May 20 #ActuallyMyNameIs: Why it matters when we butcher students’ names By Kenya Downs Does having a unique name affect you? Did a teacher ever butcher or make fun of it? Share your experiences using #ActuallyMyNameIs as part of NewHour's Google Hangout. Continue reading
Mar 29 How I use comic books as a learning tool in my social studies classroom By Tim Smyth Comic books have had a long history of tackling social issues. Teacher Tim Smyth says comic books and graphic novels are powerful vehicles to engage students in both history and current events. Continue reading
Mar 08 Watch 10:22 Not all forgotten American cities are struggling By PBS News Hour It’s called flyover country -- low-profile parts of the U.S. the news media often forgets. But to husband-and-wife journalists James and Deborah Fallows, these areas are home to ‘cities that work,’ thriving communities that buck this election’s narrative of national… Continue watching
Feb 28 Oscars 2016: What to expect from the year’s biggest night in film By Elif Koc From #OscarsSoWhite to Leonardo DiCaprio munching raw liver on screen, here's your cheat sheet to the year's biggest night in film. Continue reading
Feb 22 Study: Hollywood remains ‘straight, white, boy’s club’ By Joshua Barajas A new study released Monday found that the film and television industries are “largely whitewashed” and severely lacks representation for women, people of color and LGBT individuals. Continue reading
Jan 29 Watch 5:49 On a crowded toy shelf, making room for a new era of Barbie By PBS News Hour Barbie will now come in more shapes and sizes than its iconic, and unrealistic, original form. The decision to diversify was partly about softening sales, but also about the growing sense that the doll seemed out of touch. William Brangham… Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch 8:20 How Silicon Valley is trying to fix its diversity problem By PBS News Hour Almost two years after major tech firms began publicizing their diversity numbers, recent figures show that Silicon Valley employees are still overwhelmingly white and male. Hari Sreenivasan reports on the steps these companies are taking to address their race and… Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch 6:56 This year’s Oscars list short on diversity again By PBS News Hour This year’s Academy Award nominations have been announced and “The Revenant” and “Mad Max: Fury Road” are among the most honored films. But the lack of diversity among the contenders is raising eyebrows. Jeffrey Brown takes a look at the… Continue watching
Jan 14 #OscarsSoWhite, the sequel By Joshua Barajas For the second year in a row, all nominees in all four acting categories were white. So #OscarsSoWhite began trending again on Twitter. Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch 8:08 What stagnant diversity means for America’s newsrooms By PBS News Hour As racial concerns continue to rise to the surface across America, is the media doing enough to tell the stories of people of color? Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault speaks to Richard Prince of the Maynard Institute about the industry’s struggle… Continue watching