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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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