Sep 13 How British Columbia cut its drunken driving fatalities in half .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } PBS NewsHour Weekend's William Brangham… Continue reading
Sep 12 Watch Poetry Project Helps Dementia Patients Live in the Moment In our new series, "Where Poetry Lives," Natasha Trethewey, poet laureate of the United States, and Jeffrey Brown spends time at the Alzheimer's Poetry Project in Brooklyn. The international program works with people with dementia to try to trigger memory by… Continue watching
Sep 12 Where Poetry Lives: Sharing Moments and Verse When Memory Fades By Molly Finnegan PBS NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown, right, and U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey, center right, launch the series “Where Poetry Lives.” Their first stop: Brooklyn. Photo by Anne Davenport/NewsHour “A short walk in the park, a sax, a lot of poetry:… Continue reading
Sep 12 Poetry Project Helps Dementia Patients Live in the Moment By Margaret Myers In our new series, "Where Poetry Lives," Natasha Trethewey, poet laureate of the United States, and Jeffrey Brown spends time at the Alzheimer's Poetry Project in Brooklyn. The international program works with people with dementia to try to trigger memory… Continue reading
Sep 12 Poet’s Notebook: Beginning the Journey by Remembering the Past By Natasha Trethewey U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey kicks off the "Where Poetry Lives" tour with NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown in New York. Photos by Anne Davenport Editor's Note: PBS NewsHour kicks off a special poetry series with U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey. Continue reading
Sep 12 Poet’s Notebook: Beginning the Journey by Remembering the Past By Molly Finnegan Editor’s Note: PBS NewsHour kicks off a special poetry series with U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey. “Where Poetry Lives” features Trethewey and NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown. The pair will be on-location, reporting on issues that matter to Americans through the… Continue reading
Sep 12 Online abuse "While minorities and homosexuals are often targeted, experts say no group is more abused online than women."Greg Sandoval for The Verge on the rape and death threats women face on the Internet. Continue reading
Sep 11 NewsHour goes on the road with the Poet Laureate .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } PBS NewsHour kicks off a… Continue reading
Sep 11 The NewsHour Vault: This day in history By News Desk EmbedVideo('1491', '514', '320'); Poet Billy Collins reads "The Names," his tribute to the victims of 9/11 and their family members. This video was part of the NewsHour's coverage of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Continue reading
Sep 11 Help identify faces in the crowd from 9/11 By News Desk "Time" is asking people to help identify Patrick Witty's incredible photo of onlookers just as the Twin Towers collapsed. I took this photo 12 years ago today, just as the South Tower collapsed. Help me identify the… Continue reading