Jul 25 Should You Stash Cash if the Debt Ceiling Isn't Lifted? By Paul Solman Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) and President Barack Obama wait before a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House July 10, 2011 in Washington, D.C. to negotiate increasing the debt ceiling in order to avoid defaulting… Continue reading
Jul 25 Weekly Poem: (Interior Life of Tumbler: Julie Sheehan is the author of three poetry collections: "Thaw" (2001); "Orient Point" (2006), which won the Barnard Women Poets Prize; and "Bar Book: Poems and Otherwise" (2010). She teaches in the MFA program at Stony Brook Southampton. Continue reading
Jul 25 Monday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, fans and friends mourn the death at 27 of British singer Amy Winehouse. Continue reading
Jul 22 Conversation: Martin Gayford, Friend and Model to Lucian Freud, Remembers Artist By Molly Finnegan The artist Lucian Freud died Wednesday night in London at age 88. Critic Martin Gayford, author of a book about sitting as a model for Freud, discusses the life and work of his friend. Continue reading
Jul 22 Conversation: Imagination in Education By Tom LeGro This week, the Lincoln Center Institute in New York is holding what it bills as the "first national conference focused on making imagination an integral part of American education."… Continue reading
Jul 22 Watch Conversation: Imagination in Education Jeffrey Brown talks to Lincoln Center Institute director Scott Noppe-Brandon. Continue watching
Jul 22 Friday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, a heat wave calls for extra precautions for performers in the Washington area. Continue reading
Jul 21 Watch 'Rock the Casbah' Author: Hip-Hop Has Been the Rhythm of Arab Spring Journalist Robin Wright chronicles the cultural and social forces behind this year's Arab revolt in her new book, "Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World.' Margaret Warner and Wright discuss her book and the new wave of… Continue watching
Jul 21 Watch In 'Mugabe and the White African,' Farmers Struggle Against Brutal Land Reforms The documentary "Mugabe and the White African" follows a white Zimbabwean farmer who files an international lawsuit against Robert Mugabe's violent land-reform program. This excerpt is part of The Economist Film Project series of independently produced films aired in partnership… Continue watching
Jul 21 Lucian Freud, Innovative Painter of the Intimate, Dead at 88 Lucian Freud, the British painter who helped redefine modern portraiture and figurative painting, died Wednesday night at the age of 88 at his home in London. Continue reading