue watching
Jan 27 What I found while photographing Japan’s abandoned amusement parks By Reginald Van de Velde I went to Japan for the sole purpose of exploring the effects of time on its abandoned structures. Continue reading
Jan 26 Watch 2:14 This boy dances in defiance of those who call it girly By PBS News Hour Sean Varner long tried to hide his love of dance from his peers. But over time, he's found a close group of friends who like him for who he is, and continues to use dance as a physical, emotional and… Continue watching
Jan 26 Watch 6:13 Happy birthday, Mozart! How this musical genius summed up the universe in three notes By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 26 Washington to build new memorial to mark 100th anniversary of WWI’s end By Erik Andersen A winning proposal has been selected for a new World War I memorial that would be one block from the White House in the nation’s capital, the World War I Centennial Commission announced Tuesday. Continue reading
Jan 26 This Minneapolis cabaret wants actors to resist typecasting By Twin Cities PBS Musical Mondays, a monthly cabaret held at Hell's Kitchen in Minneapolis, wants actors and singers to experiment with work outside their usual range. Continue reading