Jan 07 Watch 6:38 'Making a Murderer' interrogates fairness of justice system By PBS News Hour "Making a Murderer," a new true crime documentary on Netflix, tells the story of Steven Avery, a man exonerated of a sexual assault after serving 18 years in prison, only to be charged and convicted of murder. Presenting recorded police… Continue watching
Jan 06 'The Force Awakens' returns U.S. box office crown to 'Star Wars' By Justin Scuiletti According to Forbes, Wednesday's earnings will push "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" past the domestic record-setting $760.5 million earned by James Cameron's 2009 feature "Avatar," making the latest entry in the "Star Wars" saga the highest-grossing movie of all-time… Continue reading
Jan 06 This is what surviving gun violence looks like By Joe Quint The diversity of the people who are affected by gun violence is broader than we think, says photographer Joe Quint. Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch 6:38 MacArthur fellow LaToya Ruby Frazier captures the town that survived By PBS News Hour, Frank Carlson Braddock, Pennsylvania, was once a thriving steel town before the town’s industry collapsed. It's where LaToya Ruby Frazier grew up, like her mother and grandmother before her, and it's where the visual artist and 2015 MacArthur fellow has returned to… Continue watching
Jan 05 Austin's weekly vaudeville combines politics and magic By KLRU Step into the writer's room for Esther's Follies, and you'll likely find them singing around a table about the Supreme Court and 2016 presidential election. Continue reading
Jan 04 Watch 5:24 Man Booker Prize winner Marlon James on the voice of reggae By PBS News Hour Marlon James, author of "A Brief History of Seven Killings," is the first Jamaican writer to win the Man Booker Prize. James sat down with Jeffrey Brown at the Miami Book Fair to discuss his story, set in the 1970s… Continue watching
Jan 04 Poetry is protest for poet Sasha Banks By Corinne Segal When officer Darren Wilson killed unarmed teenager Michael Brown last August, Sasha Banks wanted to use poetry to hold the country accountable. Continue reading
Jan 04 Syrian filmmakers tell the stories you aren't hearing about the Syrian war By Corinne Segal A group of Syrian documentary filmmakers is working to put a human face to a conflict defined by numbers. Continue reading
Jan 03 Watch 2:25 Before they say farewell, 'Downton Abbey' cast dishes on their characters By PBS News Hour "Downton Abbey," the highly watched award-winning PBS drama, begins its sixth and final season Sunday. Before they say farewell, some of the cast members discuss the evolution of their characters over the years. Continue watching
Jan 01 Watch 5:21 Obsession starts the story for this National Book Award winner By PBS News Hour Continue watching