Arts Nov 20 The art of the Guantanamo Bay detainees A new exhibit in New York shares art from an unlikely place: Guantanamo Bay Detention Center. Current and former detainees have created work that represent their experiences as prisoners -- even episodes of torture -- often using whatever nontraditional materials…
World Aug 24 Column: Journalist Kim Wall’s wit shone through her work and life The gallivanting journalist she was, always sneaking off to some far corner of the world and returning with a juicy, moving, almost other-worldly story.
Nation Dec 22 Crackdown on synthetic pot has driven the dangerous drug to the streets As efforts to legalize marijuana increase across the country, what began as a novel, “legal” alternative to weed has devolved into a dangerous street drug. Synthetic marijuana comes in shiny, colorful packets scrawled with innocent-sounding names like “Scooby Snax,” “Bizarro”…
World Sep 09 Photos: Hundreds of migrants and refugees wait in limbo at Hungarian border A PBS NewsHour crew reports from the Hungarian border this week, as the flood of migrants and refugees into Europe continues to overwhelm. Correspondent William Brangham, and producers Saskia de Melker and Jon Gerberg posted these photos from a makeshift…