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Joshua Barajas is the arts editor for the NewsHour. He can be reached at jbarajas@newshour.org.
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Politics Jan 20
WATCH: Yolanda Adams sings ‘Hallelujah’ at national COVID remembrancePresident-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, joined by their spouses, delivered remarks at the event.
Arts Jan 19
WATCH: Nurse sings ‘Amazing Grace’ at national COVID remembranceWith the Reflecting Pool as a backdrop, and 400 lights lit up in honor of the 400,000 dead, Lori Marie Key, a 29-year-old nurse from Livonia, Michigan, sang “Amazing Grace.”…
Arts Jan 19
How communities across the country are honoring COVID victimsFrom tiny flags to empty chairs, here’s how different communities in the U.S. are memorializing the victims of the pandemic.
Arts Jan 19
WATCH: Biden, Harris speak at memorial ceremony in honor of COVID-19 victimsThe lighting memorial ceremony is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. ET today. Watch the event here.
Arts Jan 18
WATCH: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra performs COVID tributeIn 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
Misty Copeland’s ‘Bunheads’ is an ode to friendship in the dance studioThe 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
Acting U.S. Attorney General says U.S. Capitol insurrection an ‘intolerable attack’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
20 mementos that carried you through 2020In your own words, here are the stories behind 20 mementos that got you through 2020.
Arts Dec 23
The 101 songs you turned to in 2020We 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
The songs we turned to in 2020Fifteen artists and authors share the songs they played again and again.