Mar 10 ProPublica's Mortgage Mod Squad: HAMP'S a Flop By Paul Solman As you've probably heard by now, either on our program or elsewhere, the administration's Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP for short) has been a disappointment -- to put it generously. The program, announced back in February 2009, was aimed… Continue reading
Mar 10 Thursday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, color photos of the devastation wreaked by the 1906 San Francisco are found by the Smithsonian. Continue reading
Mar 09 Around the Nation Here are some of this week's arts and culture stories from public broadcasters around the nation. Continue reading
Mar 09 The Public Worker Battle, Cartoonified By Paul Solman With all the strife over public-sector unions, including irate e-mails in response to our pension coverage on the program, we thought we'd lighten the mood by sharing some recent political cartoons. Continue reading
Mar 09 Wednesday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, "Spider-Man" shuts down to address significant problems. Continue reading
Mar 08 Watch David Brooks: From Spouses to Sofas, 'Emotions Tell Us What to Value' Jeffrey Brown speaks with New York Times columnist and NewsHour regular David Brooks about his new book, "The Social Animal," which explores human perception of reason vs. emotion, the power of emotions and the power of humans to "educate" those… Continue watching
Mar 08 Watch Minn. Sculptor Zoran Mojsilov Puts Big Rocks 'on a Diet' to Hone Human Forms From Minnesota's Twin Cities Public Television, producer Emily Goldberg profiles the larger-than-life sculptor Zoran Mojsilov. The Yugoslavia native and former wrestler's art "expresses humanity in its varied forms: in nature, in love, and even in war."… Continue watching
Mar 08 In Photos: Women Show Solidarity at Events Around the Globe By Larisa Epatko Women came together on March 8 to express a message of solidarity on International Women's Day by dancing in Iraq, protesting in Ivory Coast and dressing as men in Lebanon. Continue reading
Mar 08 In Reverse Trompe L'Oeil, Models Are Both Subject and Painting Surface By Molly Finnegan In some ways, artist Alexa Meade is a traditional figure painter, replicating the light and shadow that falls on the human body in a naturalistic way. But she works on an unusual canvas: the human body. Continue reading
Mar 08 Watch Artist Alexa Meade's Canvas Is the Human Body Artist Alexa Meade paints on an unusual canvas: the human body. Continue watching