Jun 13 Watch 7:18 Poorna Jagannathan on her role in “Never Have I Ever” and diversity in Hollywood By Amna Nawaz, Cybele Mayes-Osterman, Satvi Sunkara The fourth and final season of Netflix's wildly popular series "Never Have I Ever" is leading streaming charts across the world. Amna Nawaz spoke with one of the series' lead actors, Poorna Jagannathan, about the show's success and how it's… Continue watching
Jun 13 Watch 5:34 The legacy of Pulitzer-winning novelist Cormac McCarthy By Geoff Bennett Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Cormac McCarthy died Tuesday at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Throughout his long career, he wrote novels that could be bleak and violent but that were also hailed for his beautiful prose. Some of his… Continue watching
Jun 13 Acclaimed novelist Cormac McCarthy dies at 89 By Associated Press McCarthy, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who in prose both dense and brittle took readers from the southern Appalachians to the desert Southwest in such novels as “The Road,” “Blood Meridian” and “All the Pretty Horses,” died Tuesday. Continue reading
Jun 13 Missouri’s LGBTQ+ community is often left out of history. A new effort fights to preserve it By Gabrielle Hays Oral history is at the forefront of a new virtual exhibit in St. Louis with one goal in mind: Ensuring LGBTQ+ history in the area isn’t forgotten. Continue reading
Jun 13 In past Pride events, transgender people have often been sidelined. Not this year By Susan Haigh, Associated Press Transgender and nonbinary people are front and center this year at Pride festivals where they've often been sidelined. Many celebrations this June are taking a public stand against legislation targeting transgender people. Continue reading
Jun 12 Watch 2:54 A Brief But Spectacular take on writing from the inside out By Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet Michael R. Jackson is a Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning playwright and composer. His musical, “A Strange Loop,” started as a personal monologue he wrote shortly after graduating from NYU and it debuted on Broadway 18 years later. He shares his… Continue watching
Jun 12 After 9 years, Washington Post publisher Fred Ryan steps down By David Bauder, Associated Press Newspaper owner Jeff Bezos announced Ryan's departure in a memo to staff on Monday. Continue reading
Jun 12 76th Tony Awards makes inclusive history, puts on razzle-dazzle in new venue By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press The intimate, funny-sad musical “Kimberly Akimbo” nudged aside splashier rivals on Sunday to win the musical crown at the Tony Awards on a night when Broadway flexed its creative muscle amid the Hollywood writers’ strike and made history with laurels for nonbinary actors J. Continue reading
Jun 11 Watch 3:58 Marsha P. Johnson’s historic role in the LGBTQ+ rights movement By John Yang, Claire Mufson, Satvi Sunkara This Pride Month, as part of our “Hidden Histories” series, we look back on the legacy of Marsha P. Johnson, a larger-than-life figure in her own community, whose contributions to the fight for gay and transgender rights were largely overlooked… Continue watching
Jun 08 Watch 8:31 Broadway composer John Kander on how his latest musical is a love letter to New York By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport Broadway’s big night, the Tony Awards, will be held this Sunday. The new show, “New York, New York,” is a top contender, nominated in nine categories, including Best Musical. Its composer, John Kander, is separately being honored with a special… Continue watching