Arts Mar 10 This artist's red shoes stand in for all the women lost to violence Red boots. Red heels. Red toddler shoes. When Mexican artist Elina Chauvet stages her “Los Zapatos Rojos” installation in cities around the world, hundreds of pairs are displayed in public spaces. The shoes, she says, help take her pain away.
Politics Mar 04 WATCH: Trump speaks at Latino Coalition Legislative Summit Trump is scheduled to speak from Washington, D.C. at 1:30 p.m. ET. Watch the president's remarks here.
Health Mar 04 WATCH: Health officials testify on NIH budget as coronavirus concerns grow Top officials at the National Institutes of Health will appear before a House appropriations committee Wednesday to address President Donald Trump's budget proposal, which suggests a $3 billion funding cut to the agency.
Arts Feb 26 The search for Mexico's drug war victims, distilled into sound art What does it sound like to look for a lost loved one? This art installation doesn’t look away from the horror and pain of that reality.
Arts Feb 18 WATCH: Isabel Allende on studying real people for characters in her novels When writer Isabel Allende creates characters for her novels, she often looks to real people as “models.” For a crime novel she wrote, Allende said she needed to connect with a member of the U.S. military.
Arts Feb 13 Artist Débora Delmar on the invisible gates that shape us An art installation by the London-based Mexican artist reflects the way we’re all shaped by our aspirations, and whether we have the keys or not.
Arts Feb 07 How a college prank turned into a public art tradition The inflatable replica that rests on the lake’s solid surface isn’t a political statement, nor a throwback to the ending of 1969’s “Planet of the Apes,” but a decades-long tradition founded on a good laugh.
Arts Feb 06 Once a neglected house, 'Rainbow Embassy' is a beacon of rebirth in Arkansas There’s a house exploding with color at an otherwise unassuming intersection in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The playful installation is called “Rainbow Embassy,” and it’s the work of Madrid-based street artist Okuda San Miguel, who transformed the previously dilapidated home into…
Politics Feb 04 WATCH: Sen. Collins says she will vote to acquit Trump Sen. Susan Collins said the House managers did not sufficiently show how Trump's conduct, "however, flawed, warrants the extreme step of immediate removal from office."…
Arts Jan 29 WATCH: Gwen Ifill honored in Forever stamp dedication ceremony The late NewsHour anchor Gwen Ifill is being commemorated by the U.S. Postal Service with a Forever stamp this year. USPS will celebrate the release of the stamp in a dedication ceremony on Thursday at a Washington, D.C., church that…