• Column: I'm predicting an economic recession in 2017. Are you ready?

    Column: I'm predicting an economic recession in 2017. Are you ready?

    Jan 03, 2017 07:05 PM EST

    ... record. How much longer can it continue? No one knows why economic expansions end. It could be a sudden trigger like the collapse of Lehman Brothers in late 2008 or just a general loss of confidence. Economic theories, such as works by economist Hyman Minsky, explain that the longer an ...

  • The shows you should have watched in 2016

    The shows you should have watched in 2016

    Dec 29, 2016 12:22 AM EST

    ... You're saving my ass. ACTOR: OK, man. Well, you know, I got to go now. DONALD GLOVER: OK. Cool. So, what you guys doing right now? You dudes do that deal? ACTOR: I do not know what you mean. JEFFREY BROWN: All right, so, Eric, that's the main ...

  • ‘Othello: The Remix’ gives Shakespeare the hip-hop treatment

    ‘Othello: The Remix’ gives Shakespeare the hip-hop treatment

    Dec 24, 2016 07:15 PM EST

    ... Lookin’ for the loot, but there was none for Othello.” IVETTE FELICIANO: In their production of “Othello: The Remix," rap and theater artists, the Q Brothers, reimagine the classic William Shakespeare play for a modern, hip-hop audience. For real-life brothers GQ and JQ, hip-hop is more than ...

  • Why German surveillance failed to stop the Berlin attack suspect

    Why German surveillance failed to stop the Berlin attack suspect

    Dec 23, 2016 12:43 AM EST

    ... PETER NEUMANN, International Center for the Study of Radicalization: Well, the latest is that they are still trying to track down where exactly he is right now, and they are conducting raids on different places that are connected to the jihadist scene. It is now known that he was part ...

  • The music is medicine for Bruce Springsteen

    The music is medicine for Bruce Springsteen

    Dec 21, 2016 12:37 AM EST

    ... like the big hitters, like Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy and those guys? BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: The big hitters, yes. Yes, when I got into "Anna Karenina" and "Brothers Karamazov" and "Crime and Punishment," that was the stuff that -- that had a big effect on me, because it was so psychological. JEFFREY BROWN ...

  • With Ivanka Trump, the role of first daughter may evolve

    With Ivanka Trump, the role of first daughter may evolve

    Dec 17, 2016 04:58 PM EST

    ... empire. Ivanka Trump, one of Donald Trump's three children with his first wife, Ivana, is an executive vice president of the business along with brothers Donald Jr., 38, and Eric, 32. Just how the president-elect will handle his business interests remains unclear. Trump has said he will turn ...

  • Nashville’s storied music spaces threatened with silence

    Nashville’s storied music spaces threatened with silence

    Dec 13, 2016 01:00 AM EST

    ... JUDY WOODRUFF: Nashville often likes to refer to itself as Music City. And given its history and heritage, that seems just right. But as real estate development explodes in one of the nation's fastest growing cities, some of the very studios, locations and neighborhoods that were so important ...

  • In a land of thundering reindeer, suicide stalks the indigenous Sami

    In a land of thundering reindeer, suicide stalks the indigenous Sami

    Dec 11, 2016 03:21 PM EST

    Suicide is a growing problem among the indigenous Sami of Sweden. Many work as reindeer herders, and feel acute anxiety about the effects of climate change.

  • Business leaders warn Trump of economic fallout from mass deportation

    Business leaders warn Trump of economic fallout from mass deportation

    Dec 09, 2016 06:02 PM EST

    Still grappling with Donald Trump's surprise election, the nation's business community has begun to pressure the president-elect to abandon campaign-trail pledges of mass deportation and other hard-line immigration policies that some large employers fear would hurt the economy.

  • Fidel Castro interred in Cuban ceremony

    Fidel Castro interred in Cuban ceremony

    Dec 04, 2016 11:49 PM EST

    Fidel Castro was laid to rest on Sunday during a private ceremony that capped nine days of mourning in Cuba. Castro ruled the island nation for 49 years before he stepped down in 2008. His remains were carried in a military procession to a cemetery in the city of Santiago. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Nick...