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
Aug 16 Watch Profile: Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings Profile: Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings… Continue watching
Aug 16 Gertrude Stein’s ‘Four Saints in Three Acts’ Achieves a Good Afterlife Besides being featured in two major art shows, where works collected by Gertrude Stein and her family in Paris during the early days of the 20th century are on display, an avant garde opera written by Stein and composer Virgil… Continue reading
Aug 16 Tuesday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, prominent Bangladeshi filmmaker Tareque Masud died in a car crash. Continue reading