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
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