Oct 03 Watch Weekly Poem: Taha Muhammad Ali For more on this story go to http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/… Continue watching
Oct 03 Watch Weekly Poem: 'Fiat Lux' by Traci Brimhall Traci Brimhall reads "Fiat Lux" from her book, "Rookery."… Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch Rita Moreno Acts Out Own Career in 'Life Without Makeup' Actress Rita Moreno, 80, now has a solo show about her life as a star of stage and screen called "Life Without Makeup." In a joint production with KQED San Francisco, correspondent Spencer Michels reports on the performer's transformation from… Continue watching
Sep 30 Conversation: A.E. Stallings, Poet and Translator Inspired by the Classics By Molly Finnegan The MacArthur Awards were recently announced, and one of the winners this year was the poet and translator A.E. Stallings. Continue reading
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