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Obama: 'Same-Sex Couples Should Be Able to Get Married'

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President Obama; file photo by Olivier Douliery/Pool-Getty Images Updated 4:14 p.m. | President Barack Obama declared Wednesday afternoon that he now supports gay marriage. "Same sex couples should be able to get married," he said in an interview with…

Lalla Essaydi's 'Revisions'

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From "Revisions," an exhibition of Lalla Essaydi's work at the National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. "My photographs grew out of the need I felt to document actual spaces, especially those of my childhood," Lalla Essaydi says.

Q&A: Lalla Essaydi Challenges Muslim, Gender Stereotypes at Museum of African Art

Known for her large format photographs, Lalla Essaydi's work combines Islamic calligraphy and representations of the female body, focusing on the interconnection of faith, culture and gender and challenging notions within all three.

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Buddha statue on Vesak at the Borobudur temple in Magelang, Indonesia, on Sunday. Commonly referred to as the "Buddha's Birthday," Vesak commemorates the birth, enlightenment and death of Gautama Buddha.

Remembering Maurice Sendak and His 'Riotous and Strange' Inner Child

Remembering Maurice Sendak and His 'Riotous and Strange' Inner Child…

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Obesity in America: By the Numbers

Collectively, the numbers spell out a familiar story. American adults are expanding by the year, along with their children and health care costs. Depressing? Yes. Easy to tune out? Even more so. In isolation, the statistics are a little…

'Weight of the Nation': U.S. Obesity Crisis Tackled in HBO Special

EmbedVideo(3341, 514, 320); They're the new minority in the United States: "healthy" waistlines. With a third of the nation's adults weighing in as overweight and another third registering as "obese," America's collective eating disorder has relegated those with…

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Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.

Maurice Sendak Dies at Age 83

Maurice Sendak, the author and illustrator of children's literature who was best known for his book, "Where the Wild Things Are," died early Tuesday in Danbury, Conn., at age 83. He had suffered a stroke on Friday.