Aug 18 Watch Sam Gilliam’s ‘From a Model to a Rainbow’ Sam Gilliam discusses his recent work, "From a Model to a Rainbow."… Continue watching
Aug 18 Getting High for Less: Easier Access to Better, Cheaper Heroin Cripples Small Towns By Paul Solman Black tar heroin. Photo via the City of Wichita police department. Note: We've been exploring economic inequality in America this week, and thought it an opportune moment to share something we had hoped to post the last time… Continue reading
Aug 18 Thursday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, Venice considers how to handle a disintegrating landmark. Continue reading
Aug 17 Watch With Unity in Egypt Now Fractured, ‘Second Wave’ of Revolution Underway As former President Hosni Mubarak stands trial, Egypt's revolutionaries are increasingly divided over how to shape their new political structure. Margaret Warner discusses what's next for Egyptians and their "second wave" of revolution with GlobalPost's Charles Sennott, who returned to… Continue watching
Aug 17 Woodruff: The Income Gap, Right Under Our Noses Knowing the PBS NewsHour was planning a series of reports on income inequality in America, launched with economics correspondent Paul Solman's excellent report on Tuesday (if you haven't seen it yet, it's a must), my ears have been attuned… Continue reading
Aug 17 Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings: Two Voices, 10 Kinds of Sad The first duet recording in a decade from Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings stands out as some of the best of what they have to offer: tight harmonies, haunting lyrics and effortless melodies. Continue reading
Aug 17 Sweden’s Super-Duper Rich By Paul Solman // Update: Watch Land of the Free, Home of the Poor and Americans Facing More Inequality, More Debt and Now More Trouble? to see the first two parts of Paul Solman's ongoing series of reports on U.S. economic… Continue reading
Aug 17 Wednesday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, a legal battle over an iconic 1970s hit may set an important precedent for copyright law. Continue reading
Aug 17 Drawing The White Whale By Lauren Knapp 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
Aug 16 Watch Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings Play ‘Hard Times’ Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings Play 'Hard Times'… Continue watching