Mar 26 Supreme Court Takes Up Gay Marriage for First Time By Katelyn Polantz Justin Kenny of Akron, Ohio, holds a flag Tuesday morning in front of the Supreme Court building. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images. Tuesday's arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court involving California's ban on same-sex marriage, known as Proposition 8, boil… Continue reading
Mar 26 Watch News Wrap: North Dakota Outlaws Most Abortions After Fetal Heartbeat Detected In other news Tuesday, North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed legislation banning most abortions if a fetal heartbeat can be detected -- as early as six weeks into pregnancy. Also, the Supreme Court decided that police must have a warrant… Continue watching
Mar 25 Cliburn, Checker Among New Additions to National Recording Registry By Tom LeGro, Anne Azzi Davenport Van Cliburn's triumphant Cold War performance in Moscow, the mambo music of Cuban bassist Israel "Cachao" Lopez, and Chubby Checker's "The Twist" are among the 25 sound recordings newly inducted into the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. Continue reading
Mar 25 Weekly Poem: ‘Cuckoo Flower on the Witness Stand’ By Tom LeGro Li-Young Lee is the author of four books of poetry: "Behind My Eyes" (2008); "Book of My Nights" (2001); "The City in Which I Love You" (1991); and "Rose" (1986). Continue reading
Mar 25 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro A man gets a tattoo at the International Tattoo Convention in Frankfurt, Germany. More than 700 artists from all over the world made more than 3,000 tattoos at the three-day show. Continue reading
Mar 25 Bloomberg, Mayors Against Illegal Guns Take Aim at Key Senators New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images. Lawmakers are on recess for the next two weeks, but for 15 senators, there is no escaping New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the upcoming debate… Continue reading
Mar 22 ‘Please Please Me’ at 50: How Well Do You Know the Beatles? By Tom LeGro "Twist and Shout," "Love Me Do," "I Saw Her Standing There." It might be hard to believe that these three songs, belonging to the soundtrack of a generation and beloved by several more, sprang from a single album 50 years… Continue reading
Mar 22 Remembering Nigerian Novelist Chinua Achebe By Molly Finnegan Nigerian novelist, poet, essayist, statesman and dissident Chinua Achebe died Thursday in Boston after a brief illness. He was 82. Achebe emerged upon the literary world in 1958 with the publication of his novel "Things Fall Apart," which has sold… Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch ‘The Girls of Atomic City’ Book Conversation Ray Suarez with author Denise Kiernan… Continue watching
Mar 22 Adventurous, Patriotic ‘Girls of Atomic City’ Traveled South for Nuclear Jobs By Cassie Chew In this interview, NewsHour correspondent Ray Suarez chats with Denise Kiernan, author of "The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II." In the book, Kiernan tells the story of the women… Continue reading