Oct 19 Economy Divides Voters in Tight Nevada Senate Race LAS VEGAS | In the Silver State's closely watched Senate race between incumbent Harry Reid and Tea Party favorite Sharron Angle, supporters on both sides of the spectrum voice deep concern over the state's hard-hit economy. Continue reading
Oct 19 Women Journalists Honored for Risky Reporting in Colombia, Tanzania Every year, the Courage in Journalism Awards honor a group of women for their reporting in dangerous locales around the world. The International Women's Media Foundation has recognized four winners this year: Vicky Ntetema, Claudia Julieta Duque,… Continue reading
Oct 18 Watch As Sudan Prepares for Secession Vote, Fears of Unrest Intensify Margaret Warner talks to U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice about the ethnic tension in Sudan ahead of an important referendum on whether the oil-rich South should secede. Continue watching
Oct 18 Food Insecurity a Chronic Problem in Mozambique By Talea Miller MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE | Maputo's streets were buzzing with commercial activity Monday and its beaches packed over the weekend with families having picnics and friends sharing beers. But just last month, there was a very different scene here: riots over… Continue reading
Oct 18 Weekly Poem: ‘The Elders’ By Tom LeGro Elizabeth Alexander was born in Harlem, raised in Washington, D.C., and attended Yale University, where she now teaches African American Studies. She is the author of six books of poems, including most recently, "Crave Radiance: New and Selected Poems 1990-2010."… Continue reading
Oct 18 Monday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, New York's Chelsea Art Museum has lost the deed to its building. Continue reading
Oct 15 Conversation: Musician Evan Ziporyn, Composer of ‘A House in Bali’ By Molly Finnegan Based on the memoirs of Colin McPhee, a musicologist who, in the early 20th-century, spent several years in Bali studying traditional music, "A House in Bali" is a blend of western opera and the music of that island. Continue reading
Oct 15 Watch Rape Victims Make Voices Heard in Congo Lindsay Hilsum of Independent Television News reports on the use of rape as a weapon of war in eastern Congo. Continue watching
Oct 15 Friday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture, bed bugs make their (unwelcome) debut at the Metropolitan Opera. Continue reading
Oct 14 Conversation: Howard Jacobson, Winner of the 2010 Man Booker Prize Howard Jacobson is a writer and journalist whose novel, "The Finkler Question", was named winner of the Man Booker Prize in London on Tuesday. Continue reading