Sep 30 The Daily Frame An Indian idol-maker draws eyes onto a clay statue of the Hindu goddess Durga. Photo credit: Diptendu Dutta/ AFP/ Getty Images. Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch ‘Raw Opium’ Explores Mixed Results of Global Efforts to Stem Trafficking In "Raw Opium," filmmakers Robert Lang and Peter Findlay travel to the border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan to document the illicit global trade of heroin's raw material. This excerpt is part of The Economist Film Project series of independently produced… Continue watching
Sep 29 World Inequality: Trot the Globe Without Leaving Your Seat To accompany our ongoing NewsHour series on economic inequality, we present here an interactive world inequality map based on data from the World Bank. We confess; this isn't exactly "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" But… Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch Vieux Farka Toure Follows in his Father’s Musical Footsteps For more on this story go to: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/… Continue watching
Sep 29 Vieux Farka Toure Follows His Father’s Footsteps But Breaks New Path On his third studio album, "The Secret," Toure blends American and African blues, soul and funk, producing a unique hybrid of melodies. Continue reading
Sep 29 Culture Canvas In this week's arts and culture headlines, Sean Penn assists in the release of two American hikers jailed in Iran. Continue reading
Sep 29 The Daily Frame Actors perform Kunqu, one of the oldest forms of Chinese Opera, on the subway this week in Nanjing, China. Photo by: ChinaFotoPress /Getty Images. Continue reading
Sep 28 Watch Novelist Banks Explores Sex Crime Outcasts’ Social, Psychological Issues In the novel "Lost Memory of Skin," author Russell Banks delves into deep issues of American life rarely raised or seen by most people. Jeffrey Brown and Banks discuss the book that explores a fictional group of convicted sex offenders. Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch Extended Conversation: Russell Banks on ‘Lost Memory of Skin’ Author Russell Banks discusses his latest book, 'Lost Memory of Skin.'… Continue watching
Sep 28 Extended Interview: Russell Banks Discusses ‘Lost Memory of Skin’ By Molly Finnegan A squalid encampment under a causeway in an American city is the unusual and charged setting for a new novel, "Lost Memory of Skin," which explores some deep issues of American life rarely raised and rarely seen by most of… Continue reading