Dec 09 Weekly Poem: Michael Collier reads ‘At the End of a Ninetieth Summer’ By Victoria Fleischer Poet Michael Collier grew up in Arizona, but he hadn't lived there for a while when he wrote "At the End of a Ninetieth Summer." His father was celebrating his 90th birthday, but Collier couldn't return to his home state… Continue reading
Dec 06 Carlos Santana remembers Nelson Mandela as a ‘supreme warrior’ By Arts Desk Carlos Santana remembers Nelson Mandela during an interview with chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown at the Smithsonian Museum for African Art. Continue reading
Dec 05 Pianist Jeremy Denk looks at the ‘weirdnesses of great music’ By Victoria Fleischer // Classical pianist Jeremy Denk spoke to chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown before a recital for the Washington Performing Arts Society at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C in October. To explain the relationship between aria and variation… Continue reading
Dec 05 Obama talks up minimum wage hike, health care law By Terence Burlij Fast food workers in 100 cities are expected to walk off the job in protest Thursday. In this file photo from April, a McDonald's worker chants during a protest for better wages in Harlem. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images President… Continue reading
Dec 04 Watch Nat Geo’s female photojournalists capture and share visions of the world By PBS News Hour Nat Geo's female photojournalists capture and share visions of the world… Continue watching
Dec 04 Harvard poll shows trouble for health care, frustration with politics among millennials A new poll from the Institute of Politics at Harvard suggests that encouraging young millennials to sign up for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act is no easy sell. Continue reading
Dec 04 Women of Vision: An intimate view of the world through the eyes of 11 female photographers By Arts Desk Stephanie Sinclair photographed Nujood Ali, who stunned the world in 2008 by obtaining a divorce at age ten in Yemen, striking a blow against forced marriage. Amy Toensing is a born storyteller. The photojournalist has traveled the world… Continue reading
Dec 04 Obama says income inequality is defining challenge for U.S. EmbedVideo(8161); President Barack Obama delivered remarks at the Center for American Progress on Wednesday. Video by PBS NewsHour WASHINGTON | Updated 12:40 p.m. EST -- President Barack Obama turned his focus Wednesday to the pocketbook issues that Americans… Continue reading
Dec 03 House approves 10-year extension on plastic gun ban Using a 3-D printer, a Texas man fabricated a working handgun from 15 plastic parts. Similar technological advances have renewed debate on the expiring ban against plastic firearms. Image courtesy of PBS NewsHour WASHINGTON -- With 3-D printers… Continue reading
Dec 03 Clive James on turning his ‘last time on earth’ into a writing wellspring By Ellen Rolfes Though many Americans know him through his columns for The Atlantic and the New York Review of Books, Clive James inhabits a much larger, diverse role in British culture. This man of letters is a journalist, a cultural… Continue reading