Arts Sep 22 These provocative posters will make you think differently about ‘We the People’ Graphic designers reimagine a U.S. Constitution that acknowledges the American slave trade and mistreatment of Native Americans.
Poetry Sep 18 Why U.S. Virgin Islanders feel there’s no place they belong Hurricane Irma devastated the U.S. Virgin Islands, leveling homes, knocking out power, and turning the landscape into a “battered wasteland” where some say media coverage was minimal and help was late to arrive. Now, the islands are under…
Arts Sep 15 13 fall books that will make you think If summer is the time for escape reading, fall may be a great time to "re-engage" with thought-provoking books about politics, identity, life after a hurricane and the role of technology in our lives.
Arts Sep 13 This viral song calls out Bollywood’s sexism. Here are the English lyrics “I am tired after kissing their asses,” an actress tells her male director. “You only make me dance in underwear or small clothes.”…
Nation Sep 13 Where Florida counties sheltered sex offenders during Irma Florida has a disproportionately high population of sex offenders. During Irma, some counties offered them shelter in jail. Other sex offenders were out of luck.
Nation Sep 10 Hurricane Irma leaves Florida trailer park residents with impossible choices Orlando issued a mandatory evacuation for all mobile home communities. But many stayed for their pets.
Nation Sep 09 A rifle, a cross and 20 tortoises. What Irma evacuees carried north Ten Floridians told the PBS NewsHour why they were on the move and what they left behind -- or why they chose not to leave at all.
Nation Sep 08 Despite mandatory evacuation, many on this Florida island plan to ride out the storm “My house has been here for 53 years, and not blown away yet,” says Chris Quarno, who plans to stay along with his daughters and granddaughters, and boasts that he has lived through six hurricanes on Merritt Island before.
Arts Sep 06 Here’s every state’s song of the summer (no, it’s not all ‘Despacito’) America's song of the summer was the reggaeton hit "Despacito." But it wasn't the top song everywhere.
Poetry Sep 05 How death row inmates at San Quentin are using poetry to examine the prison system — and themselves Prison literature has a long and rich history, stretching back to Jack London, Nelson Algren and Malcolm X. The genre includes powerful work from prisoners incarcerated on death row, which is often surfaced with the help of activists or artists…