Aug 11 7 things you didn't know about alcohol in America By Colleen Shalby From colonial times, to Prohibition, to the "Mad Men" era, alcohol’s storied relationship with the United States dates back to the dawn of the nation. Continue reading
Aug 11 Driver was awake for 28 hours before crash that injured Tracy Morgan By Joan Lowy, Associated Press The highway crash that severely injured comedian Tracy Morgan and killed another comedian last year raises significant safety issues involving driver fatigue and truck safety, federal accident investigators said Tuesday. Continue reading
Aug 11 100-year-old J.R.R. Tolkien book to be published this summer By Corinne Segal A 1914 manuscript that formed the early basis for J.R.R. Tolkein's works of epic fantasy will be widely published for the first time this summer. Continue reading
Aug 10 Watch 6:22 The secular parent's guide to talking to kids about faith By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 10 Poet explores how to 'undress' language By artsdesk Poet Wang Ping writes at the intersection of gender, sexuality and the Chinese immigrant experience. Continue reading
Aug 09 'There still is a lot stacked against us': Ferguson inspires year of art By Carey Reed The death of Michael Brown and a grand jury's subsequent decision not to indict the officer who shot him spurred nationwide protests. But the events in Ferguson also inspired creative responses from artistic communities both within St. Louis County and across the… Continue reading
Aug 07 Watch 7:39 Why do most movies still fail to reflect U.S. diversity? By PBS News Hour In a survey of the 100 top grossing films between 2007 and 2014, 30 percent of all speaking or named characters were women; less than 30 percent of such roles went to actors who were not white. Jeffrey Brown talks… Continue watching
Aug 07 Here's what happened when we tried to write a list of films by and starring women of color By Corinne Segal A report released Wednesday focusing on the top-grossing films of the last seven years makes one thing clear: women and people of color are sorely underrepresented in Hollywood. Continue reading
Aug 07 How opera helped a young singer from Ferguson succeed By Nine Network As the anniversary of Michael Brown's death approaches this weekend, young opera singer Melvin Bozeman reflected on his experience with the police in Ferguson and how the arts drove him to succeed. Continue reading