Nation Jun 28 Inside Minnesota’s sex offender facility, where no one has ever been released The PBS NewsHour was recently granted rare access to Minnesota’s Sex Offender Program in the rural town of Moose Lake, MN. It is one of two state-run facilities that house more than 700 sex offenders. They’re all being held under…
Arts Mar 10 How does a singer-songwriter deal with self-doubt on stage? Singer-songwriter Josh Ritter has been performing music for nearly 20 years. But even today, he sometimes finds himself gripped by self-doubt -- both on and off stage. He copes by remembering the relationships he’s developed and the possibilities that lie…
Education Jul 27 Using telegrams and love letters to teach World War II They found love letters, pictures, death-notice telegrams, and even insurance settlement claims that have survived for decades. Cpl. Henry Bernard Van Hyfte with his father in Minnesota before World War II. The discoveries are a result of a…
World Apr 29 The last men who fought in the Vietnam War remember the fall of Saigon By April 29, 1975, the fall of Saigon was imminent and only a few dozen U.S. troops remained – down from more than half a million in 1969.
Arts Apr 15 Rhiannon Giddens performs ‘Julie,’ a song inspired by a slave’s story Singer-songwriter Rhiannon Giddens is the first to admit she's big into history, and in particular the history of the South and the Civil War.
Nation Mar 17 Photo essay: Life inside a juvenile detention center for girls For the past eight years, photographer Richard Ross has been documenting juvenile detention centers across the country. He has visited more than 200 facilities in 34 states and been given rare access to interview and photograph more than 1,000…