Feb 21 Weekly Poem: ‘Meditation at the County Landfill’ Eric Gudas":http://www.ericgudas.com/ was born in Annapolis, Md. His poems, book reviews and interviews with American poets have appeared in the American Poetry Review, Crazyhorse, the Iowa Review, Poetry Flash, the Southern Review and other journals. His book, "Best Western and… Continue reading
Feb 21 What Do Wisconsin Protests Say About Organized Labor? By Paul Solman Having begun my journalism career in college in the '60s, I figure I've been covering the labor movement for nearly half a century - a half century of relative decline. It's easy to understand in retrospect. After World… Continue reading
Feb 18 On Friday’s NewsHour: Statehouse Budget Battles, Protest Crackdown STATE BUDGET BATTLES | A push to reduce state workers' benefits and eliminate collective bargaining caused a furor this week as protesters descended on Wisonsin's Capitol -- and Democratic lawmakers fled to stall a vote. And similar cuts are being… Continue reading
Feb 18 Roger Rosenblatt Answers Your Questions Art Beat received hundreds of questions. Unable to answer them all, Roger Rosenblatt sought to address some of the most popular themes with this response. Continue reading
Feb 18 The Films Are Alive With the Art of Foley By Lauren Knapp In a movie, some elements are designed to stand out and take center stage. Yet Oscar-winning sound editor Richard King says he's done his job well when the sound works to enhance the picture and not draw attention to itself. Continue reading
Feb 18 Friday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, musicians of the Detroit Symphony vote on a final contract offer. Continue reading
Feb 18 The Machine Breakers We Have Always With Us By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's today's query: A long and interesting email arrived recently from one Jean Maier. Continue reading
Feb 17 On Thursday’s NewsHour: Crackdown in Bahrain, Collective-Bargaining Battle BAHRAIN ON LOCKDOWN | The capital of Bahrain was under military lockdown Thursday evening after riot police smashed protesters' main camp. We have a report from Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News, then Jeffrey Brown takes a look at the… Continue reading
Feb 17 Conversation: Elizabeth Bishop’s ‘Prose’ By Tom LeGro Although publishing relatively little, roughly 100 poems, Elizabeth Bishop wrote volumes, and over the last decade nearly all of her unpublished work has been made public. Last week, two new books were added to the Bishop's canon, titled simply "Poetry"… Continue reading
Feb 17 Costa Rican Art Returning Home By Larisa Epatko About 4,500 pieces of Pre-Columbian artifacts, including ceramic bowls and animal-shaped vessels, taken from Costa Rica are returning soon to their country of origin. Continue reading