Nation Sep 01 360 video of a rescue from the floodwaters in Houston Watch this 360 video of three brothers driving a truck through Houston floodwaters to help fellow Texans.
Nation Aug 31 For three brothers, ‘Texas pride’ means buying a 5-ton truck on Craigslist and helping fellow Texans When Hurricane Harvey began to hammer Houston, three brothers from San Antonio decided they couldn’t just sit at home. “We were trying to figure out what to do. How to help,” said Brad Morris, when his cousin, a Houston police…
Nation Aug 31 In a Texas shelter, evacuees ‘don’t know what we lost or what we didn’t lose’ "If the bad weather comes and you’re still here," law enforcement voices blared, "we’re not going to do anything for you." Now stuck in shelters, Texans endure boredom and anxiety. What will they find when they finally return home?…
Poetry Aug 22 This poet is making sure women of the Bauhaus movement get their due The Bauhaus German art school of the early to mid-20th century is today associated with several things: its stark white modernist buildings, its emphasis on re-combining arts and craft, and the male artists and architects who taught there, including Paul…
Arts Aug 18 Spotify has removed white power music from its platform. But it’s still available on dozens of other sites Music that promotes white nationalism is still easily available for free on YouTube and SoundCloud and for sale from independent music labels and distribution services.
Arts Aug 18 The 4 coming-of-age memoirs you need to read Author Tom Perrotta, who wrote "Election," "Little Children" and "The Leftovers," shares his favorite real-life stories about growing up.
Politics Aug 16 How the term ‘alt-left’ came to be The phrase "alt-left" originated on a conspiracy theory-pushing website. How did it make its way into President Trump's remarks on Charlottesville?…
Poetry Aug 14 After Charlottesville, people share poems to grieve, resist and understand Poet Nicole Sealey reads her poem, "In Defense of 'Candelabra with Heads.'"…
Arts Aug 10 In long-lost play, the author of ‘Peter Pan’ spoofs ‘Sherlock Holmes’ and the mystery genre The play will be published this week in the Strand Magazine, a quarterly mystery magazine that has previously unearthed and published works by John Steinbeck, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tennessee Williams, Joseph Heller, and H.G. Wells.
Arts Aug 08 Glen Campbell’s last song chronicled his struggle with Alzheimer’s disease The "Rhinestone Cowboy," country music legend, hitmaker, and TV star, is dead at 81.