Arts Dec 31 Watch 10:27 Critics share films you shouldn’t miss from 2015 What was the best movie of the year? The best performance of the year? The most under appreciated film of the year? Jeffrey Brown talks to Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post and Mike Sargent of Pacifica Radio. By PBS News Hour
Politics Dec 28 Watch 6:33 2015 was a year of campaign surprises The 2016 race for the White House has taken some surprising turns, and 2016 hasn’t even started yet. What have we learned about the candidates and their campaigns across the past year? Tamara Keith of NPR and Amy Walter of… By PBS News Hour
World Dec 18 World news quiz: The highs and lows of 2015 In 2015, Syrian refugees continued to flee a bloody civil war, nations unified over climate change and the Internet was divided over the color of a dress. Take the year-end edition of our world news quiz to see how much… By Larisa Epatko
Politics Jan 20 Iowa Sen. Ernst promises focus on Americans’ concerns in GOP response In remarks that mixed calls for bipartisan cooperation with a flexing of GOP independence, freshman Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, cited Americans' worries about stagnant wages, lost jobs and canceled health care coverage. She called on Obama to cooperate with Republicans… By Alan Fram, Associated Press
Jan 15 POLL: And the Oscar goes to … (your choice here) By Victoria Fleischer, Laura Santhanam With this morning's announcement of the nominations for the 87th annual Academy Awards, we want to hear which films, directors and actors you think should take home a gold statuette. Before the big night, we here at Art Beat will… Continue reading
Jan 01 8 things you didn’t know about 2015 By Ruth Tam From returning particle accelerators to apocalyptic comic book heroes, 2015 is bringing its A-game. Continue reading
Dec 31 Watch 10:58 What does 2014 promise for the year to come? By PBS News Hour What will history say about 2014? As the year comes to a close, Hari Sreenivasan gets insight from Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic, Helena Andrews of The Washington Post and Evan McMorris-Santoro of Buzzfeed, who take stock of 2014 and… Continue watching
Mar 04 Obama unveils 2015 budget proposal By Robert Pursell President Barack Obama unveiled a 2015 budget Tuesday that looks to expand on his second term goal of reducing economic inequality. Dubbed the “Opportunity for All” budget, Obama’s plan includes higher spending on employment and job-training programs and the elimination… Continue reading