Mar 28 Watch Obama Calls for Stricter Gun Laws as New Details Emerge in Major Shooting Cases Obama Calls for Stricter Gun Laws as New Details Emerge in Major Shooting Cases… Continue watching
Mar 28 Create a Science Rhyme to Win a Shout-Out From Wu-Tang Clan’s GZA EmbedVideo(6066, 482, 304); Teachers in New York are using rap to teach complex science. PBS NewsHour senior correspondent Ray Suarez reports on the effectiveness of this strategy and interviews hip-hop legend GZA of the Wu-Tang Clan. In his upcoming… Continue reading
Mar 28 Around the Nation By Tom LeGro Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation. Continue reading
Mar 28 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro The Duke of Lancaster, a decommissioned cruise liner in Mostyn, Wales, has become a canvas for several artists. The ship's owners recently granted permission to street artist collective Dudug to transform it into an open air art gallery, which they… Continue reading
Mar 28 Gay Marriage Cases Now in Justices’ Hands Same-sex marriage supporters rally Wednesday outside the Supreme Court. Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call. For supporters and opponents of same-sex marriage, the arguments are over, and now the waiting begins. In the meantime, there is much speculation… Continue reading
Mar 28 Anti-Bullying Lessons With the Bard The works of Shakespeare offer a plethora of lessons about violence and its emotional origins. The Colorado Shakespeare Festival has adapted some of the bard's best-loved plays to help adolescents reflect on making better choices when faced with tough situations. Continue reading
Mar 28 Bringing Babies to the Classroom to Teach Empathy, Prevent Bullying Incidents of bullying in schools across the U.S. not only have an effect on students' emotional state, they can also have school wide ramifications. PBS NewsHour's American Graduate team recently traveled to Seattle to profile one program that works on… Continue reading
Mar 27 High Court Skeptical of Federal Defense of Marriage Act // Following the oral arguments at the Supreme Court challenging the Defense of Marriage Act, known as DOMA, attorney Roberta Kaplan and plaintiff Edith Windsor, among others, spoke outside the court. Defenders of the act did not appear outside the… Continue reading
Mar 27 School House Rapping With Wu-Tang Clan’s GZA Legendary hip-hop artist raps about science in his new album and brings that message to schools. Upload your own science rap for a chance to win a shout-out from GZA. Details are below. NEW YORK -- In his… Continue reading
Mar 27 For Graffiti Artist, Monopoly Money Makes the World Go ‘Round By Ellen Rolfes Alec Monopoly's first solo show, "Park Place," opened at the LAB ART Gallery in Los Angeles earlier this month. The graffiti artist, who is known only by his pseudonym, and the team at LAB ART transformed the gallery space, inside… Continue reading