Dec 21 Gwen’s Take: Sandy Hook and the Politics of Pain I think it's fair to say we have all been crying for a week. Watching the faces of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting scroll by, in silence, at the end of the PBS NewsHour on… Continue reading
Dec 21 Watch 3:30 ‘My Mom Grabbed Me and Held Me as Tight as She Could:’ Kids React to Newtown By PBS News Hour As young people across the country began to mourn and process the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., the NewsHour asked students from the 45 schools participating in its Student Reporting Labs to talk with their classmates about their initial reactions. Continue watching
Dec 20 The Year 2012, Framed By Tom LeGro Everyday this year we shared with you a photograph of a culture-related event or scene from somewhere in the world that caught our eye. From a cape made from a spider's silk in London to a 400-year-old bonfire festival in… Continue reading
Dec 20 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro A woman is reflected in a work by artist Anish Kapoor at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, Australia. The exhibition is part of the Sydney International Art Series and will run until April 1, 2013. Continue reading
Dec 20 Democrats Set Stage for Supreme Court Defense of Voting Rights Act Provision By Kwame Holman The U.S. Supreme Court building. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. With the Supreme Court set to hear a challenge to a main provision of the Voting Rights Act in February, advocates argued Wednesday that the November elections only underscored the… Continue reading
Dec 19 Watch Examining the Efficacy and Limitations of Gun Control Laws to Stop Violence Examining the Efficacy and Limitations of Gun Control Laws to Stop Violence… Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch President Obama Declares Gun Control Will Be a ‘Central Issue’ of Second Term President Obama Declares Gun Control Will Be a 'Central Issue' of Second Term… Continue watching
Dec 19 Around the Nation By Tom LeGro Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation. Continue reading
Dec 19 Watch President Obama Announces Gun Policies Task Force President Obama Announces Gun Policies Task Force… Continue watching
Dec 19 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro People take pictures of fireworks at the closing ceremony of the ninth annual Dubai Film Festival on Sunday. The Saudi movie "Wadjda," a tale of a girl's quest to own a bicycle in the kingdom where women are deprived of… Continue reading