Mar 30 Tea Party Poses a Dilemma for Boehner in Budget Battle EmbedVideo(255, 482, 304); As the clock ticks once again toward the government shutdown deadline - April 8 - the NewsHour asked Todd Zwillich, Washington correspondent for the Takeaway radio program from Public Radio International and WNYC, to… Continue reading
Mar 30 Watch Artist Maira Kalman Makes Sense of a Crazy World A slide show of art by Maira Kalman, narrated by the artist… Continue watching
Mar 30 Slide Show: Artist Maira Kalman Makes Sense of Our Crazy World Maira Kalman's words and pictures strip history, politics and the world around her down to their most basic -- and often delightful -- elements. A traveling retrospective of her work is currently on show at the Jewish Museum in New… Continue reading
Mar 30 Wednesday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, the United Kingdom announces its cuts for arts funding. Continue reading
Mar 30 Watch Micro Finance Under Fire in India Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from India on the predatory practices of some micro lenders. Continue watching
Mar 29 ‘Remigration’ Imagines a City With No Workers Imagine a city occupied exclusively by the upper class. High rents and property costs have pushed out construction workers, public school teachers, subway operators and other middle- and lower-class earners. The short film "Remigration" imagines how this scenario might play… Continue reading
Mar 29 Tuesday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, a museum in Vienna acquires the Polaroid collection. Continue reading
Mar 28 Watch News Wrap: Syrian Security Forces, Protesters Clash in Several Cities In other news Monday, security forces in Syria confronted protesters and used tear gas to disperse crowds. About 4,000 people demonstrated in Daraa, where protests began a week ago. In Yemen, an explosion at a weapons factory killed at least… Continue watching
Mar 28 Weekly Poem: ‘The Virtues of Birds’ Craig Morgan Teicher is a poet, critic and freelance writer. His first book of poems, "Brenda Is in the Room and Other Poems," won the 2007 Colorado Prize for Poetry and was published by the Center for Literary Publishing. His… Continue reading
Mar 28 Watch Weekly Poem: ‘The Virtues of Birds’ by Craig Morgan Teicher Craig Morgan Teicher reads "The Virtues of Birds," a fable from his book, "Cradle Book."… Continue watching