Nov 29 The Daily Frame A man views paintings in the Ramsay Room at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery on Monday. The gallery will re-open Thursday after a $27.5 million restoration project, the first major refurbishment in its 120-year-old history. Continue reading
Nov 28 Occupy DC's 'Roving Kabaret' By Elizabeth Shell Occupy DC recently hosted a "Roving Kabaret" ("K" as in K Street, which is where the organization has set up tents) that toured places around Washington, D.C., with historical significance to workers' rights movements. At each spot, organizers explained its… Continue reading
Nov 28 Weekly Poem: 'The Radioactive Dating Game' Mala Radhakrishnan is an assistant professor at Wellesley College and is the author of a book of poems about chemistry called "Atomic Romances, Molecular Dances." Her aim is to use poetry, but also easy-to-understand analogies to teach such subjects as… Continue reading
Nov 28 The Daily Frame A woman looks at a painting by Philippe Pasqua on Friday's opening day of the 'ST-ART' European contemporary art fair in Strasbourg, France. Continue reading
Nov 25 Watch New Nixon Tapes Reveal Details of Meeting With Anti-War Activists Recently released audio recordings detail President Richard Nixon's surreal meeting with anti-Vietnam War protesters at the Lincoln Memorial one night more than four decades ago. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Nov 24 Watch Author Takes Fresh Look at Shaping of U.S. Cultural, Political Landscape In his new book, author and historian Colin Woodard explores how America was shaped by settlement patterns dating back to the time of the first Thanksgiving. Margaret Warner talks with Woodard about "American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival… Continue watching
Nov 24 Watch After Infusion of New Energy, 'Occupy DC' Shows No Signs of Letting Up After Infusion of New Energy, 'Occupy D.C.' Shows No Signs of Letting Up… Continue watching
Nov 24 Watch Retailers Kick Off Holiday Shopping Season Early Friday is the traditional kickoff of the holiday retail season, but some stores are opening a day early. Correspondent Tom Bearden looks at how that's playing out in Denver, Colo., where some say the rush to start shopping is infringing… Continue watching
Nov 23 Economic Inequality and the New Mommy Divide Paul Solman: Today's Making Sen$e post comes courtesy of the page's web chief, Elizabeth Shell. A majority of first-time working mothers are now receiving paid maternity leave -- a first since the government started tracking the data in the… Continue reading
Nov 23 Economic Inequality and the New Mommy Divide Paul Solman: Today's Making Sen$e post comes courtesy of the page's web chief, Elizabeth Shell. A majority of first-time working mothers are now receiving paid maternity leave -- a first since the government started tracking the data in the… Continue reading