Jul 14 Updated: Zimmerman Verdict Sparks Protests in Cities Across the Nation Protesters march across Washington, D.C. on U Street. Photo by Allie Morris/PBS NewsHour Updated 11:41 p.m., Saturday Protesters staged rallies and marches in cities across the country on Sunday mobilized by a not gulty verdict reached by a jury… Continue reading
Jul 11 Liao Yiwu Howls Against the Chinese Government, Offers Memories of Prison Liao Yiwu was in his early 30s when he was arrested for writing and performing a poem about the brutality of the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989. His poem -- simply called "Massacre" -- was an angry, howling rant against… Continue reading
Jul 11 Liao Yiwu Liao Yiwu was in his early 30s when he was arrested for writing and performing a poem about the brutality of the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989. His poem -- simply called "Massacre" -- was an angry, howling rant against… Continue reading
Jul 10 Watch Liao Yiwu Howls Against the Chinese Government, Offers Memories of Prison Liao Yiwu Howls Against the Chinese Government, Offers Memories of Prison… Continue watching
Jul 10 Wednesday on the NewsHour: Poet Liao Yiwu By Tom LeGro, Mary Jo Brooks Liao Yiwu was in his early 30s when he was arrested for writing and performing a poem about the brutality of the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989. A new memoir about his time in prison called "For a Song and… Continue reading
Jul 10 Weekly Poem: ‘Massacre’ By Tom LeGro, Mary Jo Brooks By Liao Yiwu, Translated by Wenguang Huang (Composed on the morning of June 4, 1989) Dedicated to those who were killed on June 4, 1989 Dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution Leap! Howl! Fly! Run! Freedom feels… Continue reading
Jul 10 12-Hour Workdays for Child Miner in Burkina Faso EmbedVideo(6918, 482, 304); Watch the full report on children who work in the gold mines of Burkina Faso on Wednesday's PBS NewsHour. Video footage by Larry C. Price. Edited by Noreen Nasir. Karim Sawadogo thinks he is nine years… Continue reading
Jul 10 One Million Children Labor in Africa’s Goldmines By Ellen Rolfes In Burkina Faso, gold production has more than doubled in recent years. Though child labor is against the law in the West African nation, the economics and the nature of mining make labor law enforcement extremely difficult. Continue reading
Jul 10 Gaming Mr. Darcy: What Jane Austen Teaches Us About Economics By Michael Chwe By Michael Chwe UCLA Professor Michael Chwe believes reading Jane Austen, as this man does in Bath, England, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the publication of "Pride and Prejudice" in January, can inform our understanding of strategic thinking. Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch In ‘TransAtlantic,’ Colum McCann Uses Fiction to Access Texture of History In 'TransAtlantic,' Colum McCann Uses Fiction to Access Texture of History… Continue watching