• She dreamed college would change her life. 10 years later, was she right?

    She dreamed college would change her life. 10 years later, was she right?

    Oct 26, 2018 06:36 PM EST

    But she didn't. She thought the class was exactly right for her. "The people there is with the same condition as me," she said. "I am not a good grammar girl." As we walked to the campus center for a snack, Katy noticed a maintenance worker emptying trash bins ...

  • The brilliant brothers behind the Mayo Clinic

    The brilliant brothers behind the Mayo Clinic

    Jun 29, 2018 06:00 PM EST

    ... headstrong query “Are you the head doctor here?” William Mayo responded without a hint of irony, “No, my brother is the head doctor. I’m the belly doctor.” Editor's note: An earlier photo caption misidentified the Mayo brothers; Charles is on the left and William is on the right.

  • 3 documentaries the Duplass Brothers want you to watch now

    3 documentaries the Duplass Brothers want you to watch now

    May 18, 2018 07:47 PM EST

    ... create the environment where they can create and get some of the help that honestly we never got." Over the last few years, the Duplass Brothers have financed or produced more than a dozen films that are not their own, exploring subjects all over the map. These include "Tangerine," the ...

  • Maduro: Trump has ‘no right’ to joke about military action in Venezuela

    Maduro: Trump has ‘no right’ to joke about military action in Venezuela

    Oct 04, 2017 11:18 PM EST

    ... Rico is. He didn't know that. He went the Puerto Rico, and he came there during the tragedy and insulted them. These are our brothers. If you say to him Simon Bolivar, he thinks that's a rocker, a singer. He doesn't know what that is. He repeats ...

  • For three brothers, 'Texas pride' means buying a 5-ton truck on Craigslist and helping fellow Texans

    For three brothers, 'Texas pride' means buying a 5-ton truck on Craigslist and helping fellow Texans

    Aug 31, 2017 10:28 PM EST

    When Hurricane Harvey began to hammer Houston, three brothers from San Antonio decided they couldn’t just sit at home. “We were trying to figure out what to do. How to help,” said Brad Morris, when his cousin, a Houston police officer, gave them a tip: ‘We’ve got boats ...

  • A brother's death brought 'emotional challenge' and pain to Gregg Allman's life of music

    A brother's death brought 'emotional challenge' and pain to Gregg Allman's life of music

    May 28, 2017 07:36 PM EST

    ... co-host of the radio show “Debatable” on SiriusXM. In 2012, he also released a memoir with one of the founding members of the Allman Brothers Band, Gregg Allman, who passed away on Saturday at the age of 69. The book, “My Cross to Bear,” which was co-authored with ...

  • Column: Koch brothers are the latest strange bedfellows in Washington state carbon tax fight

    Column: Koch brothers are the latest strange bedfellows in Washington state carbon tax fight

    Nov 04, 2016 10:36 PM EST

    ... we have a new Public Disclosure Commission report for the No campaign showing that Koch Industries contributed $50,000 to the No campaign. The Koch brothers’ anti-science and anti-environment activities are well documented; it’s pretty interesting that the No campaign would want to be associated with them ...

  • Castro brothers on how Donald Trump has motivated U.S. Latinos

    Castro brothers on how Donald Trump has motivated U.S. Latinos

    Jul 27, 2016 11:42 PM EST

    Two of the nation’s leading Latino politicians weigh in on the state of the Clinton-Kaine campaign. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Tex., and his twin brother, Julián Castro, who was a potential Hillary Clinton veep pick, predict Donald Trump’s rhetoric on Mexicans will boost Latino turnout at the polls and that the former secretary of state will...

  • What sorrow, fear and love sound like in Orlando right now

    What sorrow, fear and love sound like in Orlando right now

    Jun 15, 2016 08:17 PM EST

    We've been reporting on the ground in Orlando since a gunman opened fire on a crowded nightclub Sunday. We spoke with people at an LGBT community center, a local mosque, a blood donation center and a vigil for victims of the shooting. We spoke with people in the Puerto Rican community and people on the...

  • NBA union boss wants to prove players were right to 'give a girl a chance'

    NBA union boss wants to prove players were right to 'give a girl a chance'

    Apr 29, 2015 11:04 PM EST

    Michele Roberts, the first woman ever to run a professional sports union in North America, is on top of what is still very much a man's world. She'll face negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement with NBA team owners in 2017. As part of a collaboration between The Atlantic and the PBS NewsHour, Judy...