• This poet imagines black victims of police violence 'alive someplace better'

    This poet imagines black victims of police violence 'alive someplace better'

    Feb 26, 2018 09:52 PM EDT

    ... those things at the same time in America, or in the world, is just some difficult stuff,” they said. “It's beautiful, but other people make it suck.” An award-winning spoken word artist, Smith’s “Dear White America,” was a biting, cascade of a poem that tackles endemic violence ...

  • How American artists captured the Great War up close

    How American artists captured the Great War up close

    Mar 03, 2017 01:21 AM EDT

    ... big as it was? ROBERT COZZOLINO: You have these artists who are thinking, basically, here's this huge global conflict going on. How do I make sense of it? And how do I also bring it down to a human level and express either dissent, an urgency for America to ...

  • A Defense Department dictionary helped this poet write in the language of war

    A Defense Department dictionary helped this poet write in the language of war

    Sep 19, 2016 07:53 PM EDT

    ... create a tapestry of victims in Iraq, prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, soldiers at war, veterans who have returned home and grieving spouses. “I tried to make the border between my family’s narrative and the narratives that are currently happening in Iraq, Afghanistan and this country as permeable as possible ...

  • EPA says pesticide harms bees in some cases

    EPA says pesticide harms bees in some cases

    Jan 06, 2016 03:39 PM EDT

    ... the pesticide maker and anti-pesticide advocates were unhappy with report. The issue is important because honeybees are in trouble and they do more than make honey. They are crucial to our food supply: About one-third of the human diet comes from insect-pollinated plants, and the honeybee is ...

  • Do better-paid workers equal better business?

    Do better-paid workers equal better business?

    May 14, 2015 11:01 PM EDT

    ... like, oh, it's there. You know, this, it's really there. PAUL SOLMAN: Kristen Sargent among the 233 workers here whose paychecks rose. KRISTEN SARGENT: It's like, on paper. You know, it's there. It went into effect. PAUL SOLMAN: Sargent will earn over a dollar more an ...

  • Banning ‘the box’ to give ex-convicts a better chance at finding a job

    Banning ‘the box’ to give ex-convicts a better chance at finding a job

    Dec 26, 2014 12:35 AM EDT

    ... HARI SREENIVASAN: Now: a move to make it easier for people who have been convicted of a crime to find employment after being released from prison. Several states and municipalities are preventing employers from asking about criminal convictions up front. The so-called ban the box movement would eliminate ...

  • Obama meets with Central American leaders on border crisis while Congress dithers

    Obama meets with Central American leaders on border crisis while Congress dithers

    Jul 25, 2014 01:09 PM EDT

    Today in the Morning Line: Border crisis in focus again But solutions are stuck in Congress House committee passes anti-Obama lawsuit; Democrats aim to use it politically Ryan, Rubio try to strike sympathetic tones on poverty Obama meets with Central American leaders: Fresh off his three-day West Coast fundraising swing, President Barack Obama will host...

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    SCOTUS: Chemical weapons treaty cannot be invoked in assault case

    Jun 02, 2014 06:20 PM EDT

    The justices threw out the conviction of Carol Anne Bond of Lansdale, Pa., who was prosecuted under a 1999 law based on the chemical weapons treaty. Bond served a six-year prison term after being convicted of using toxic chemicals that caused a thumb burn on a friend who had become her husband's lover. The intent...

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    Thousands of Americans lace up their running shoes before sitting at the dinner table this Thanksgiving

    Nov 28, 2013 07:15 PM EDT

    Thanksgiving day Buffalo New York Turkey Trot in 18 degree snow! Let's do this! ?????? pic.twitter.com/wHJhDIbjIG— carly sargent (@cali_girl907) November 28, 2013 On Thursday, cities across the country will hold their annual Thanksgiving Day races, often known as "Turkey Trots." Running in the USA, an organization that lists races in each state throughout the year,...

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    Detroit Today, Washington Tomorrow

    Aug 04, 2013 11:15 AM EDT

    By Larry Kotlikoff The official debt total is well below the true "fiscal gap," argues Larry Kotlikoff, who has helped draft the INFORM Act. Photo courtesy of Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Paul Solman: Larry Kotlikoff is a dear friend of both mine and the Making Sen$e Business Desk, appearing weekly on PBS NewsHour online to answer...