Arts Jul 07 Memphis youth carry on the legacy of Stax Records soul music Stax Music Academy is located on the site of the original Stax Records studio in historic Soulsville, which many legendary musicians -- including Aretha Franklin, Memphis Slim, and Booker T. Jones -- called home. It aims to nurture the next…
Health May 20 Memphis midwives work to address racial disparities in care More women in America die from pregnancy-related complications than in any other developed country in the world, and black women are most affected. NewsHour Weekend's Ivette Feliciano reports on one clinic in Memphis, Tennessee, where midwives are working to facilitate…
World Jul 25 Minor League: Arab Regional Group Tries to Step Up Its Game Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal and his Egyptian counterpart Mohammed Kamel Amr arrive on a buggy to attend the Arab League ministerial meeting on the Syrian crisis in the Qatari capital Doha on July 22. Photo by AFP/Getty Images.
Arts Aug 17 Drawing The White Whale In August 2009 Matt Kish, a librarian by trade and artist by night, decided to draw one image for every page of of his long-time favorite novel - "Moby-Dick". Kish spent the next 543 days in pursuit of his own…
Science Jul 25 Mongolian Herders See Changes as Temperatures Rise The East Asian nation of Mongolia is home to about 3 million people, half of whom make their living off of livestock. Since 1960, Mongolia's average temperature has increased by 3.85 degrees Fahrenheit -- a change faster than the…
Politics Jul 20 FRONTLINE Investigation Shows Inconsistencies in Anthrax Case An ongoing investigation by FRONTLINE, ProPublica and McClatchy Newspapers has brought to light inconsistencies in the government's position on the 2001 case of anthrax-filled letters that killed five people. // This interview was conducted on July 19.
Politics Jul 14 Minnesota Lawmakers in Talks to End Government Shutdown MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson Updated 6:30 p.m. ET Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton and GOP lawmakers say they have reached a deal to end a budget showdown that has led to the state's government shutdown. Dayton told reporters the shutdown was expected…
World Jul 11 The Lives of Child Brides, as Captured Through a Photographer’s Lens The practice of child marriage is far more common throughout the world than many might suspect. According to UNICEF, as many as 50 million girls in developing countries were married before they turned 18 and 100 million more are…
Politics Jun 29 NewsHour Connect: The End of Collective Bargaining in Wisconsin Wisconsin's controversial new collective bargaining law takes effect on Wednesday. The law severely diminishes state employee's collective bargaining rights and enacts what is essentially an 8 percent cut in pay for state workers. Salaries are not being directly cut, but…
World May 25 Deadly Storms Continue as Joplin Residents Pick Up the Pieces Severe weather continues to threaten the lower Midwest just days after the deadliest tornado in 60 years killed at least 122 people in Joplin, Mo. Tornadoes touched down in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning,…