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
Apr 06 Watch 5:08 Remembering Merle Haggard, outlaw legend of country music By PBS News Hour Merle Haggard rose to country music stardom singing about what he knew best: poverty, prison and heartache. He died Wednesday on his 79th birthday. William Brangham looks back at the singer's life. Continue watching
Apr 06 Merle Haggard, 'outlaw' country music legend, dies on his 79th birthday By Margaret Myers Merle Haggard, the country music legend who was born during the Depression, came of age in prison and whose songs have earned him the title, “poet of the common man,” died Wednesday at his home near Redding, California. It was… Continue reading
Apr 06 At this Florida jail, the inmates are also zookeepers By Corinne Segal Jeanne Selander had never worked in a jail before she came to save the zoo at the Stock Island Detention Center in Key West. Continue reading
Apr 06 The secret history of the Space Needle in 2,400 photos By Corinne Segal 2,400 photographs by George Gulacsik tell the origin story of one of the most iconic structures in the U.S.: the Seattle Space Needle. Continue reading
Apr 05 Watch 0:56 This art gallery requires a wetsuit By PBS News Hour A new Florida art installation is taking viewers to a new locale: the bottom of the sea. Visitors at the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary can now inspect an underwater gallery of 12 photo illustrations mounted on the sunken remains… Continue watching