Sep 17 Cartoonist Kate Beaton finds the punchlines lost to history By Joshua Barajas Kate Beaton, the creator of the massively popular webcomic "Hark! A Vagrant," talked with the NewsHour about her online fan base, her first children's book and how she made history's saddest tales funny. Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch 4:54 What made the West explode in flames By PBS News Hour The West’s potentially record-breaking wildfire season has burned more than 650,000 acres in California alone. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the science behind the flames. Continue watching
Sep 16 14-year-old arrested after homemade clock is mistaken for bomb, prompts #IStandWithAhmed on Twitter By Colleen Shalby Fourteen-year-old Ahmed Mohamed was arrested Monday after a teacher mistook a clock he made for a hoax bomb. Outraged Twitter users have responded to his arrest and suspension with #IStandWithAhmed. Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch 5:32 To win with women, how can the GOP ramp up its appeal? By PBS News Hour The last time a majority of American women voted for a Republican presidential candidate was 1988. Since then, more women have chosen Democrats, often by double digits. Even at the state legislative and congressional levels, the majority of women serving… Continue watching
Sep 15 Why Agatha Christie is even more awesome than you thought By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins Today marks the 125th birthday of famed British novelist Agatha Christie, a pioneer of detective fiction. Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch 8:29 How should EU manage its borders amid the migrant crisis? By PBS News Hour As European governments gather to discuss a plan to set quotas, will the decisions made in Brussels help to ease the migrant crisis? Jeffrey Brown gets two perspectives from Ambassador Réka Szemerkényi of Hungary and David Miliband, CEO of the… Continue watching
Sep 14 Your holiday cheat sheet to Rosh Hashanah By Wendy Thomas Russell Here is a quick cheatsheet for those of you who may want to talk about Rosh Hashanah with the other humans in your life while also coming across as remotely intelligent. Continue reading
Sep 13 Watch 1:48 How to protect the vulnerable eggs of Mexico’s sea turtles? Drones. By PBS News Hour More commonly, aerial drones can be used by governments for spying on enemies. And now in Mexico, they're being used to keep an eye out for and protect unhatched sea turtles. Hari Sreenivasan reports. Continue watching
Sep 13 Infographic: Sneakers by the numbers in America By Carey Reed Not only have sneakers become engrained in U.S. popular culture, seemingly since Run DMC's "An Ode to the Adidas Superstar", but sales of the popular footwear are big business, to the tune of around $34 billion dollars a year in… Continue reading
Sep 12 Watch 1:51 Buried underwater, Ancient Egyptian artifacts rise to the surface in Paris By Sam Weber An exhibition of ancient Egyptian artifacts found buried underwater has opened to the public in Paris. Hari Sreenivasan reports. Continue watching