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Weekly Poem: ‘Something Touched My Heart’

Travis Nichols is an editor at the Poetry Foundation and the author of the collection of poems, "See Me Improving" (2010, Copper Canyon Press).

Monday’s Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, the national monument to Martin Luther King Jr. has opened to the public.

Responses to ‘Bard Behind Bars’

EmbedVideo(1112, 482, 304); Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here are Monday's queries. Our recent stories on Bard Behind…

Remembering the Overthrow of Gorbachev, 20 Years Later

Twenty years ago, the stunning overthrow of USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev by a Communist coup dominated the news. The coup eventually backfired and led to the end of the Soviet Union. Jeffrey Brown takes a look back at the last…

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Homeland Security to Focus on Deporting Criminals Under New Immigration Rules

The Obama administration on Friday unveiled new immigration rules, which will allow the Department of Homeland Security to focus more on deporting criminals. Ray Suarez discusses the new rules with Dan Stein of the Federation for American Immigration Reform and…

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Is Economic Inequality a Big Deal?

EmbedVideo(1290, 482, 304); With our inequality coverage (watch Land of the Free, Home of the Poor and Americans Facing More Inequality, More Debt and Now More Trouble?) topping the "Most Watched" chart here at…

Philip Glass Composes New Arts Festival

By Molly Finnegan

The Days and Nights Festival of the Arts, led by composer Philip Glass, begins its inaugural season this weekend.

Friday’s Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, five people are dead after the stage collapses at an outdoor music festival.

America Remembers 9/11: Your Answers on What’s Changed in 10 Years

As the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks draws closer, The PBS NewsHour and our public media colleagues have been seeking out your views on what's changed in the United States over the past decade. Some of you have…

In a Station of the Metro, an Apparition of Color From Sam Gilliam

Sam Gilliam's studio has the airy feel of a warehouse, but it boasts densities of colors and shapes. Sculptural paintings hang like scarves over the walls, and slabs of plywood are thick with hardened acrylics.