Arts Oct 26 Comedian Hasan Minhaj on political satire and ‘the American Dream Tax’ Hasan Minhaj, a former correspondent for “The Daily Show,” grew up in California as the son of immigrants, experiencing childhood as a "brown kid in America." With his new show "Patriot Act" premiering this week on Netflix, Minhaj shares his…
Poetry Oct 18 Poet Phil Kaye remembers his grandfather and reimagines traditional masculinity Phil Kaye is a Japanese-American poet and filmmaker and co-director of “Project Voice,” an organization that partners with schools to bring poetry into the classroom. He shares one of his poems, “Surplus,” for a brief but spectacular take on his…
Nation Oct 09 ‘That Moment When’ a future civil rights lawyer learns the value of showing up Despite feeling unqualified to provide legal advice, Bryan Stevenson discovered that just “showing up" for others can make a huge difference in their lives.
Arts Jun 13 Opinion: A brief encounter with Anthony Bourdain Anthony Bourdain was authentic and arrestingly candid. He also seemed exhausted.
Arts Jun 18 What’s your ‘Brief but Spectacular’ take on life? If you had two minutes to give the world your take, what would you share? Each week, PBS NewsHour's new series “Brief but Spectacular” will feature some of the brightest minds of today, offering passionate takes on topics they know…
Nation Oct 23 How to talk in Silicon Valley without saying anything I moved to San Francisco in 2010, in time to witness the extraordinary growth in the Bay Area tech scene. Since then, the startup boom has dominated business headlines: from the leadup to Twitter’s IPO, Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp for…
Nation Oct 22 Reporter’s Notebook: Ray Suarez Discusses Series on Troubled U.S. Infrastructure As the NewsHour airs a series of reports on the country's ailing infrastructure, produced in collaboration with WNET New York, senior NewsHour correspondent Ray Suarez spoke with Steve Goldbloom about his experiences examining the issue. "We're getting wakeup calls from…