Dec 15 Wednesday on the NewsHour: Trey McIntyre Project Finds a Dance Partner in Boise More from Jeffrey Brown's profile of choreographer Trey McIntyre. Continue reading
Dec 15 Wednesday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, a person taking a stroll along the beach in Ashkelon, Israel, discovered an ancient Roman statue. Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch Civil Rights Leader Andrew Young Shares Life Lessons With New Generation Andrew Young, a top aide to Martin Luther King, Jr., and his godson/co-author Kabir Sehgal speak with Judy Woodruff about passing on life lessons and words of advice for a new generation, plus their new book "Walk in My Shoes."… Continue watching
Dec 14 For the Books, Found Footage Is a Blank Page Art Beat talks to the Books backstage at the 9:30 Club about their live performance and about the essential role that found footage plays in their shows. Continue reading
Dec 14 Survey: Marijuana Use Outstrips Tobacco Use Among Teens More high school seniors have used marijuana in the past month than have smoked a cigarette, according to a federal study released Tuesday. The National Institutes of Health's annual Monitoring the Future study has surveyed trends in… Continue reading
Dec 14 Tool$ Tuesday: Interactive Tax Cut Graphic By Paul Solman Today's tool concerns the extension of the Bush tax cuts and comes via the Washington Post, which generated the interactive graphic some time ago. But it's as timely a tool as ever, given that the Senate vote… Continue reading
Dec 14 Tuesday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, LA MOCA takes down a mural it commissioned. Continue reading
Dec 13 On Monday’s NewsHour: Health Reform Challenge, Tax Cuts, Madoff Case HEALTH REFORM RULING | Betty Ann Bowser has the latest on a federal judge in Virginia ruling that a major provision of the health care reform law is unconstitutional, then Gwen Ifill speaks with Neera Tanden from the… Continue reading
Dec 13 What’s Causing U.S. Personal Spending to Drop: Job Losses, Fear or Both? By Paul Solman Paul Solman answers questions from NewsHour viewers and site visitors on business and economic news most days on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Monday's query: Name: Michael Cassady Question: Paul, If the U.S. consumer market is the… Continue reading
Dec 13 Weekly Poem: ‘Disrupted Motion’ Karena Youtz is a poet who lives and writes in Boise, Idaho. She also writes lyrics for her husband Doug Martsch, lead singer for the Boise-based indie rock band Built to Spill. Early next year, a collection called "Transfer Tree"… Continue reading