Feb 05 Tuesday on the NewsHour: Arabs, Jews Unite Under One Baton By Tom LeGro, Mary Jo Brooks More of Jeffrey brown's report on the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. Continue reading
Feb 05 Live Chat: Author George Saunders Answered Your Questions By Tom LeGro On Tuesday at 12 p.m. ET, George Saunders will join us for a live chat. Do you have questions for the acclaimed storyteller? Leave them in the comments section or tweet them to @NewsHour using #SaundersChat. Come back Tuesday at… Continue reading
Feb 05 The Tuesday Cutline… a Contest By Tom LeGro The photo remind us of the time we were in New York and really had to go. Really bad. But there wasn't a public restroom (Port Authority Bus Terminal doesn't count. Never use the restroom there. Just don't. Ever.)… Continue reading
Feb 05 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro Visitors at the Israel Trade Fairs and Convention Center in Tel Aviv stand in front of a screen showing an image of a painting by Vincent van Gogh. The multimedia exhibition, "Van Gogh Alive," features thousands of large-scale images of… Continue reading
Feb 04 Watch Writer George Saunders Reflects on Engineering Short Fiction George Saunders, a former MacArthur Fellow, talks to Jeffrey Brown about his latest collection of stories, "Tenth of December," and his unique voice and approach to capturing contemporary American culture in a compressed, short form. Continue watching
Feb 04 Watch Scholars Hope Richard III’s Remains Spur Reexamination of His Reputation Scholars Hope Richard III's Remains Spur Reexamination of His Reputation… Continue watching
Feb 04 Watch Chris Kyle, Among Deadliest American Military Snipers, Shot by Fellow Veteran Chris Kyle, Among Deadliest American Military Snipers, Shot by Fellow Veteran… Continue watching
Feb 04 Watch President Obama Begins Campaign to Push for Gun Control President Obama visited Minneapolis to launch a push for tighter gun control. Gwen Ifill talks to Philadelphia police commissioner Charles Ramsey and Bruce Hartman, sheriff of Gilpin County, Colo., about the differences of gun cultures in rural and urban settings… Continue watching
Feb 04 Watch Dave Barry Reads From His Novel ‘Insane City’ Dave Barry reads from his novel "Insane City."… Continue watching
Feb 04 Weekly Poem: ‘The Fact of the Matter’ By Tom LeGro Sally Keith is the author of three collections of poetry: "The Fact of the Matter" (2012, Milkweed Editions); "Design," winner of the 2000 Colorado Prize for Poetry; and "Dwelling Song," winner of the University of Georgia's Contemporary Poetry Series competition. Continue reading