Feb 02 Watch How Egypt's Soccer Violence Fits Into its Political Unrest New violence erupted Thursday in Cairo after a soccer riot killed scores of fans in Port Said. Ray Suarez and Matt Bradley of The Wall Street Journal explore how the distrust and anger among the country's police, soccer hooligans, political… Continue watching
Feb 02 Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock As a black woman who was a feminist before the term was invented, Daisy Bates refused to accept her assigned place in society. In 1957, she became a household name when she fought for the right of nine black… Continue reading
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Feb 02 The Life, Work of Poet Wislawa Szymborska By Tom LeGro Jeffrey Brown talks to Wislawa Szymborska's longtime translator, Clare Cavanagh, professor of Slavic languages and comparative literate at Northwestern University, about the poet's life and work. Continue reading
Feb 02 The Daily Frame Officials at Spain's Prado Museum said Wednesday that a "Mona Lisa" copy owned by the museum was almost certainly painted by one of Leonardo da Vinci's pupils alongside da Vinci himself as he created the original that now hangs in… Continue reading
Feb 01 Zach Condon Takes Beirut on a Journey Home Zach Condon says Beruit's latest album, "The Rip Tide," is much more personal and retrospective, as he, now 25, finds himself settling down and looking back at his past. Continue reading
Feb 01 The Daily Frame A barista uses a stencil and cinnamon and cocoa powder to create a portrait of presidential candidate Mikhail Prokhorov at a coffeehouse in Moscow. Continue reading
Feb 01 Watch Zach Condon Takes Beirut on a Journey for Home Art Beat talks to Zach Condon of Beirut about the band's latest album, "The Rip Tide."… Continue watching
Jan 31 Adam Johnson Reads From His Novel, 'The Orphan Master's Son' By Tom LeGro Adam Johnson reads from his novel, "The Orphan Master's Son."… Continue reading
Jan 31 Watch Adam Johnson Reads From 'The Orphan Master's Son' Adam Johnson reads from his novel, "The Orphan Master's Son."… Continue watching