Arts Dec 02 The pandemic has been a roller-coaster ride. This poet captures the feeling Poet Jasmine Gardosi was commissioned by the British charity National Literacy Trust to write a poem about the pandemic. So she performed a poem while riding an actual roller coaster.
World Nov 03 Why China’s timeline to ditch coal may be too slow to help climate goals The PBS NewsHour examined how China’s reliance on coal could make the necessary steps toward global climate goals complicated.
Arts Oct 28 The scary thing about evil laughs By the time a villain is laughing, "things are going very well for them and very badly for you."…
Arts Sep 21 WATCH: Emancipation monument unveiled in Richmond, Virginia A new emancipation monument was unveiled in Richmond, Virginia, on Wednesday that features two 12-foot bronze statues -- one of a woman holding an infant and one of a man freed from chattel slavery.
World Aug 26 McConnell says U.S. deaths in Kabul attack is ‘sickening and enraging’ Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said in a statement that it is “sickening and enraging to hear that at least 12 U.S. servicemembers have been killed at the hands of terrorists in Kabul.” He added that the U.S. needs…
World Aug 26 Pelosi condemns ‘heinous terrorist attack’ House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a statement on the Kabul attack, saying that the U.S. House “strongly condemns the heinous terrorist attack outside Kabul airport.” “We mourn the loss of every innocent life taken, and we join every American…
World Aug 26 WATCH: Pentagon officials hold briefing Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby and Gen. Frank McKenzie hold a briefing, hours after the attack on the Kabul airport.
World Aug 26 US official says Islamic State “believed to be” behind attacks A U.S. official says the attack outside Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport is “definitely believed to be” carried out by the Islamic State group, AP reports.
World Aug 26 Taliban spokesperson condemns attacks A Taliban spokesperson condemned the explosions to the NewsHour, saying that the Taliban will take “every step to bring the culprits to justice.” A Taliban spokesperson said they “condemn” the explosions near the Kabul…
World Aug 26 Attacks threaten evacuation The attacks occurred in the waning days of a massive airlift out of Afghanistan, ahead of U.S. President Joe Biden’s deadline for troop withdrawal. In the past week, people have amassed at the airport, seeking to flee Afghanistan after the…