Arts

In today's arts and culture headlines, two great American pop songwriters have died.

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Violence has never been a stranger to the people of Karachi, Pakistan's commercial center. However, as fighting has worsened in recent months, some citizens are trying to stem the tide. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on an appeal…

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Travis Nichols reads "Something Touched My Heart," from his book, "See Me Improving."…

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

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

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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…

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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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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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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…

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

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