May 23 Syrian activists report chlorine gas attacks in village north of Damascus By Sarah Sheffer Video footage purporting to show a chlorine gas attack in the Syrian village of Kfar Zeita on Thursday was released by Syrian opposition activists. It would be evidence of a new chemical weapons campaign in the country’s civil war. Activists… Continue reading
May 19 Watch Former Burmese movie star finds leading role as activist By PBS News Hour In the 1980s and '90s, Kyaw Thu was one of Myanmar's leading film stars, appearing in more than 200 movies. He was so popular that the military government cast him in several propaganda films. But when he turned down a… Continue watching
May 07 Watch Syrian opposition leader on Homs retreat, international aid and chances for a political solution By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 02 Watch Warning of genocide, Kerry urges meeting between South Sudan rivals By PBS News Hour Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to South Sudan to urge President Salva Kiir to meet the opposition and halt a four-month civil war. In recent weeks, hundreds of civilians have been slaughtered in the Bentiu, and more than a… Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch Steve Scafidi Jr. reads ‘Portraits of Abraham Lincoln with Clouds for a Ceiling’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch A look inside the city of Homs, central battlefield of Syria’s war By PBS News Hour Syria’s civil war has killed more than 140,000 people. The city of Homs, once seen as the capital of the revolution, is now mostly controlled by government forces. Attack and starvation drove scores of rebels to flee or surrender, while… Continue watching
Mar 31 Watch Weekly Poem: Eavan Boland reads ‘A Soldier in the 28th Massachusetts’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching