Jul 05 Childhood Lost in Burkina Faso Gold Mines By Larisa Epatko Working alongside adults in Burkina Faso's gold mines are children, sometimes as young as 3 years old. View a collection of Larry C. Price's photographs. Continue reading
Jul 04 From the NewsHour Archives: Robert Pinsky on the 4th of July By Imani Cheers O July 4, 2001, former poet laureate Robert Pinsky read aloud for NewsHour viewers the concluding section of Walt Whitman's "By Blue Ontario's Shore," Pinsky said, "Whitman's list of what he 'will not shirk' remains an attractive agenda and can… Continue reading
Jul 04 From the NewsHour Archives: Robert Pinsky on the 4th of July A face NewsHour viewers may remember from his many appearances on the program, poet critic Robert Pinsky served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 1997 to 2000. In this blog post, Pinsky reads a poem for the Fourth… Continue reading
Jul 02 Watch Phish’s Trey Anastasio on Community, Commitment and Classical Music Phish's Trey Anastasio on Community, Commitment and Classical Music… Continue watching
Jul 02 Full Interview: Phish Front Man Trey Anastasio Casts Wide Musical Net By Anne Strother // Video shot by Joshua Barajas and Justin Scuiletti Trey Anastasio is still jamming for his adoring fans after three decades on the road. Recently, the Phish lead singer and guitarist has taken his talents to the classical… Continue reading
Jul 02 Read an Excerpt From ‘Little Green,’ Walter Mosley’s New Novel By Molly Finnegan Author Walter Mosley recently joined Jeffrey Brown for a conversation on the PBS NewsHour about his latest novel, "Little Green." Now you can read a passage from that new book… Continue reading
Jul 02 Venus Williams’ Other Career: Pay Equity Activist EmbedVideo(6846, 482, 304); At the height of her career, Venus Williams challenged Wimbledon to award equal prize money to women. Gwen Ifill spoke with the director of the new film from espnW, "Venus Vs.," and to sports reporter Christine… Continue reading
Jul 01 Weekly Poem: ‘Inside The Good Idea’ By Victoria Fleischer Matthea Harvey is the author of "Modern Life," a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and a New York Times Notable Book. She teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and is a contributing editor to jubilat, Meatpaper, and BOMB. Continue reading
Jul 01 Amid Turmoil, American ‘Prince’ David Hallberg Returns to Russia By Molly Finnegan // In his 2011 role as the prince in Sleeping Beauty, David Hallberg became the first American principal dancer at the Bolshoi, the world’s largest ballet company and Russian cultural epicenter since its founding in 1776. Continue reading
Jul 01 Watch A Giant Leap to the Russian Stage for American Ballet Dancer Hallberg By PBS News Hour, Jeffrey Brown Ballet star David Hallberg was the first American principal dancer to join the historically insular Bolshoi Theater in 2011. Jeffrey Brown talks to the dancer about his return to the Russian stage for the first time since an acid attack… Continue watching