Arts Sep 01 ‘Daughters’ directors on the complex bond between men behind bars and their daughters By John Yang, Lorna Baldwin, Juliet Fuisz, Satvi Sunkara
Nation May 06 Watch What does it mean to be a girl? How parents can help daughters decide for themselves In the last few decades, a multi-billion dollar industry has evolved around princess stories and toys. But in contrast to this pink and purple “girlie” world are alternatives emphasizing more diverse interests and portraying different kinds of heroines. Gwen Ifill… By PBS News Hour
Economy Nov 20 Why Some Women Try to Have It All: New Research on ‘Like Mother, Like Daughter’ Daughters' working decisions are influenced by their own mothers and the mothers of their friends. Photo courtesy of Flickr user Fabio Trifoni. When Anne-Marie Slaughter first broached writing an op-ed about how women "still can't have it all,",… By Simone Pathe
Politics Oct 19 Watch Frontline’s ‘Death by Fire’ Probes Legitimacy of Texas Man’s Execution A new Frontline documentary revisits the evidence presented in the case of a deadly Texas house fire. Cameron Todd Willingham was charged with murdering his three daughters and executed in 2004, but some say that the state executed an innocent…
Arts Jul 04 Watch Poet Celebrates Family Picnics and ‘Great Melting Pot’ of Language Poet Gregory Djanikian, director of the creative writing program at the University of Pennsylvania, reads a poem about how immigrants "might contribute to the great melting pot of the English language."…