Arts May 01 James Comey loves Beyonce, says he doesn’t watch ‘The Americans’ The former FBI director also recommended some favorite reads -- history that offers poignant lessons for the current moment.
Arts Apr 30 The May pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is ‘Educated’ "Educated," a memoir by Tara Westover of growing up in a survivalist family in remote Idaho, is our May pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This.”…
Arts Apr 13 3 of Meg Wolitzer’s favorite books about the lives of women Meg Wolitzer didn't mean to write a novel of the #MeToo movement. But her latest, "The Female Persuasion," explores issues around power, sexual assault, feminism and how women relate.
Arts Apr 11 Journalist Dan Egan annotates a page of ‘The Death and Life of the Great Lakes’ The quagga mussel is a small but dangerous invasive species in Lake Michigan. Dan Egan explains why in an annotated page of his book "The Death and Life of the Great Lakes."…
Arts Apr 05 How journalist Dan Egan wrote the life (and death) story of the Great Lakes Dan Egan likes to say that he may be the only journalist in America whose beat is the Great Lakes.
Arts Apr 02 Discussion questions for ‘The Death and Life of the Great Lakes’ Dan Egan’s “The Death and Life of the Great Lakes” — an epic portrait of the Great Lakes and the perils they face — is our next pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This.”…
Arts Mar 30 The April pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times Book club is ‘The Death and Life of the Great Lakes’ We unveil our April selection for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This.”…
Politics Mar 22 H.R. McMaster is out as national security adviser, will be replaced by former UN Ambassador John Bolton McMaster's departure is the latest in a series of exits from the White House, and comes just more than a week after Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson…
Arts Mar 22 Mohsin Hamid annotates the first page of his novel, ‘Exit West’ Mohsin Hamid’s novel “Exit West,” which follows two lovers on the move from a country on the brink of civil war, is our March pick for the new PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This.”…
Nation Mar 21 New female Forest Service head launches review of harassment, sexual misconduct in the agency The review comes weeks after a PBS NewsHour investigation into these issues, especially in the agency’s firefighting ranks, along with the departure of Forest Service Chief Tony Tooke amid allegations of his own sexual misconduct.