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Preview: Kurtis Blow on 'The Anthology of Rap'

Kurtis Blow, a pioneer of rap and hip-hop music, talks to Jeffrey Brown about his role in the history of the art form, as a major new anthology of American rap lyrics is published.

Tool$ Tuesday | The Bush Tax Cuts

By Paul Solman

Today's Tool$ Tuesday is another look at how the tax cuts might be implemented. This Bush Tax Cut tool comes by way of the Tax Policy Center, a much-appreciated think tank in today's hyper-polarized environment.

Tuesday's Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, Miami breaks ground on an art museum.

Weekly Poem: 'Hammer Is the Prayer'

Christian Wiman is the editor of Poetry magazine and the author of three collections of poems: "Every Riven Thing" (2010), "Hard Night" (2005) and "The Long Home" (1998).

Monday's Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, a French man has revealed a collection of almost 300 undocumented art works by Pablo Picasso.

Around the Globe, Many Still Hungry Despite Recent Advances

This year's World Food Prize winner, David Beckmann, talks to Ray Suarez about feeding the hungry in the United States and abroad.

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America's Cornucopia of Recipes

Food columnist and cookbook author Molly O'Neill has spent the past decade traveling cross-country in search of America's recipes. Jeffrey Brown talks to O'Neill about the result of her travels: a cookbook.

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A Guide to Good Thanksgiving Reads

As families and friends gather across the country to celebrate this Thanksgiving, we at the NewsHour have cooked up a small sampling of writings and stories for the holiday. Slate has put together a guide to each side of…

Around the Nation

A special Thanksgiving roundup of public media arts and culture (and cooking) stories.

What Does Justice in the Foreclosure Crisis Look Like?

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 Wednesday's query: An amended answer today to a question answered imperfectly (or worse) last month.