Sep 02 Photos give powerful visibility to chronic illness By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins “Suffering the Silence” is aimed at enabling those with chronic illness to discuss their illness publicly and on their own terms. Continue reading
Sep 02 WATCH LIVE: Jeffrey Brown covers the National Book Festival By artsdesk The NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown interviews Azar Nafisi, Tom Brokaw, David McCullough and other authors attending the 15th Annual Library of Congress National Book Festival. Continue reading
Sep 01 Watch In 'Purity,' Jonathan Franzen dismantles the deception of idealism By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 01 Video: A six-story sculpture comes down in two minutes By Jerome Weeks, KERA Artist Mark di Suvero's "Proverb" sculpture was 60 feet tall and stood at the corner of Woodall Rodgers and Pearl Street in Dallas, T.X. for nearly 13 years. Continue reading
Aug 31 Obama to take wilderness trip with Bear Grylls By Associated Press Survival expert Bear Grylls has bagged his biggest celebrity yet for a walk in the wilderness — President Barack Obama. Continue reading
Aug 31 How to write a poem about Ferguson By Corinne Segal How does a poet even begin to address what happened to Michael Brown? That’s the question at the center of “Working Title,” a piece by Mahogany Brown. Continue reading
Aug 30 Watch 3:56 Photos document life as a black lesbian in South Africa By PBS News Hour South African photographer and activist Zanele Muholi is on a mission to bring the experience of black lesbians in her home country to the forefront, as many members of the community face high rates of violence, including incidents of so-called… Continue watching
Aug 28 Photos: LGBTQ Africans express identity in '(Limit)less' ways By Aisha Jama LGBTQ African immigrants are the heart of “Limit(less),” a photography documentary project that illuminates the lives of first and second-generation LGBTQ Africans in the diaspora. Continue reading
Aug 27 How this NewsHour reporter became a zombie By Mike Melia It's rare to witness someone's dreams come true, even if they are the stuff of nightmares. Continue reading
Aug 26 Watch 6:33 For this beloved Sesame Street role model, it wasn't always 'sunny days' By PBS News Hour Writer and actor Sonia Manzano played the character of Maria on “Sesame Street” for 44 years before announcing her retirement. In her new memoir, “Becoming Maria,” Manzano recounts her tough childhood in the South Bronx and how she used her… Continue watching