Oct 10 Watch Anita Hill Reflects on 20 Years Since Clarence Thomas Hearings Twenty years ago, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' Senate confirmation process sparked a national debate about sexual harassment when Anita Hill, his former special assistant, accused him of inappropriate behavior. Gwen Ifill and Hill discuss her new book, "Reimagining Equality:… Continue watching
Oct 10 Watch News Wrap: Americans Win Nobel for Economic Growth, Inflation Research In other news Monday, two Americans won the 2011 Nobel Prize in economics. Christopher Sims and Thomas Sargent were honored for their work in the 1970s and '80s on how government policies can affect economic growth and inflation. Also, Syrian… Continue watching
Oct 10 Watch After Deadly Clashes, Is Partnership Between Egypt’s People, Military Over? Cairo struggled to return to calm Monday after clashes Sunday between Coptic Christians, Muslims and security forces killed 26 people and wounded more than 500. Ray Suarez discusses the latest violence with The New York Times' David Kirkpatrick, reporting from… Continue watching
Oct 10 In Pursuit of the Great White Whale, via Paintbrush In August 2009 Matt Kish, a librarian by trade and artist by night, decided to draw one image for every page of of his long-time favorite novel - "Moby-Dick". Kish spent the next 543 days in pursuit of his own… Continue reading
Oct 10 Weekly Poem: ‘Fiat Lux’ Traci Brimhall is the author of "Our Lady of the Ruins" (forthcoming from W.W. Norton), winner of the 2011 Barnard Women Poets Prize, and "Rookery" (Southern Illinois University Press, 2010), winner of the 2009 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First… Continue reading
Oct 10 The Daily Frame By Anne Strother A new public sculpture, "Search For Enlightenment," was installed yesterday in London, England. Photo by Ian Gavan/ Getty Images for Halcyon Gallery. Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch Weekly Poem: ‘Leaf at the End’ by Lily Brown Lily Brown reads "Leaf at the End" from her book, "Rust or Go Home."… Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch 3 Women ‘at Forefront of Peace for Years’ Honored With Nobel Prize The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to three women who have fought for peace and women's rights. Margret Warner discusses the achievements of the three winners with the Institute for Policy Studies' Emira Woods and Vital Voices' Malini… Continue watching
Oct 07 Al-Bassam Theatre Takes Inspiration From Shakespeare and the Arab Spring By Saskia de Melker Kuwaiti playwright and theater director Sulayman al-Bassam adapts Shakespearean plays to the modern Arab context to explore issues of religion and society in the contemporary Gulf. Art Beat spoke with al-Bassam on the phone from Brooklyn about the effect of… Continue reading
Oct 07 Whitney Exhibit Walks the Line Between Real and Surreal A new exhibit at the Whitney Museum in New York aims to highlight intersections between representation and fantasy. The exhibit, "Real/Surreal," which opened this week, showcases art from the museum's permanent collection that blurs the lines between the two artistic… Continue reading