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 MOMA Pays Homage to Experimental Filmmaker Jack Smith A retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York features 11 newly-preserved prints of Jack Smith's work, which were recently acquired by MoMA as part of its film preservation festival, "To Save and Project." The films are shown… Continue reading
Nov 22 Around the Nation Here are some of this week's arts and culture stories from public broadcasters around the nation. Continue reading
Nov 22 The Daily Frame Fans of German-born, North Carolina-raised hip-hop artist J. Cole( attend a concert last week at Shepherds Bush Empire in London. Continue reading
Nov 21 Watch Book Chronicles Fight to Save Web From Sophisticated Computer Worm In "Worm: The First Digital World War," journalist Mark Bowden chronicles computer security experts' campaign to detect and defeat a sophisticated new computer worm. Margret Warner and Bowden discuss the Conficker worm, which was first detected in 2008 and ultimately… Continue watching
Nov 21 Watch UC Davis Officials Under Fire Amid Outrage Over 'Occupy' Pepper Spraying There was continuing criticism Monday about University of California, Davis police dousing student activists with pepper spray at close range during demonstrations over the weekend. Correspondent Spencer Michels reports. Continue watching
Nov 21 Watch Weekly Poem: 'Radio Crackling, Radio Gone' by Lisa Olstein Lisa Olstein reads "Radio Crackling, Radio Gone."… Continue watching
Nov 21 Weekly Poem: 'Radio Crackling, Radio Gone' Lisa Olstein is the author of the collections, "Radio Crackling, Radio Gone" (Copper Canyon Press, 2006), winner of the Hayden Carruth Award, and "Lost Alphabet" (Copper Canyon Press, 2009). She is associate director of MFA Program for Poets and Writers… Continue reading