Arts Jun 07 Theater adapts ‘An Enemy of the People’ to address public health after the pandemic Actors, experts and community members are turning to a classic play to address contemporary trauma and tensions from the pandemic. Jeffrey Brown has a look for our new series, Art in Action, exploring the intersection of art and democracy and…
Arts May 28 Māori poet Tayi Tibble draws on guidance of Polynesian ancestors in ‘Rangikura’ There’s a new, original voice in the world of poetry. Indigenous New Zealander Tayi Tibble’s poems about what it means to be a young Māori woman have resonated with audiences far beyond her home in the Pacific. Jeffrey Brown met…
Arts May 22 Amy Tan turns her literary gaze on the world of birds in ‘The Backyard Bird Chronicles’ She’s a novelist turned naturalist. New York Times best-selling author Amy Tan has turned her intense gaze to the world of birds and shared her private drawings and musings in a new book. Jeffrey Brown joined Tan at her Northern…
Arts May 13 Doris Kearns Goodwin on her personal history and ‘An Unfinished Love Story’ "An Unfinished Love Story" is the story of the love of two people for one another and their country. The new book is by an author well-known to NewsHour audiences, Doris Kearns Goodwin. She spoke with Jeffrey Brown for our…
Arts May 09 ‘The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt’ looks at the women who shaped a future president A new book offers a new way to understand one of America's most important presidents. Jeffrey Brown sat down with author Edward O'Keefe to discuss, "The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created a President." It's for our arts…
Arts Apr 23 Salman Rushdie reflects on attack that changed his life in new memoir ‘Knife’ On August 12, 2022, Salman Rushdie, one of the world’s best-known writers, was attacked and nearly killed by a young man with a knife. Rushdie has written of that harrowing day and all that’s followed in a new book. He…
World Apr 22 Chinese Olympic doping case swept ‘under the carpet’ by WADA, U.S. anti-doping chief says A new doping scandal has erupted involving Olympic swimmers from China. Chinese authorities and the World Anti-Doping Agency found the drug trimetazidine but cleared the swimmers and did not flag problems to Olympic officials. Several who tested positive went on…
Arts Apr 22 Works from artists with disabilities featured in historic exhibition in San Francisco Creative Growth is an art center in Oakland that supports artists with disabilities. The center has artworks in museums across the country and plays a big part in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's new exhibition. Jeffrey Brown reports…
Nation Apr 19 Recovery community helping Kentucky town rebound from economic decline and addiction For years, the stories coming out of Appalachian coal country have been grim: addiction, black lung disease and economic decline. But a new story is now emerging, one where people in recovery are helping their communities rebound. Jeffrey Brown reports…
Arts Apr 16 New film ‘Civil War’ explores a divided America at war with itself The new film "Civil War” is stirring debate and provoking conversation about where a divided nation could lead. It topped the domestic box office this weekend with a nearly $26 million opening, the biggest ever for the independent production company…