Arts Sep 10 Telling the Stories Behind the Images of ‘WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY’ Dmitri Baltermants, 1912-1990 Attack — Eastern Front WWII, 1941 Gelatin silver print, printed 1960 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Gift of Michael Poulos in honor of Mary Kay Poulos, 1997, © Russian Photo Association, Razumberg Emil Anasovich.
Arts Jul 17 Chinese Factories Build Troubled Relationships Lizhi Jiang was born in Yongzhou, Hunan Province in 1987. His wife, Qifeng Jiang, was born in Yongzhou, Hunan Province in 1987 and works in as a factory accountant. Their son is two years old, and they plan to bring…
Arts Jul 15 Weekly Poem: ‘Using a Hula Hoop Can Get You Abducted By Aliens’ Matthea Harvey is the author of "Modern Life," a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and a New York Times Notable Book. She teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and is a contributing editor to jubilat, Meatpaper and BOMB.
Arts Jul 01 Weekly Poem: ‘Inside The Good Idea’ Matthea Harvey is the author of "Modern Life," a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and a New York Times Notable Book. She teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and is a contributing editor to jubilat, Meatpaper, and BOMB.
Arts Jun 07 One Photographer’s Experience Documenting Mentally Ill Inmates For her project "Trapped," photographer Jenn Ackerman spent months in the Correctional Psychiatric Treatment Unit (CPTU) of the Kentucky State Reformatory to learn about the experiences of the mentally ill confined in the prison system.
Arts Jun 05 One Photographer’s Experience Documenting Mentally Ill Inmates Minneapolis photographer Jenn Ackerman spent months in the Correctional Psychiatric Treatment Unit (CPTU) of the Kentucky State Reformatory to learn about the experiences of prisoners with mental illness.
Arts May 07 Tuesday on the NewsHour: Saving Recorded History More with Patrick Loughney, executive director of the Libarary of Congress' National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, and Gene DeAnna, head of the recorded sound section.
Arts Mar 14 Arlo Guthrie Celebrates His Father’s Legacy Arlo Guthrie, son of folk legend Woody Guthrie, played his first gig at 13, performs all over the world and runs his own record label. But while the younger Guthrie found his own sound and subject matter, he has never…
Politics Jan 22 Roe v. Wade’s Influence Felt on 1992 Abortion Case // Today marks the 40th anniversary of the landmark decision Roe v. Wade. On Jan. 22, 1973, the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that the due process clause of the 14th Amendment extends to a woman's decision to have an abortion.
Politics Aug 24 Republican National Convention: Then and Now After many months of planning, the Republican National Convention is almost underway. Back in May, members of the NewsHour team came to Tampa to observe the space and take some pictures. NewsHour revisited the same sites to photograph how the…