Full Episode
Friday, Sep 5
PBS NewsHour
  • Episodes
  • Podcasts
  • Newsletters
  • The Latest
  • Politics
    Politics
    • Brooks and Capehart
    • Politics Monday
    • Supreme Court
  • Arts
    Arts
    • CANVAS
    • Poetry
    • Now Read This
  • Nation
    Nation
    • Supreme Court
    • Race Matters
    • Essays
    • Brief But Spectacular
  • World
    World
    • Agents for Change
  • Economy
    Economy
    • Making Sen$e
    • Paul Solman
  • Science
    Science
    • The Leading Edge
    • ScienceScope
    • Basic Research
    • Innovation and Invention
  • Health
    Health
    • Long-Term Care
  • Education
    Education
    • Teachers' Lounge
    • Student Reporting Labs
  • For Teachers
    Education
    • Newshour Classroom
  • About
    • Feedback
    • Funders
    • Support
    • Jobs

We're not going anywhere.

Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on!
Donate now
PBS News

Get news alerts from PBS News

Turn on desktop notifications?

humanities

  • Full Episodes
  • Podcasts
  • Newsletters
  • Live
college

Arts Oct 21

Purdue program works to revive liberal arts as key part of the college experience

By Jeffrey Brown, Ryan Connelly Holmes

Arts Oct 25

brooks
Watch 7:29
David Brooks writes about the art of seeing others in new book ‘How to Know a Person’

David Brooks is a regular on the NewsHour every Friday night. But while you were watching him, David was watching all of us. Pulling from his observations and other works, his new book, "How to Know a Person: The Art…

By Geoff Bennett, Ian Couzens

Science Aug 26

What the grieving mother orca tells us about how animals experience death

Most humans fail to entertain the possibility that animals might care about the death of those they love.

By Jessica Pierce, The Conversation

Science Jan 19

Enslaved people during the Civil War era weren't properly documented. But with what little information institutions gathered about these people, the Enslaved project is now piecing together these lives into a massive database for people to find individuals and learn about slavery in America. Image documented at www.slaveryimages.org
How a massive database could help people find their enslaved ancestors

To help families and scholars, search for enslaved individuals and their descendants, Michigan State University researchers are launching a new project called "Enslaved: The People of the Historic Slave Trade."…

By Rashmi Shivni

Jan 06

No image
Watch
Three medical students nurture the soul through poetry

Three medical students take time out of their hectic schedules to focus on reading poetry.

Jan 06

Watch
No image
Doctor/Poet Rafael Campo finds rhythm through a stethoscope

Poet-doctor Rafael Campo explores the relationship between language, empathy and healing.

Continue watching

Jun 19

Watch
No image
John Lithgow on the Importance of a Humanities Education

John Lithgow on the Importance of a Humanities Education…

Continue watching

Jun 19

Watch
No image
Report Argues U.S. Is Neglecting, Undervaluing Education in the Humanities

A new report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences panel warns that the U.S. could lose its competitive edge in the liberal arts and social sciences. Jeffrey Brown talks with two members of the panel: actor and writer…

Continue watching

May 22

Watch
No image
DelBanco on What College ‘Was, Is, and Should Be’

DelBanco on What College 'Was, Is, and Should Be'…

Continue watching

Sep 04

No image
Conversation: Writer, Professor Mark Slouka on America’s ‘Dehumanized’ Education

By Arts Desk

As students head back to high schools and colleges across the country, an essay in the September issue of Harper's Magazine declares that, "Education in America today is almost exclusively about the GDP."…

Continue reading

Support Provided By: Learn more

web ad

Educate your inbox

Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else.

Form error message goes here.

Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm.

Full Episode
Friday, Sep 5
  • BDO
  • BNSF Railway
  • Consumer Cellular
  • Raymond James
  • Viewers Like You
  • Friends of the News Hour
PBS News

© 1996 - 2025 NewsHour Productions LLC. All Rights Reserved.

PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.

Sections

  • The Latest
  • Politics
  • Arts
  • Nation
  • World
  • Economy
  • Science
  • Health
  • Education

About

  • About Us
  • TV Schedule
  • Press
  • Feedback
  • Funders
  • Support
  • Newsletters
  • Podcasts
  • Jobs
  • Privacy
  • Terms of Use

Stay Connected

  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • X
  • TikTok
  • Threads
  • RSS

Subscribe to Here's the Deal with Lisa Desjardins

Form error message goes here.

Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm.

Support our journalism

Support for News Hour Provided By

  • BDO
  • BNSF Railway
  • Consumer Cellular
  • Raymond James
  • Viewers Like You