Aug 26 In 'Salvage the Bones,' Jesmyn Ward Tells Personal Story of Hurricane Katrina By Molly Finnegan "Salvage the Bones," a new novel by Jesmyn Ward, tells the story of a Mississippi Gulf Coast family in the days leading up to Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall in the U.S. now six years ago this week. Continue reading
Aug 26 Slide Show: The New Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall Forty-eight years after he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Martin Luther King Jr. now has a permanent presence on the National Mall with this week's opening of the… Continue reading
Aug 26 Slide Show: The New Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall Forty-eight years after he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Martin Luther King Jr. now has a permanent presence on the National Mall with this week's opening of… Continue reading
Aug 26 Friday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, NASA teams up with a publishing company to make science fiction more scientific. Continue reading
Aug 26 Same Old Bad News, But No New News From Bernanke Photo of Ben Bernanke Feb. 9, 2011 by Peter Larson/Medill News Service via Flickr user Medill DC via Creative Commons. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's breathlessly anticipated speech in Jackson Hole, Wyo. Friday morning was, in essence,… Continue reading
Aug 26 Remembering and Reimagining August 28, 1963 My daily commute takes me south along the Potomac River and past the neoclassical majesty of the Lincoln Memorial, a beautiful drive I try not to take for granted. But I had been living and working in the nation's capital… Continue reading
Aug 26 Watch Car of the Future Will Keep Us Safe Behind the Wheel at any Age For more on this story, go to www.pbs.org/newshour… Continue watching
Aug 25 Watch In 'Old People Driving,' Handing Over the Keys Means the End of the Road In "Old People Driving," filmmaker Shaleece Haas examines how aging Americans can balance safety and independence as the ranks of drivers 85 and older surpasses 3 million. This excerpt is part of The Economist Film Project series of independently produced… Continue watching
Aug 25 Unveiling the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial By Tom LeGro The new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial was scheduled to be dedicated on Aug. 28 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., but Hurricane Irene has delayed the ceremonies. Continue reading
Aug 25 Dave Stewart Gets the Blues for 'Blackbird Diaries' By Molly Finnegan Dave Stewart, best known for the band the Eurythmics, has a new solo album called Blackbird Diaries.His first solo album in nearly 13 years was recorded in Nashville and is heavily influenced by the Blues and Americana music. Continue reading