Arts Jul 14 Why John Oliver takes ‘Downton Abbey’ personally In his new program, "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver," the former "Daily Show" member is blowing his comic whistle on the media, politicians and even the American public when it is not paying attention the way he thinks it…
Nation Jul 03 Rebuilding Thomas Jefferson’s library Jeffrey Brown visits the Library of Congress to explore what rebuilding Thomas Jefferson's vast book collection can teach us about the very roots of the United States.
Poetry Apr 11 Medgar Evers’ wife revisits his legacy 50 years later During the annual Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage, Myrlie Evers-Williams spoke about how Medgar Evers was killed in front of the house where he died. Watch an excerpt of her speech in the video above. The 14th Congressional Civil…
Arts Mar 28 Angélique Kidjo’s voice reflects her soul Grammy-winner Angélique Kidjo is out with a new album, "Eve," and an autobiography, "Spirit Rising: My Life, My Music." With the preface by Desmond Tutu and the foreword by Alicia Keys, "Spirit Rising" shows something about her reach and twined…
Arts Feb 10 Sci-fi opera ‘Death and the Powers’ is doing things differently … with robots "Death and the Powers" has been called the future of the opera. Composed by Tod Machover and developed at the MIT Media Lab, this science fiction opera fills the stage with robots alongside actors and combines computers with the sounds…
Poetry Jan 07 For these medical students, poetry nurtures the soul // Kai Huang, Shara Yurkiewicz and Samyukta Mullangi are three of Dr. Rafael Campo's students, who are learning poetry to supplement their medical training. Chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown sat down with three Harvard medical students to talk about…
Poetry Jan 07 Rafael Campo uses his stethoscope to explore rhythms of poetry // Rafael Campo explores poetry through his experience as a doctor. He teaches this practice to his medical students out of the belief that healing is more than just knowing how to respond to symptoms. Rafael Campo is a…
Arts May 07 Tuesday on the NewsHour: Saving Recorded History More with Patrick Loughney, executive director of the Libarary of Congress' National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, and Gene DeAnna, head of the recorded sound section.
Arts Mar 25 Cliburn, Checker Among New Additions to National Recording Registry Van Cliburn's triumphant Cold War performance in Moscow, the mambo music of Cuban bassist Israel "Cachao" Lopez, and Chubby Checker's "The Twist" are among the 25 sound recordings newly inducted into the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress.