Arts Jan 18

In a musical tribute to COVID victims, Washington state’s Vancouver Symphony Orchestra performed Samuel Barber’s sorrowful “Adagio for Strings” inside a largely empty concert hall and for an audience online.

Arts Jan 11

The new children’s book by ballet star Misty Copeland is filled with direct nods to real people in her life who have encouraged her talent over the years, but also the more universal ways that dance friends become sources of…

Politics Jan 06

Rosen said Wednesday that the Justice Department has been working with U.S. Capitol Police and other federal law enforcement agencies to secure the Capitol.

Arts Dec 30

In your own words, here are the stories behind 20 mementos that got you through 2020.

Arts Dec 23

We asked our readers which songs helped them survive a strange and devastating year. Some tracks offered an escape. Some infused joy and despair.

Arts Dec 17

Fifteen artists and authors share the songs they played again and again.

Arts Dec 16

“Billie,” wants to go beyond the black-and-white — and incomplete — narrative of self-destructive jazz artists.

Arts Dec 14

The PBS NewsHour spoke with 11 artists and writers about which memento best expressed their experience, an artifact they’d tuck inside a time capsule.

Arts Dec 04

In Marcus Samuelsson’s new cookbook, the chef pays tribute to Black women who have been the “backbone of American food.” Among the restaurateurs he names is Leah Chase, the Queen of Creole Cuisine.

Poetry Nov 27

Throughout the year’s pain and distress caused by the pandemic, people have connected with the core theme of loneliness in Elizabeth Acevedo’s poem. Yet the final, gentle moment, set inside a nail salon, is one of reaching out, and having…