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
Jun 15 Cuban writer and son of revolutionary Che Guevara reads his poem, 'The Concept' By artsdesk Omar Pérez is a Cuban poet, translator, essayist, editor, ordained Zen Buddhist monk and the son of revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara. He graduated from the University of Havana in 1987 with a degree in English and then went on to… Continue reading
Jun 12 Watch 7:47 Hollywood bets on familiar reboots and female-centric summer movies By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 12 Watch Poet Juan Felipe Herrera reads 'Five Directions to My House' By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 11 Christopher Lee, the definitive Dracula and veteran actor, dies at 93 By Joshua Barajas British actor Christopher Lee, known for portraying the immortal bloodsucker Dracula, among other villains on the silver screen, has died at the age of 93, his wife confirmed Thursday. Continue reading
Jun 11 Jazz saxophonist and Pulitzer Prize winner Ornette Coleman dies at 85 By News Desk American jazz musician and composer Ornette Coleman, whose ground-breaking saxophone playing earned him a Pulitzer Prize in 2007, died Thursday morning in Manhattan at age 85. Continue reading