Jun 12 House rejects Obama on trade authority By Erica Werner and Charles Babington, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The House derailed a high-profile White House-backed trade bill on Friday, a humiliating defeat for President Barack Obama inflicted by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and dozens of union-backed lawmakers from his own party. Continue reading
Jun 11 Watch 7:15 Why booking a table may soon mean buying a ticket By PBS News Hour Both restaurant and customer take a risk when they make a reservation. Is the table really going to be ready at 8:00? Will the party of six be a no-show? Chicago restaurateur Nick Kokonas, co-owner of elite restaurants Alinea and… Continue watching
Jun 11 Number of multiracial Americans signals shifting social norms By Laura Santhanam A growing number of Americans consider themselves multiracial, and that number is projected to rise for years to come, new research suggests. Continue reading
Jun 11 Bill Nye’s experimental satellite finally sails on the solar wind By Catherine Woods It’s a bird…it’s a plane…No! It’s a sun-propelled cubesat! Born in 1999, cubesats are the generation Y of satellites. They’re miniaturized and inexpensive, while doing the stuff of regular satellites — tracking stars and beaming telecommunications. But like any space… Continue reading
Jun 10 Watch 8:07 Florida’s Everglades face new invasive threat: rising sea levels By PBS News Hour Climate change is already impacting one of the most unique habitats in the world: Florida’s Everglades. Millions in South Florida depend on the vast watershed, once dubbed the “river of grass,” not to mention the hundreds of species of animals… Continue watching
Jun 10 Son of migrants, Juan Felipe Herrera to become first Latino U.S. Poet Laureate By Jeffrey Brown He’s the son of migrant workers and today Juan Felipe Herrera becomes the next U.S. Poet Laureate, the first Latino to hold the position. Arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown met Herrera at the place where it all started. Continue reading
Jun 09 Watch 6:10 New Yorker’s ‘Comma Queen’ offers a guide for the grammatically insecure By PBS News Hour In "Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen," Mary Norris recounts a life of grammatical grief and glory as a copy editor for The New Yorker. Norris joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss the magazine’s style standards, and whether… Continue watching
Jun 09 In honor of Cole Porter’s 124th birthday, his story of triumph over pain By Dr. Howard Markel When Cole Porter died of kidney failure at age 73 on Oct. 15, 1964, only his closest friends knew the extent of the physical and mental anguish he had endured for 27 years. Against all clinical odds, even if only… Continue reading
Jun 08 Watch 5:58 Texas community questions police use of force and disrespect at a pool party By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 08 Revisiting the crime scenes featured in season 1 of ‘Serial’ By Eric Krupke It’s a true crime story that captivated a nation, and even though its final episode aired in December, season one of the podcast “Serial” continues to make news. At the heart of the story is Adnan Syed, convicted in 1999… Continue reading