Jun 19 Recipe: Chef Jamie DeRosa’s Lobster and Guayaba, Fresh and Pickled By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins Chef Jamie DeRosa is no stranger to cooking in foreign places. He’s braised, seared and blanched everywhere from the U.S. to Canada, the U.K. and Beijing. But last month he was able to add a country with more personal significance… Continue reading
Jun 18 Watch 6:59 Is Cuban art inhibited by censorship? By PBS News Hour In the latest installment of our series “Cuban Evolution,” Jeffrey Brown explores the world of art in the country. He takes a look at the booming and vibrant art market that exists, as well as the limits on free expression… Continue watching
Jun 18 Watch 2:23 Poet Sarah Kay’s “Brief but Spectacular” take on poetry By PBS NewsHour Poet Sarah Kay's 'Brief but Spectacular' take on poetry… Continue watching
Jun 18 What’s your ‘Brief but Spectacular’ take on life? By Steve Goldbloom If you had two minutes to give the world your take, what would you share? Each week, PBS NewsHour's new series “Brief but Spectacular” will feature some of the brightest minds of today, offering passionate takes on topics they know… Continue reading
Jun 18 Why you shouldn’t dismiss Kim Kardashian By Joshua Barajas Kim Kardashian West, the queen of selfies, released a 448-page coffee table book last month with her trademark pout on the cover. Titled “Selfish,” the celebrity culled photos from her highly popular Instagram account. And while she’s bookended by friends,… Continue reading
Jun 17 The Fixer’s Tour Guide to Havana By Frank Carlson Cuba is a place where it helps to "know a guy," and for journalists, that guy is your fixer. Our fixer Josue Lopez seemed to know someone in just about every place we went. So on our last evening in… Continue reading
Jun 17 Muslim political cartoonist fights oppression with pen By Aisha Jama Sudanese-born cartoonist Khalid Albaih was lauded as “an artist of the revolution” during the Arab Spring, and now he's pointing his pencil at other world events. Continue reading
Jun 16 Watch 7:29 Will development help or hurt Cuba’s iconic architecture? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 16 Photos: In Havana, beauty and decay coexist By Frank Carlson You see it as soon as your plane touches down in Havana -- in the decades of texture worn into a pastel wall, in a brightly colored car parked on a quiet city street, in an elderly woman with flowers… Continue reading
Jun 15 Watch 7:17 You think you know the story of Stalin until you read about the extraordinary life of his daughter Svetlana By PBS News Hour She was born into a life of privilege amidst terror -- her father the dictator of the Soviet Union. Her story is told in the new biography "Stalin's Daughter: the Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva" by Rosemary Sullivan. Continue watching