Nation Dec 26

If snow was on your holiday wishlist, you should have been in one of these places.

World Dec 25

Speaking to an estimated crowd of 50,000 from a balcony above the Vatican's St. Peter's Square, the pope called for a two-state solution in the Middle East, and an end to conflicts on the Korean Peninsula, in Myanmar, Syria, Yemen,…

Politics Nov 16

President Donald Trump finds the allegations against Alabama Senate candidate "very troubling," said White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

Nation Jul 29

Harvey Milk, the late politician and groundbreaking gay rights activist, has been honored with a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom, a Hollywood bio-pic and his own U.S. postage stamp. Now he will be immortalized in a new way: as namesake…

Arts Mar 06

Documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles died Thursday night after a 60-year long career that deeply affected the conversations around nonfiction filmmaking, conversations about truth, accuracy, bias and exploitation. Here are clips from seven films that define his unflinching style.

Nation Oct 11

Tonight on the program, we examine the latest negotiations between the GOP and President Obama on a debt ceiling deal amid the ongoing government shutdown. Also: the Nobel Peace Prize honors the group working to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons,…

Arts Sep 20

Writer Jesmyn Ward discusses the role and strength of women in her community, and the time it took to write and understand the loss of her loved ones for her memoir "Men We Reaped."…

Arts Sep 17

"Claire of the Sea Light" is a story of death and loss, but also the enduring power of love. The intertwined lives in a small fishing village are upended when a seven-year-old girl disappears. Haitian-born novelist Edwidge Danticat has returned…

Nation Sep 12

PBS NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown, right, and U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey, center right, launch the series “Where Poetry Lives.” Their first stop: Brooklyn. Photo by Anne Davenport/NewsHour “A short walk in the park, a sax, a lot of poetry:…

Arts Sep 12

Editor’s Note: PBS NewsHour kicks off a special poetry series with U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey. “Where Poetry Lives” features Trethewey and NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown. The pair will be on-location, reporting on issues that matter to Americans through the…