Jul 22 Watch 4:42 Pulitzer winner wants his readers to question their limits By PBS News Hour When Gregory Pardlo found out he won the Pulitzer Prize for his book “Digest,” he thought there had been some mistake. Jeffrey Brown speaks to Pardlo -- the author of two collections but not previously well-known within the poetry community… Continue watching
Jul 22 Chinese artist Ai Weiwei gets his passport back By Corinne Segal The Chinese government returned artist and activist Ai Weiwei's passport Wednesday after holding it since 2011. Continue reading
Jul 22 Photos: Why visibility matters to these LGBTQ youth By Corinne Segal Five years ago, photographer Laurel Golio and journalist Diana Scholl launched a mission to tell as many young LGBTQ people's stories as possible. Continue reading
Jul 22 8 things you didn't know about Dr. Seuss By Joshua Barajas Surprising facts about the man who wrote some of the country's most beloved children's books, whose posthumous book "What Pet Should I Get?" comes out next week. Continue reading
Jul 21 E.L. Doctorow, acclaimed author of historical fiction, dies at 84 By Corinne Segal E.L. Doctorow, an author beloved for his works of historical fiction including "Ragtime," "World's Fair," "Billy Bathgate" and "The March," died Tuesday of complications from lung cancer. Continue reading
Jul 21 How a dissident Cuban artist is helping to empower NYC's disenfranchised By Corinne Segal As a Cuban embassy opens in the U.S. this week for the first time in decades, Cuban dissident artist Tania Bruguera is preparing for some important transitions of her own. Continue reading
Jul 20 Watch Free dance lessons teach NYC students to think on their feet By PBS News Hour The National Dance Institute has been sending dance instructors into New York City schools for nearly 40 years, teaching kids who would otherwise have little access to arts education. Jeffrey Brown reports on how founder Jacques d’Amboise grew the institute… Continue watching
Jul 20 The NewsHour has a new theme song, and we assume you'll want to talk about it By Corinne Segal NewsHour has a new look and a new sound. Check out the process behind our new theme music, which debuts tonight. Continue reading
Jul 20 A detail you may not have known about Eric Garner blossoms in poem By Corinne Segal Eric Garner's last words, "I can't breathe," are the backdrop for "A Small Needful Fact," a poem by Indiana University professor and poet Ross Gay. Continue reading
Jul 18 Watch 1:52 Viewers sound off on plot twist in Harper Lee's new novel By PBS News Hour Viewers weigh in on the recent revelation that Harper Lee's beloved character from "To Kill A Mockingbird," Atticus Finch, holds racist views. Hari Sreenivasan reads your comments. Continue watching